TPG-500 drilling plant will be installed on Shah-Daniz field by the summer 2006, Natig Aliyev, the Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Minister, told Trend.
According to Aliyev, gas production will start just after connecting of platform with wells. In 2006 gas production from Shah-Daniz will comprise approximately 1bn cu m of gas. Azerbaijan will purchase 300m cu m of gas from this amount, he said.
The Minister noted that they expected double increase of gas production from Shah-Daniz in 2007. The partners on the project have sale and purchase contracts with Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.