Azerbaijan, Baku, June 11 / Trend /
The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) complex geological prospecting and topography department carried out geophysical research on the prospective gas field of Umid in the Azerbaijani section of the Caspian Sea. Acoustic forming was held on the field.
Marine topography, thickness of layers, ability of loading concentration of gas and mud volcanoes was studied.
SOCAR has completed the building of a new platform Umid-1 on of the same name offshore field. The drilling of the first well on the field is planning to be launched this month, and presumed in the end of the month.
The depth of the well is 6,500 metres, out of which 4,000 metres is planning to drill this year.
Umid-1 platform built on the base of unfinished Chiraq-6 platform is the largest facility within the program with a height of 71 meters. The platform will be installed 15km of Bulla Deniz field at the depth of 58 meters. A total of six gas wells are expected to be drilled from the platform.
Expected reserves of gas on the Umid field is 300 billion cubic metres and expected reserves of gas condensate on the field is 30-40 million tons.