SOCAR-AQS to drill 10 new wells in West Absheron field
By Aynur Jafarova
SOCAR-AQS LLC, an integrated drilling and well services management company in Azerbaijan, will drill 10 new wells in the West Absheron offshore field.
The news was announced by the company on April 9.
The company plans to drill the new wells with a depth of
approximately 1,000 meters from the platform No 20 located at the
West Absheron field. The wells will be drilled horizontally on the
order of Azneft production association, SOCAR-AQS said.
"Currently, preparations for the drilling work are underway,
however, all efforts are focused on the preparations for beginning
the drilling at Umid gas condensate field, where we will also begin
works," the company said. The reserves of the Umid field are
estimated at 200 billion cubic meters of gas.
The West Absheron field is owned by Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR's Absheronneft Oil and Gas Production Department.
Previously, drilling work at this field was conducted by SOCAR Complex Drilling Works Trust.
However, the further work will be carried out by the SOCAR-AQS on the basis of the agreement reached with SOCAR.
SOCAR-AQS LLC was established between SOCAR and Absheron Drilling Company in 2007. The main scope of the company's activities is the provision of work and services related to drilling oil and gas wells.
SOCAR-AQS is currently performing drilling works with three rigs located on two stationary platforms on Shallow Water Gunashli field. SOCAR-AQS is also operating with one drilling rig under a contract with Bahar Energy Operation Company.
SOCAR-AQS continues to prepare for drilling on Umid and Western Absheron fields.
The company has been a contractor member of IADC since 2009. SOCAR-AQS has been assessed and certified as meeting the requirements of ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, and OHSAS 18001:2007 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.
SOCAR-AQS is in the process of obtaining API Q Plus certification.