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bp shares results of second exploration well for SWAP

Oil&Gas Materials 5 May 2022 14:54 (UTC +04:00)
Laman Zeynalova
Laman Zeynalova
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 5. The second exploration well drilled as part of the Shallow Water Absheron Peninsula (SWAP) project did not encounter economic hydrocarbons, Trend reports with reference to bp.

The second exploration well in the Bibi-Heybat area was drilled to its total depth of 4,230 meters and in mid-March it was safely plugged and permanently abandoned.

The third exploration well was spudded in the Qarabatdag area on 4 April 2022. Drilling activities are currently ongoing at the depth of around 770 metres.

On the Shafag-Asiman offshore block, the drilling of the first exploration well was completed in March 2021 to the base of the Fasila reservoir to a depth of 7,189 metres. The well encountered gas condensate resource in some of the penetrated reservoirs. Post-well analysis of the data received during the drilling is currently ongoing and includes processing of the original seismic data. This analysis is required in order to evaluate the hydrocarbon discovery and plan the next stage of exploration activities.

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