BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 14. SOCAR's drilling company SOCAR AQS will deploy new drilling rigs at sites in onshore Bibi Heybat and Gurgan-Deniz fields, an informed source told Trend.
"This aligns with our objective to expand and increase drilling efficiency in onshore Azerbaijan," he noted.
SOCAR AQS runs eight drilling rigs in Azerbaijan, five of which are autonomous and digital.
SOCAR AQS's offshore initiatives include drilling at the Umid gas condensate field (currently SOCAR's flagship gas output) since 2015, the shallow Guneshli oil field since 2008, and the West Absheron and Bulla-Deniz fields since 2014.
Note that this SOCAR drilling company has been in business since 2007. Its international ventures include drilling in Ukraine, Bangladesh, and Türkiye.
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