05 September 2019

SOCAR AQS to implement successfully drilling works on West Absheron Field

SOCAR AQS, an integrated drilling and well services company, has recently completed construction of well No.65, with target depth of 815 m from platform # 10 successfully without any incidents and without harming the environment.

 

The company has also commenced drilling the well No.18 from platform # 10 with depth of 780 m. Well No.18 will be drilled to Podkirmakinskaya Layer.

 

It should be noted thatthe company using a new generation drilling technology ““Drilmec HH 300” has been efficiently drilling wells on platform 10.

 

The Customer of drilling works is Azneft Production Unit.

 

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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 platforms 7 and 11 located on Shallow Water Gunashli Field, platform 10 on the West Absheron fixed 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 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 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. 

 

In 2017, SOCAR AQS have been certified as meeting the requirements of the API Spec Q2 Quality Management System Standard for the Provision of Integrated Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling & Well Services.

 

SOCAR AQS”s shareholders are SOCAR and Nobel Oil Services.