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BP Expects Discovery of Oil Reserves in Azerbaijan
Baku/05.07.19/ Turan: BP expects the discovery of oil following the results of exploratory drilling in the shallows of the Absheron archipelago.
As the President of BP-Azerbaijan Gary Jones told journalists, "this is a very promising contract, with great potential. According to the results of exploration work on this contract area, we expect to discover oil. "
According to him, they are planning to start drilling the first exploratory well in the shallows of the Absheron archipelago towards the end of this year.
He recalled that a self-lifting drilling rig Satti was delivered to Azerbaijan from Kazakhstan for exploration drilling. "The drilling rig will be used on the contract area after a certain modernization," said Jones. -0-
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