BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov.5
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
BP completed 16 wells at Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz gas and condensate field in the third quarter of 2019, Trend reports with reference to BP.
Shah Deniz Alpha platform rig was on warm stack in the first half of the year and then commenced rig maintenance.
“The Istiglal rig delivered several subsea well completions - one on the East South flank, two on the West South flank, one on the East North flank and continues delivering the second one on the East North flank. The Maersk Explorer rig drilled one well to its final depth, one top hole on the North flank and two top holes on the West South flank. Currently the rig is drilling the lower section of one well on the West South flank,” said the report.
The above two rigs have already drilled and completed 16 wells in total (four on the North Flank, four on the West Flank, four on the East South Flank, two on the West South Flank and two on the East North flank) for Shah Deniz 2 production and subsequent ramp up.
Drilling operations will continue to deliver all wells required to ramp up to plateau level.
Shah Deniz participating interests are: BP (operator – 28.8 percent), TPAO (19.0 percent), AzSD (10.0 percent), SGC Upstream (6.7 percent), PETRONAS (15.5 percent), LUKOIL (10.0 percent) and NICO (10.0 percent).
Shah Deniz Stage 2, or Full Field Development (FFD) is a giant project that will add a further 16 billion cubic meters per year (bcma) of gas production to the approximately 10 bcma produced by Shah Deniz Stage 1.
The current concept for Shah Deniz Stage 2 includes: two new bridge-linked offshore platforms; 26 gas production wells which will be drilled with 2 semi-submersible rigs; 500 km of subsea pipelines will link the wells with the onshore terminal; upgrade of the offshore construction vessels; expansion of the Sangachal terminal to accommodate the new gas processing and compression facilities.
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