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Azeri Drilling Company modernizes equipments

Oil&Gas Materials 3 August 2006 17:25 (UTC +04:00)

The joint venture Azeri Drilling Company caries out the modernization of two drilling equipments for drilling works in 8 March field. One more complex of drilling equipment will be delivered abroad, Trendreports quoting the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR). The full exploitation of outer equipment is impossible because their production takes more than 10 months.

Azeri Drilling Company JV was created between British Firstdrill Ltd and Target Petroleum companies. For the works in 8 March field, the companies restore and modernize several jackets in this field.

This year, three new wells will be drilled in the 8 March field. For this purpose, it needs to repair three jackets that arent exploited at the moment.

According to the information provided by SOCAR, at the moment the investigations held by divers have already been completed and a positive decision was made to use the jackets. The drilling equipments of Azeri Drilling Company will be installed in the jackets.

At the moment, the specialists of Azerdennefttik and Khazdanneftgastik started to reconstruct upper parts of jackets. The jacket No. 730 is intended to be put into exploitation on August 15. and the remaining two jackets will be put into operation in September.

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