The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan informed Trend that the drilling rig Absheron prepares for the exploration drilling in the West Absheron field. The new well will be 1,5 km away from previous wells.
Earlier SOCAR completed drilling of two wells in this platform, with design depth of more than 800 meters. In addition, drilling of exploitation wells completed with the drilling rig Khazar-4. These wells are considered as advanced. After completing their drilling, they will be conserved for the next production from the platform. The first platform will be established for connecting three drilled gas wells. They were drilled and conserved. The approximate withdrawal from the well is 250,000 cu.m a day. This will enable a new method of production, gas lifting, as well as gas for domestic demand. This is the primary task.
It is planned to construct platforms for exploitation of wells with this semi-submersible drilling rig Khazar-4. The rig will drill 12 wells instead of 6, as it was planned earlier, due to the great reserves and capacity of the stratums. The average daily withdrawal is approximately 10 tons a day. Earlier, Khazar-4 rig drilled 6 wells on one of the points in the field. The appraisal of fields revealed over 10mln tons of oil. The re-appraisal of reserves was carried out after the drilling.