Accident at Bulla Deniz field fully contained: SOCAR
By Aynur Jafarova
SOCAR has fully contained the accident that occurred in the gas exploration well at the Caspian field Bulla Deniz, the company announced on October 25.
Through the efforts of the experts at Azerbaijan's state energy company and the American company Boots & Coots, SOCAR has started delivering the gas extracted from the well to the network.
Currently the produced gas is delivering to the offshore.
The accident in the well is now fully contained and the well has been connected to the network, SOCAR said.
The fire flared up in the well at a depth of 5,868 meters and all 60 people working on the platform were evacuated.
According to SOCAR, the fire erupted on the night of August 17 during drilling work. A gas explosion occurred at 23:30 local time, followed by a fire. As a result of the accident 62 platform workers were moved to safety, with no casualties reported.
Bulla Deniz is estimated to contain 17 billion cubic meters of natural gas, and SOCAR has been developing the field since 1975.There are currently 15 operational wells at Bulla Deniz.
From 1975 to 2009, SOCAR extracted about 62 million metric tons of gas and 11 million tons of condensate from the field.
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