Azerbaijan, Baku, May 30 /Trend E.Ismayilov/
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) started drilling the first exploratory well in the prospective offshore structure Goshadash, a source at SOCAR told Trend today.
The source said that the depth of the well will hit 3,500 meters as a result of drilling.
"Drilling operations on the Goshadash structure have already begun," the source said. "They will complete in accordance with a prepared plan of operations."
According to the plan, drilling will be carried out for eight months.
Drilling operations will be carried out by the 'Complex drilling operations' Trust of SOCAR.
Earlier, SOCAR's environmental department carried out monitoring of the assessment on Goshadash.
Monitoring stations were selected to study the rate and direction of ocean currents, and the analysis of some physicochemical parameters of seawater was carried out directly on the board.
Moreover, samples of water, ground, zooplankton, benthos and phytoplankton were collected for chemical and biological analysis. They were submitted to laboratories for complex analysis investigations.