Baku, Azerbaijan, June 7
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
KCA Deutag, an international oil and gas services company, intends to continue taking part in projects in Azerbaijan and the Caspian region, Diane Stewart, head of the company’s Communications Department, told Trend June 7.
Azerbaijan and the Caspian region are very important to the company, she said.
“We believe there is great potential for future work and projects in the region and we hope to continue to play a part in that. KCA Deutag has been operating in Azerbaijan for over 20 years, and today has a team of approximately 750 people working in country, 82 percent of whom are Azerbaijan nationals,” she added.
“Azerbaijan is an important market to us, and as with the other markets we operate in, we are constantly on the lookout for opportunities to grow our business,” Stewart said.
KCA Deutag has been involved in projects in Azerbaijan since 1995. The head office of the company is located in Aberdeen, UK.
The company has a contract with BP, the operator of development of Azerbaijan’s Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli and Shah Deniz offshore fields. The contract envisages drilling and rendering maintenance services for seven BP platforms at the Central Azeri, East Azeri, West Azeri, Chirag and West Chirag, Deepwater Gunashli and the Shah Deniz gas condensate field.
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