BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec.18
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Additional production works were carried out at Bahar-Gum Deniz fields of Azerbaijan in October 2020, Trend reports with reference to the US Greenfields Petroleum Company, which operates the project through its subsidiary BEOC.
Construction of “Closed Loop System” project stipulated to prevent pollution of environment through discharge of formation water from technological storage reservoirs located at Oil Processing Unit is ongoing by “Construction Department”.
- Completed cleaning out the bottom of 1st tank from the sediments at 2000 tanks farm at Oil Processing Unit. Commence the cleaning out 2nd tank.
- Construction team has repaired and eliminated leaks on 5000 and 2000 water tanks designated for disposed water accumulation located at 5000 area of Oil Preparation and Transportation field.
- Damage was found on the side wall of the celler of oil heating unit at Oil Preparation and Transportation field, to prevent further damage Construction team started repair works.
- Line connection works of 20” production line considered between OGSU#1 of Compressor Stations, Gas Collection, Processing and Delivery Unit and Oil Processing Unit by Construction team are currently ongoing.
- Due to removal of Gas Distribution Point at causeway connected to PLT450 “Construction Department” initiated laying of 3 ea of 2.5” gas lift lines running from causeway PLT009 to PLT450 at Gum-Deniz Field, connection works will be proceeded.
- The replacement of the old 8” gas lift line with processed water line along the entrance road carried out by “Construction Division “ has been completed.
- Construction team has completed the repairs of damaged places at the causeways in between PLT2 and the crossroads at.
- Construction team has initiated installation of 4” valve on 12” production line which was flushed clean, in between PLT2 and crossroads at Gum Deniz field.
- For carrying out the opertions on the wells with high paraffin content on PLT9 of Gum Deniz field, with assistance of Construction Division replacement with another tank has been started due to the leak on white oil storage tanks.
Greenfields Petroleum Corporation is a junior oil and natural gas company focused on the development and production of proven oil and gas reserves principally in Azerbaijan. Through its wholly owned subsidiary Bahar Energy Limited (BEL), the corporation owns an 80 percent interest in the Exploration, Rehabilitation, Development and Production Sharing Agreement (the “ERDPSA”) with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan ("SOCAR") and its affiliate SOCAR Oil Affiliate (“SOA”) in respect of the offshore block known as Bahar Gum Deniz (the “Bahar Project”) which includes the Bahar Gas Field and the Gum Deniz Oil Field.
The Bahar Project is operated by BEOC, a wholly owned subsidiary of BEL, under the terms of a Joint Operating Agreement.
The Bahar Gas Field consists of 45 offshore platforms including a central processing and metering platform to gather the gas for onward transport through a three 12-inch pipelines to the shore-based gas and liquid handling facilities. The platforms, in most cases are built on 24 to 30 pilings each in an average water depth of about 16 metres.
The Gum Deniz Oil Field is located south of the Absheron peninsula, 21 km south of Baku, between Gum Island and the Bahar Gas Field. The Gum Deniz Oil Field extends from onshore Gum Island, which is 2.5 km from the mainland to the south in the Caspian Sea. The Gum Deniz Oil Field is found along the Fatmai–Gum Adasi anticlinal trend which includes the Bahar and Shakh Deniz structures. Oil in the Gum Deniz Oil Field is trapped in a north-south trending structure that is approximately 16 kilometres in length and 3 kilometres in width. The Gum Deniz Oil Field is structurally up-dip from the Bahar Gas Field.
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