2024-03-03 01:44:53
BP is looking at potential new gas sources beyond Shah Deniz in Azerbaijan.
As Day.Az reported on Friday with reference to Trend, Katerina Papalexandri, BP Vice President for Gas and Low-Carbon Energy Development (Caspian Gas Development Division), said this at the 10th ministerial meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council in Baku.
“As an operator, we are proud to say that safe and efficient gas production continues at Shah Deniz. Last year, production at this giant field exceeded 26 billion cubic meters of gas, reaching stable levels. Today, at Shah Deniz facilities it is possible produce about 79 million standard cubic meters of gas per day. Just two weeks ago, we launched the remaining fifth flank at Shah Deniz – east-north. There are plans to activate two more wells on this flank within a year,” she said.
Papalexandri noted that along with increasing production at the Shah Deniz field, BP is also looking for large volumes of gas in the lower layers.
“To do this, we drilled one of the deepest exploration wells in the Caspian – SDX-8, reaching a depth of almost 7 thousand meters from the seabed. We are now analyzing the data to understand how much more gas these layers may contain. We are also looking for potential new sources gas outside Shah Deniz,” she added.
It should be noted that the shareholders in Shah Deniz are: bp (operator – 29.99%), SGC (21.02%), LUKOIL (19.99%), TPAO (19.00%) and NICO (10.00 %).
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