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SOCAR-AQS, an integrated drilling and well services management company in Azerbaijan, has announced that drilling works on well 25 with target depth of 890 m commenced on February 11, 2016 and ended on March 2, when the well reached its actual depth of 840 m by penetrating into the Girmaki Layer-3 (QD-3) to the maximum deviation angle of 62 degrees.

A 7-inch production casing was run in hole, and high-quality 4.5-inch screens were run in open hole between 720 and 840 m. Running in hole with these types of screens will increase well productivity, solve sand control issues, and restore stable production.

Sayavush Abdullayev, Rig Manager of Platform 20, shared his views about drilling of production well with open hole on West Absheron Field, saying that drilling of wells in cost-effective manner and ahead of time is very important nowadays.

“We have already drilled and delivered 4 wells to our customer from Platform 20. Our drilling crew is continuing to improve their skills of operating the new equipment and technologies installed on the platform, and applying the experience to the next wells. As an example, we prevent hydraulic fracturing and manage to keep the hydrostatic pressure within normal range limits, by means of measuring the pressure while drilling (PWD) and equivalent circulation density (ECD). In addition to that, conduction of logging while drilling (LWD) and use of geopilot equipment can also be one of our new successes. Conduction of geophysical surveys allows us determining precisely the well target depth and sections. One more interesting fact is that representatives of our customer have the ability to perform a real-time monitoring the drilling process from their offices,” he said.

SOCAR-AQS attaches a great importance not only to drilling the wells in a short time period during its activities, but also to the provision of safety, protection of the environment and high quality of services during all stages of operation.

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