Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug. 23 / Trend E.Ismayilov /
The COP pre-drilling programme which commenced in April 2010 has continued this year. J03, J04 and J06 wells were drilled to 13 3/8'' casing point and suspended, BP reported.
The Dada Gorgud rig completed maintenance and a planned 5-year certification requirement. Drilling activity re-started in late July, 2011 with a plan to pre-drill five additional COP wells, and suspend operations until platform installation is complete.
Chirag oil project envisages construction of a new platform called West Chirag. The platform will be installed at a depth of 170 meters between the already-running production platforms Chirag and Guneshli.
Chirag oil project envisages investments in the amount of $6 billion.
Outstripping drilling under the project will go on till the first half of 2012. Dede Gorgud rig will perform the drilling, with the production from the platform expected to begin from late 2013.
In total, 300 million barrels of oil are expected to be produced under the project until the end of the contract on ACG in 2024.
ACG participating interests are BP with 35.83 percent, Chevron - 11.27, Inpex - 10.96 percent, AzACG - 11.6 percent, Statoil - 8.56 percent, Exxon - 8 percent, ТРАО - 6.75 percent, Itocu - 4.3 percent и Hess - 2.72 percent.
In 2010, 40.6 million tons of oil was produced from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli field compared to more than 40.3 million tons in 2009. Average daily oil production on this block amounted to 823,100 barrels per day in 2010.