Azerbaijan, Baku, September 1 / Trend , E.Ismailov /
In October, SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) plans to begin drilling operational gas well on offshore March 8 field, a source at SOCAR said on September 1.
Drilling new wells from the platform 578 will begin after the solution of several technical issues associated with selection of the location of the machine required for drilling operations. Presumably drilling will begin in October," the same source said.
The design depth of the new deep well is 5,900 meters. Expected daily production of the well is about 350,000 cubic meters of gas.
Currently the daily production on March 8 is 420,000 cubic meters of gas. Company's geologists have identified nine points for further drilling.
Azerbaijan has 57 oil and gas fields, including 18 offshore, and other onshore. The staff of SOCAR totals more than 62,000 people.
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