27 December 2016

SOCAR-AQS successfully completes construction of well on Umid field

SOCAR-AQS successfully completes construction of Well 14 on Offshore Stationary Platform 1, without any incidents and harm to the environment, by achieving the actual depth of 6352 m.

 

Well 14, which was drilled down to 7th Horizon, was deviated from its vertical position to 1000 m. Operations Manager for Deep Well, Eldar Yaradanguliyev, shared his impressions on the works being implemented on Platform 1, saying that SOCAR-AQS fully met the technological parameters set by the customer on Umid Field, which is considered one of the most complex and high-pressure fields in the world, and this made it possible for the company to deliver Well 14 safely and with high quality. “Our professional drilling crew fulfilled the obligations laid on them, and successfully passed this exam. The well, drilled down to 7th Horizon, was completed with production well, following which the well was cemented and successfully pressure-tested.

 

The experience gained from successful construction of the wells on such fields as Umid, which are characterised with high pressure, increases the chances of the company in the international drilling projects. I am confident that we will continue to gain our success, by consolidating our potential and experience of work with new technologies!’’

 

Deputy General Director/Chief Geologist, Iftikhar Gasimov, expressed his opinion on the geophysical works completed on Well 14, saying that within the frames of the geophysical works carried out as per the customer’s request, the company successfully applied an ultrasonic device Ultrasonic (IBC).

 

’’With the help of this device, we can precisely determine zonal isolation of the cement at different intervals of the annular space. Successful application of the geophysical measuring devices of new generation is one of the fundamental factors that impact on the high-quality completion of well construction’.

 

We believe that SOCAR-AQS, a company, which is adherent to its values, will continue to deliver wells to its customer in compliance with the requirements of health, safety and environment, without any complications, ahead of schedule and in cost-effective manner.

 

The customer is SOCAR-UMID LLC.

 

 

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SOCAR-AQS LLC was established as an integrated drilling and well services management company between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic and Absheron Drilling Company in 2007. Main scope of activities of the company is provision of work and services related with drilling of oil and gas wells, including: well design and planning; drilling of oil and gas wells; drilling of directionally deviated wells; drilling of horizontal wells; well completion; well workover; sidetracking and drilling of multilateral wells. 



Currently, SOCAR-AQS implements works on drilling the wells from fixed platforms 7 and 11 located on Shallow Water Gunashli Field, fixed platform 20 on the West Absheron fixed platform 1 located on Umid Field and from fixed platform 6 located on the Bulla Field. 



The company is a contractor member of IADC since 2009. SOCAR-AQS has been assessed and certified as meeting the requirements of ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 international standards for Provision of Integrated Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling and Well Services; Casing Running Services and BOP and Wellhead Equipment Repairing and Testing Services.


 
SOCAR-AQS is conducting the work on obtaining, in the near future, of the certificate based on the requirements of API Spec Q2.