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SOCAR starts assembling the new offshore platform

Oil&Gas Materials 10 April 2006 19:45 (UTC +04:00)

A new double-bloc offshore platform #2387 started to get assembled at the Baku factory of the deep water foundations named after Heydar Aliyev by an order from the Oil Rocks oil refinery, the SOCAR press-service reports Trend.

The platform will be installed at the depth of 24, 5 meter and have 4 quaysides, a helicopter landing strip and residence area for 32 persons. 12 wells will be drilled from this platform. It

is expected to be put into exploitation in the 4th quarter of this year.

The platform #2387 will be installed at the Oil Rocks oil field at the depth of 24, 5 meter approximately this October. And the platform #1887 will be installed at the depth of 64 meters and used for 36 wells drilling.

Besides, works will be carried out at the Guneshli field to expand the deepwater platform Guneshli -11. Additional bloc will be added to the platform to drill 6 gas wells. A number of under water pipelines and other objects is also expected to be built.

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