BP-led consortium to drill new wells offshore Caspian
BAKU – The BP-led consortium of foreign oil majors will start drilling new wells off East Azeri platform at the "Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli" (ACG) oil fields.
BP-Azerbaijan said it has completed the drilling of water-injection well D-17 in the platform.
The two new producing wells, D-18 and D-19, will be drilled in the eastern part of "Azeri" field this fall.
So far, 14 wells were put into operation in East Azeri platform. The daily production in East Azeri platform makes up over 112 barrels of oil.
During the first six months of this year, 150 million barrels of oil (over 20.2 million tons) were produced at the ACG, with daily production to reach 827, 600 barrels.
Last year, ACG produced about 300 million barrels of oil (over 40.3 million tons), with daily production to make up 817,700 barrels.
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