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By Laman Ismayilova

SOCAR-AQS, an integrated drilling and well services management company in Azerbaijan, successfully completed the drilling works on well 23 on Western Absheron.

The company finalized the works on construction of well 23 from stationary platform 20, with target depth of 784 m, ahead of schedule, without any incidents and without harming the environment.

The Customer of drilling works was Azneft Production Unit.

SOCAR-AQS LLC was established in 2007 in accordance with the deal signed between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic and Absheron Drilling Company. Main scope of activities of the company is provision of work and services related with drilling of oil and gas wells, including: well design and planning; drilling of oil and gas wells; drilling of directionally deviated wells; drilling of horizontal wells; well completion; well workover; sidetracking and drilling of multilateral wells.

Currently, SOCAR-AQS implements works on drilling the wells from fixed platforms 7 and 11 located on Shallow Water Gunashli Field, fixed platform 20 on the West Absheron fixed platform 1 located on Umid Field and from fixed platform 6 located on the Bulla Field.

The company is 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 conducting the work on obtaining, in the near future, of the certificate based on the requirements of API Spec Q2.

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