East Azeri deck installed in Caspian Sea

Aug. 4, 2006
The East Azeri platform deck in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea was lowered into position July 28, reported Statoil ASA, which holds an 8.56% interest in the BP PLC-operated field.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 4 -- The East Azeri platform deck in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea was lowered into position July 28, reported Statoil ASA, which holds an 8.56% interest in the BP PLC-operated field.

The 16,000-tonne topsides took 2 days to transport to the field from the construction site near Baku. The platform's jacket was positioned in 150 m of water during March.

Following the positioning of the deck, all that remains to first oil, expected towards yearend, is offshore hook-ups and commissioning of facilities, Statoil's ACG project manager said.

ACG field will initially produce 260,000 b/d of oil and will produce more than 1 million b/d of oil on reaching peak production in 2009, the company said.

The oil will be sent to the Sangachal terminal in Azerbaijan for processing and export primarily through the recently completed Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline to the Mediterranean.