BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 4
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
A total of 32 wells – 11 on Shah Deniz 1 and 21 on Shah Deniz 2 - have been drilled on Shah Deniz to date, Trend reports with reference to bp.
Out of them, 19 wells are currently producing.
“Shah Deniz wells are among bp’s most productive wells. The current top producer Shah Deniz well produces 36 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day,” said the company.
Offshore, the Shah Deniz 2 project includes 26 subsea wells, 500km of subsea pipelines and flowlines and a new bridge-linked double platform. Gas is transported onshore through an 85 km pipeline to the Sangachal terminal, which underwent a major expansion to accommodate the new increased gas output. The project also expanded SCP - 428km of new pipeline in Azerbaijan and 59km in Georgia, including three new compression facilities pushing the gas across its 3,500 km long journey to Europe.
At plateau, Shah Deniz 2 will produce 16 billion cubic meters of gas per year (bcma). Together with output from the first phase of development, total production from the Shah Deniz field will be up to 26 bcma of gas and over 100,000 barrels of condensate a day.
Currently, Shah Deniz production capacity is over 58 million standard cubic meters of gas per day or more than 21 bcma. The project is progressing towards further ramp-up of production to its plateau level by focusing on subsea construction activities and the wells program to start up new flanks. A total of 21 Shah Deniz 2 wells have already been drilled and 18 wells completed out of 26. Out of them, eight wells are currently producing and five more will come online in 2021 including the start-up of the deep-water East South Flank. The two remaining flanks - West South and East North – will start up in future years to support plateau rates.
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