Baku, Azerbaijan, June 10
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
The drilling contractor, SOCAR-AQS, of which 51 percent of shares is held by Azerbaijan's state oil company SOCAR, has finished drilling of a new well at the Gunashli field in the shallow part of Caspian Sea, the company told Trend June 10.
"The drilling of the well No. 344 at the Guneshli field has been carried out from the fixed offshore platform No.11,"said the company. "The well No.344 has been drilled until the 'Fasila' suite, and its design depth is 3,128 meters. According to the plan, the daily debit of the well will be 60 metric tons."
Azneft Production Association ordered the work.
SOCAR-AQS was established in 2007 by SOCAR and Absheron Drilling as a joint venture, providing integrated services for drilling and well servicing.
Currently, SOCAR-AQS mainly conducts drilling from the fixed platform No. 11 in the shallow part of the Guneshli field, as well as from the platform No. 1 at the Umid field.
Simultaneously, the company continues to prepare for drilling of wells at the Western Absheron, Bulla and Gunashli-7 fields.
SOCAR, jointly with foreign partners, is developing the deep-water part of the Gunashli field as part of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli block.
Edited by CN
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