SOCAR to begin exploration drilling on Caspian gas field in April
BAKU – Azerbaijani state energy company SOCAR plans to begin drilling of the second exploration well in the recently discovered gas field Umid in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea in April, the head of SOCAR Rovnag Abudllayev said.
He said that the second well will be drilled to the north of the first well.
The project work has been completed. In late March-early April, SOCAR will receive equipment to launch the operations.
SOCAR is confident that there are 250 billion cubic meters of gas and 40 million tons of condensate at Umid.
The Umid field is located 75 kilometers from Baku.
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