TotalEnergies starts Absheron production in Caspian Sea
TotalEnergies and the State Oil Co. of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) started production from first phase development of Absheron gas and condensate field in the Caspian Sea, about 100 km southeast of Baku in in water depths of around 500 m.
This first phase connects a subsea production well to a new gas processing platform linked to SOCAR’s existing infrastructure in Oil Rocks field. It has production capacity of 4 MMcmd of gas and 12,000 b/d of condensate. Gas will be sold on the domestic market in Azerbaijan.
The project is operated by the Joint Operating Co. of Absheron Petroleum (JOCAP). TotalEnergies and SOCAR both hold 50% interest in the project (OGJ Online, Nov. 21, 2016).
A gas discovery was made in 2011 by Total E&P Absheron, operator of the Absheron exploration, development, and production sharing agreement during the exploration phase. The Absheron ABX-2 well encountered more than 150 m of cumulated net gas pays within high quality sands on the northern flank of a major 270 sq-km structure.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).