SOCAR, Halliburton check mouth of broken down well in Bulla – Deniz field
By Aynur Jafarova
Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR and the BOOTS & COOTS service of the U.S. Halliburton company checked the mouth of the broken down well in the Bulla-Deniz field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, SOCAR reported on September 4.
The sides conducted measuring work by using special equipments. As a result it was determined that daily volume of gas yield in the well amounts to 2.5 - 3 million cubic meters.
SOCAR and BOOTS & COOTS also discussed elimination of emergence in the well and its closing, prepared a joint plan and determined periodicity of work in this regard.
Currently work on launching necessary equipments in the Gurban Abbasov crane ship is underway. Work on closing the fountain and complete elimination of breakdown will start on the basis of the plan as soon as the ship is prepared.
SOCAR head Rovnag Abdullayev told journalists on September 3 that the company has set itself an aim to save the well on the Bulla-Deniz field, on which an accident occurred earlier and fire is continuing at the moment.
According to him, the company could have extinguished the fire by liquidating the well. However, the goal is to save it and exploit, as during drilling operations the well gave very good results in terms of the following production.
SOCAR could localize the fire at the platform and move it to a vertical surface, which makes the process of extinguishing the fire easy. Furthermore, the equipments were taken away from the platform.
SOCAR reported earlier that it has completed cleaning the drilling platform equipment at the broken down well on the Bulla-Deniz field.
Work was conducted using the Shirvan and the Z.Tagiyev crane ships.
The fire had engulfed the exploration well No.90 in the northeast wing of the Bulla-Deniz field. The sea depth at the field is 26.5 meters.
According to SOCAR, the fire erupted at night on August 17 during drilling at a depth of 5,868 meters. A gas blowout occurred at 23:30 local time, which was followed by fire. As a result of the accident, some 60 platform workers were evacuated to safety and there are no casualties.