By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.13
The Istiglal rig and Maersk Explorer rig have already drilled 18 wells in total as Shah Deniz field as of the first half of 2020, Trend reports citing BP’s data.
During the second quarter of 2020, the Shah Deniz Alpha platform rig was on warm stack.
The Istiglal rig continued drilling the lower section of the SDC05 well. The Maersk Explorer rig drilled the SDF04 well to total depth and the well was then suspended. The rig then drilled the top hole of the SDF05 well.
The above two rigs have already drilled 18 wells in total, and completed 16 out of those, for Shah Deniz 2 production and subsequent ramp up (four wells on the North Flank, four wells on the West Flank, four wells on the East South Flank, two wells on the West South Flank and two wells on the East North flank were drilled and completed, two wells on the West South flank were drilled to final depth and suspended). Drilling operations will continue to deliver all wells required to ramp up Shah Deniz 2 to plateau level.
Shah Deniz participating interests are: bp (operator – 28.8%), TPAO (19.0%), AzSD (10.0%), SGC Upstream (6.7%), PETRONAS (15.5%), LUKOIL (10.0%) and NICO (10.0%).
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