Azerbaijan, Baku, 1 May / Trend corr E. Ismayilov/ Two new gas wells are planned to be operated in the offshore Absheron Banka field, which is operated by Absheronneft oil and gas producing unit of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, within a month. The two wells were drilled within the framework of advance drilling program, Absheronneft reported on 1 May.
SOCAR has put into operation the first gas well in the field. The well, with a depth of 1,617m, produces about 50,000 cu m of gas per day. Stationary platform has been set up and pipeline has been laid in that part of the field.
Drilling of new exploration well in the West Absheron field is planned to commence in the near future. "Depending on the results of drilling, it will be evident whether to drill next one," Absheronneft reported.
The two exploration wells are required to specify the extractable reserves in the field to delineate it.
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