Baku News

13 June 2008 - Today.Az - The 1908th well has been launched at five-bloc platform No 1887. Novosti-Azerbaijan reports with reference to SOCAR that the well daily output is 30 tons from a depth of 2818-2810 meters. Thus, the number of new wells reached 12 and production volume 400 tons per day. Platform No 1887 was launched in 2006 for the purpose of raising oil output on the oil and gas producing department Neft Dashlary from 821,000 up to 1,200,000 (1.5 times). It is planned to exceed the plan of 1,000,000 in the jubilee 2009, when the 60th anniversary of Neft Dashlary will be marked. This requires launching of 20 new wells. On the whole, it is planned to drill 36 1,000 tons daily output wells in platform No 1887. The drilling is carried out by the Bayil limani offshore exploration drilling department. The department delivers 5-6 new wells to Neft Dashlary oil and gas producing department each year. There is a plan to initiate drilling works at two new platforms to drill 24 wells there, in the near future.