Shah Deniz increases gas production by 8%

Baku. 21 November. REPORT.AZ/ During the first three quarters of the year, the Shah Deniz field produced 8 billion standard cubic metres (bcm) of gas and about 1.8 million tonnes (14.3 million barrels) of condensate, relevantly up 8% and 5.9% from previous year, Report informs citing BP-Azerbaijan.

The existing Shah Deniz facilities’ production capacity is currently 43.0 million standard cubic metres of gas per day or around 16bcma.

According to the information, during the third quarter of 2018, Shah Deniz Alpha platform installed upper completion on SDA11 and suspended the well. Integrity jobs were conducted on SDA04 and SDA05 wells.

The Istiglal drilling rig completed the SDG04 and SDG02Z wells on the East South Flank. The Maersk Explorer rig continues drilling operations on the SDH02 well on the East North Flank.

The above two rigs have already completed four wells on the North Flank, four wells on the West Flank and two wells on the East South Flank and drilled 14 wells in total for Shah Deniz 2 production and subsequent ramp up. Drilling operations will continue to deliver all wells required to ramp up to plateau level.

The Shah Deniz 2 project is being delivered safely, on schedule and within budget.

On 30 July, the wing valve on the North Flank subsea well SDC-03Z was opened, marking the first production from the Shah Deniz Bravo platform. This milestone marks the very first production from a subsea well in the Caspian, a significant achievement, which has been delivered safely, below budget and ahead of schedule. The Bravo facility is now exporting gas and condensate to the onshore terminal at Sangachal.

Shah Deniz participating interests are: BP (operator – 28.8 per cent), TPAO (19.0 per cent), AzSD (10.0 per cent), SGC Upstream (6.7 per cent), PETRONAS (15.5 per cent), LUKOIL (10.0 per cent) and NICO (10.0 per cent).