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Drilling works on Well 28 completed

11 February 2016 12:11 (UTC+04:00)
Drilling works on Well 28 completed

SOCAR-AQS, an integrated drilling and well services management company in Azerbaijan, has successfully completed the works on construction of Well 28, with target depth of 823 m, ahead of schedule, without any incidents and without harming the environment.

The drilling works on Well 28 commenced on December 30, 2015. Actual depth of the well, which was drilled on the West Absheron Field, was 820 m. The well was drilled to penetrate the Podkirmakinskaya Layer to its maximum horizontal drilling inclination equaling to 53 degrees.

Rig Manager of the Offshore Stationary Platform # 20, Sayavush Abdullayev, said that drilling of shallow water wells has its own particularities.

“A higher, in comparison with the deep water wells, probability of occurrence of the incidents on the shallow water wells, requires a higher degree of concentration and operativeness. A new hydraulic drilling rig of HH 300 series is used in drilling of Well 28. This 300 horse powered totally automated and compact drilling rig is able to apply additionally 30 tons of load on the drilling bit”.

Well 28 was delivered on February 3, 2016. The well was put into production with daily rate of 20 tons of oil. The Customer of drilling works is Azneft Production Unit.

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