BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 3. The third exploration well -QBDX01 - in the Shallow Water Absheron Peninsula (SWAP) area was safely plugged and permanently abandoned in May 2022, Trend reports via bp.
“The well, which was drilled in the South-East Prospective Area of the SWAP contract area, did not encounter economic hydrocarbons,” the report said.
According to the company, the previous two wells drilled in the Northeast (plugged and abandoned in December 2021) and West (plugged and abandoned in March 2022) Prospective Areas within the SWAP contract area had similar results.
“The QBDX01 exploration well represented the final phase of the planned activity within the SWAP exploration drilling program, which is now completed,” bp said.
Meanwhile, according to bp, the drilling of the SAX01 exploration well on the Shafag-Asiman offshore block was completed in March 2021 with a total depth of 7,189 meters at the base of the Fasila unit.
“The well encountered gas condensate resource in some of the penetrated reservoirs. The post-well analysis of the data received during the drilling is currently ongoing and includes reprocessing of the original seismic data, to be followed by interpretation of the results,” the report said.
As bp explained, this work is necessary to assess hydrocarbon resources and to plan the next phase of exploration.
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