Survey vessel Markab is arriving in Baku in August to perform geotechnical operations under BPs order at Shah Deniz oil field, Trend reports.
It is planned to drill 4 geotechnical wells from the vessel to explore the seabed soil in the southwestern part of the oilfield. This part will be developed under the Phase 2 of Shah Deniz project.
In mid-2006 the project participants should make decision on the further gas sale policy for this oilfield. Stakeholders under Shah Deniz PSA are: Р'Р (operator 25.5%), Statoil (25.5%), SOCAR (10%), LukAGIP (10%), NICO (10%), Total (10%) and TPAO (9%).