BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 15. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has released details of its drilling operations over the past year.
Data obtained by Trend from the company’s 2024 report indicates that in total, drilling organizations completed 70,970 meters of work, including 68,673 meters of production drilling and 2,297 meters of exploration drilling, with 47 wells finished and handed over to clients.
In offshore fields, drilling totaled 20,740 meters, with production accounting for 18,443 meters and exploration covering 2,297 meters. Eleven offshore wells were completed and delivered to clients. Onshore operations involved 50,230 meters of production drilling, with no exploration drilling, and 36 wells were handed over.
Drilling took place at several major fields, including Bulla-Deniz, Gunashli, Neft Dashlari, and West Absheron offshore, as well as Pirallahi, Bibiheybat, Garadagh, Galmaz, Zagli-Zeyva, Amirkhanli, and Sedan onshore. Only Bulla-Deniz featured both production and exploration drilling; all other fields focused exclusively on production drilling.
The Complex Drilling Works Trust (CDWT) completed 44,177 meters of production drilling, finishing 41 wells across its divisions. Among these, the Neft Dashlari-Gunashli Production Division delivered 23 wells, the Absheron Division 15 wells, and the Sahil Division 3 wells, all of which were production wells.
No exploration drilling was conducted by the CDWT in 2024.
