BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 5
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
SOCAR AQS is carrying out installation and reconstruction works at Gunashli field, as it is getting ready to drill the third-row wells, the company told Trend.
The company said it plans to drill the well #356 with a project depth of 3,070 meters and hand it over to the client in 2021. Moreover, SOCAR AQS is expected to start drilling of the well #357 with project depth of 3,250 meters and reach the depth of 1,300 meters this year.
Gunashli is an offshore oil field in the Caspian Sea, located 120 kilometres east of Baku, Azerbaijan, 12 kilometres southeast of Oil Rocks and its deep water section is a part of the larger Azeri–Chirag–Gunashli (ACG) project.
SOCAR AQS was established in 2007, as an integrated drilling and well services management company between SOCAR (the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic), Nobel Oil Services and AQS (Absheron Drilling Company). Nobel Oil Services – a diversified group of companies specialized in the oil and gas industry – is a major shareholder of SOCAR AQS JV.
The company has been a contractor member of IADC since 2009. SOCAR AQS has been assessed and certified as meeting the requirements of ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 international standards for: Provision of Integrated Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling and Well Services; Casing Running Services and BOP and Wellhead Equipment Repairing and Testing Services.
In 2017, SOCAR AQS was certified as meeting the requirements of the API Spec Q2 Quality Management System Standard for the Provision of Integrated Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling & Well Services.
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