Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 31
By Emil Ismayilov - Trend:
SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) plans to complete two-dimensional seismic surveys on Ceylaxtarma-Nardaranaxtarma onshore area of the Shamakhi-Gobustan oil and gas area, SOCAR said Oct. 30.
The work is carried out to specify the geological structure, to define the range of hydrocarbon distribution and to examine the oil and gas potential prospects of this area, SOCAR's statement says.
The current survey will allow determining the exploration drilling prospects correctly.
"The work was carried out by 50 percent at this section," a statement says. "The gravity-magnetic work completed here."
SOCAR includes Azneft (a production association of enterprises that produce oil and gas on land and sea), Azerkimya (a production association of chemical industry enterprises) and Azerigas (deals with distribution of gas in the country).
The company also includes a number of processing and service enterprises, and institutions involved in geophysical and drilling operations.
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