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NEW WELLS TO BE DRILLED IN “EAST AZERI” PLATFORM

25.08.2010 [11:57]
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Baku, August 25 (AZERTAC). A BP-led consortium of foreign companies starts drilling of the new wells in East Azeri platform from the block of oil fields “Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli” (ACG).

A drilling of water-injection well D-17 in the platform came to the end, Bp-Azerbaijan Company said.

Two producing wells D-18 and D-19 will be drilled in eastern part of “Azeri” field by the end of 2010.

14 wells were put into operation in East Azeri platform. During 6 months, 150 million barrels or over 20.2 million tons of oil was produced in Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli, while daily production made up about 827, 600 barrels.

About 300 million barrels or over 40.3 million tons of oil was produced in ACG in 2009, while daily production stood at 817,700 barrels. Over 112 barrels of oil was daily produced in East Azeri.