Azerbaijan, Baku, 24 June / corr. E.Ismayilov / The Complex Drilling Trust of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) began to drill a new deep offshore gas well on Bahar, offshore field, the Trust said on 24 June.
The Trust has drilled 630m of the project depth of 5,250m.
In 1980s a total of 16-17mln cu m of natural gas was produced from Bahar, which is a unique field covering the country's need in gas by 30-40%.
Gum adasi, oil and gas producing unit involved in the development of Bahar field, produces 687,000 cu m of natural gas from the field a day.