Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan.21
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Norway’s Equinor company has submitted an environmental impact assessment report for seismic gathering in the Ashrafi-Dan Ulduzu-Aypara (ADUA) area, the company told Trend.
“This is part of the preparation for gathering seismic, and is a regulatory requirement ahead of starting operations,” said the company.
However, Equinor said that the details on timing of the seismic gathering operations are not available at this time.
Equinor published the the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for 2D-3D seismic survey in the Ashrafi-Dan Ulduzu-Aypara (ADUA) exploration area in December 2018.
This document presents the results of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) undertaken for the 2 and 3- dimensional (2D and 3D) marine seismic acquisition survey program, proposed by Statoil Azerbaijan in the the Ashrafi-Dan Ulduzu-Aypara (ADUA) exploration area in Azerbaijan.
The 2D-3D seismic survey is expected to start mid-march 2019 (subject to vessel availability) and will have an approximate duration of 42 to 45 days.
President of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR and Statoil Azerbaijan (part of the Equinor group) signed a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) for the Ashrafi-Dan Ulduzu-Aypara (ADUA) exploration area on the 30th of May 2018.
The ADUA exploration area is located around 50 kilometres east of Baku, around 14 kilometers to the east of Azerbaijan mainland (Absheron peninsula), and approximately 7 kilometers to the east of Pirallahi Island and Chilov Island in water depths varying between 20 and 225 meters.
As per the PSA, Statoil Azerbaijan will be the operator of these activities and thus responsible for the planning and execution of the 2D-3D seismic survey, which will comprise a minimum of approximately 500 full fold km2 of 3D seismic data, and a minimum of approximately 800 full fold km2 of 2D seismic data.
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