BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.6. During the first half of the year, the Shah Deniz Compression (SDC) project progressed safely and ahead of schedule, bp said in its latest report.
“The SDC platform topsides and jacket fabrication activities moved forward as planned at the Bayil fabrication yard and the Heydar Aliyev Baku Deepwater Jackets Factory respectively, with steady progress on primary steel and structural components, including pin piles, jacket elements and subsea structures,” said the company.
The report reveals that marine and subsea engineering activities are on track, with the detailed design progressing as planned and key technical reviews successfully completed. Fabrication of the high-voltage subsea interconnector power and fiber-optic cable, as well as subsea pipe sections, was also completed.
“Procurement continued to advance across several critical package streams, remaining aligned with fabrication and installation timelines,” said bp.
The $2.9 billion SDC project is designed to help access and produce low pressure gas reserves in the field and maximize resources recovery. It is expected to enable around 50 billion cubic metres of additional gas and approximately 25 million barrels of additional condensate production and export from the field.
The project involves installation of a new compression facility – an electrically-powered unmanned compression platform, or Normally Unattended Installation (eNUI), and several associated facilities offshore in the Shah Deniz contract area. Additionally, it encompasses brownfield works to be undertaken at the Shah Deniz Alpha (SDA) and Bravo (SDB) platforms, as well as at the Sangachal terminal.
It is expected that the construction of the SDC platform will be completed in 2029 for the facility to be ready to receive first gas for compression from the SDA platform in 2029 and from the SDB platform in 2030.
