Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 8 / Trend A. Yusifzade /
To ensure the growth of hydrocarbon raw materials by accelerating the development of exploratory drilling is the main requirement in the complex of challenges faced by geologists and drillers in Turkmenistan, a statement posted on the official website of the Turkmen oil and gas industry said.
Many directions have been determined for the effective execution of this task by the State Concern Turkmenneft. New oil and gas layers are expected to be drilled at depth using new, more effective drilling technologies.
Active drilling operations are being conducted in Altyguyy field, located near Korpedje field. At present, the boundaries and volumes of raw materials of the prospective field are being determined. The drillers of Korpedje drilling operations department are mounting a modern drilling rig made in China to drill the operational well No 51 with a projected depth of 3,900 meters. The distinctive feature of this well is that it will be drilled by a horizontal method. The latest techniques and technologies of foreign companies will be used.
Turkmen drillers have explored new prospective areas in Akeser, Kemer, and Miesser as a result of modern geological and geophysical research this year. More than 2,000 meters of the borehole with a projected depth of 4,300 meters have been drilled. Turkmenneft drillers and geologists intend to start the search-exploratory drilling in new areas of Shayyrdy, Garadashly and Simler by late 2010.
Turkmenneft considers the wells drilled in the shallow waters of the Caspian Sea, North Goturdepe, to be promising. Now the staff of Turkmenneft industrial enterprises are expanding and deepening the search for oil and gas in this region. But the drillers of Goturdepe drilling operations department have already drilled two new wells. One of them No 147 is operational, another, No 37, is an exploration well. The first will be horizontal. Moreover, its horizontal 'tail' must stretch onshore.