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New Drilling Platform in Caspian Sea Has Been Started

New drilling platform put into operation in oldest in world offshore field “Oil Rocks”. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) keeps on developing infrastructure in Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. SOCAR reports that new 2-block platform №2415 has been put into operation. It is planned to drill 12 wells from the platform. The water depth at platform site is 23m. The drilling of first well 1774m deep and expected daily production rate of 16 tons of oil has been launched.

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Source of information	ABC Az
Release date	20/08/2009
Contributor	Elena Nikitina