Baku, Azerbaijan, June 8
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
The Azerbaijani Istiglal floating semi-submersible drilling rig is being tested in the Caspian Sea after repair, a source on the country's oil and gas market told Trend June 7.
According to the source, the rig was overhauled at the Caspian Shipyard.
"At present, the rig is afloat and the remaining work will be also carried out afloat," the source said. "After the successful tests, the Istiglal rig will be used for the operation in the Azerbaijani Shah Deniz gas and condensate field. The entire process will take a month."
Caspian Drilling Company (CDC, 92.44 percent of the equity is owned by the Azerbaijani State Oil Company (SOCAR) is the operator of the Istiglal drilling rig.