Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec.15
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
Salyan Oil operating company developing Kursengi and Garabagli onshore oil fields in Azerbaijan has reduced associated gas flaring as a result of installing compressors, a source on the country's oil and gas market told Trend.
"Associated gas is transferred to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan free of charge," said the source. "By installing six compressors on the area, it became possible to reduce the associated gas flaring and ensure its transmission to the gas transportation network without losses."
These measures enabled to additionally pump up to 50,000 cubic meters of associated gas to the gas transmission system per day, according to the source.
The fields are located in Azerbaijan's Salyan district. Some experts believe that the remaining oil reserve on the contract area exceeds 150 million tons.
The contract on developing the Kursengi and Garabagli fields was signed in 1998 for 25 years.
The founders of Salyan Oil are the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan and China National Oil & Gas Exploration and Development Corp.
Edited by SI
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