BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 22. SOCAR AQS plans to drill a total of 10 wells by the end of 2022, the company told Trend.
It will drill one well at Bulla, three at Gunahsli and six wells at West Absheron field.
“In March this year, SOCAR AQS inked a partnership agreement with the Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) for complex oil well drilling and overhaul. The agreement provides for cooperation in the implementation of drilling projects in Iraq for national and international oil companies,” said the company.
SOCAR AQS was established in 2007, as an integrated drilling and well services management company between SOCAR (the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic), Nobel Oil Services and AQS (Absheron Drilling Company). Nobel Oil Services – a diversified group of companies specialized in the oil and gas industry – is a major shareholder of SOCAR AQS JV.
The company has been a contractor member of IADC since 2009. SOCAR AQS has been assessed and certified as meeting the requirements of ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 international standards for: Provision of Integrated Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling and Well Services; Casing Running Services and BOP and Wellhead Equipment Repairing and Testing Services.
In 2017, SOCAR AQS was certified as meeting the requirements of the API Spec Q2 Quality Management System Standard for the Provision of Integrated Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling & Well Services.
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