BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 18. Drilling of an exploratory well at Shah Deniz is planned before the end of this year, VP Caspian Communications & Advocacy at bp Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli told reporters, Trend reports.
In addition, Aslanbayli noted that maintenance work will be carried out at the field in the third quarter of this year.
In the first three months of 2022, the Shah Deniz field produced more than 6 billion standard cubic metres (bscm) of gas and more than 1 million tonnes (more than 9 million barrels) of condensate in total from the Shah Deniz Alpha and Shah Deniz Bravo platforms, as compared to 5.1 billion standard cubic metres (bcm) of gas and around 1 million tonnes (7.8 million barrels) of condensate in Q1 2021. As such, the field’s gas production rose by 17.6 percent year-on-year.
The existing Shah Deniz facilities’ production capacity is currently about 72 million standard cubic metres of gas per day or more than 26 bcma. During the quarter, the Shah Deniz field continued to provide deliveries of gas to markets in Azerbaijan (to Azerkontrakt), Georgia (to GOGC), Turkey (to BOTAS), to the BTC Company in multiple locations and to buyers in Europe.