SOCAR put into operation production well on Neft Dashlary
Azneft company of SOCAR has put into operation the well on the Neft Dashlary field after the geological works, reads SOCAR web site.
The well No 2665 was earlier drilled from the site No 2346.
The production rate of the well after the geological works is 10 tons of oil. The company, however, did not mention the nature of the geological works.
* Neft Dashlary field was discovered in 1949 and is being developed since 1953. The geological resources of the field are estimated at 365 million tons, of which over 182 million tons are extractible ones.—0—
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