SOCAR completes construction of new facility in Caspian Sea
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has completed the construction and installation work at a new gas-lift compressor station.
The construction of the station started in 2009 by request of SOCAR's Azneft production association.
Alongside with facilitating the operation of wells with gas-lift method, the new platform will allow to ensure the regulation of the gas-lift system of all platforms at the field. It will also allow trapping and transporting the gas emitted into the atmosphere.
The capacity of the new station installed at a sea depth of 87 meters is equal to 3 million cubic meters per day.
The new facility is located in the shallow part of the Guneshli field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea.