Azerbaijan, Baku, 20 May / Trend / The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is concluding drilling a new platform on Oil Rocks - 1887, located in the field with the same name, SOCAR's official press statement said on 20 May.
The project depth of the well is 2,870m and 2,815m has been drilled. The drilling work, carried out by offshore drilling unit Bayil Limani, will end by the end of May. Daily debit of the well will constitute approximately 60 tons a day.
The platform is located in northeast part of the Oil Rocks field in the fifth tectonic bloc. It was put into exploitation in November 2006.
As of geologists' estimations, the recoverable resources in the field where the platform is located equal 8mln tons. It is planned to drill 32 inclined wells from the field.