SOCAR, BP provide Shah Deniz-2 project development update
Photo courtesy of SOCAR.
On September 22, Rovnag Abdullayev, SOCAR President, and Gordon Birrell, BP Regional President for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, visited the AMEC/Tekfen/Azfen (ATA) construction yard and saw the processes within the Shah Deniz-2 (SD-2) project.
They were informed that the implementation of these projects has continued successfully. The project is now more than 82% complete in terms of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and remains on target for first gas from SD-2 in 2018.
Ten production wells have already been drilled using the Heydar Aliyev and İstiqlal drilling rigs in preparation for the first gas from the SD-2 and subsequent production ramp up. Project activities continue at the ATA construction yard, Baku Deepwater Jackets Factory and along the pipeline route.
In May 2016, the subsea construction vessel Khankendi, specifically designed and built to install the subsea structures of the SD-2 gas development project, was re-floated into the Caspian Sea.
For the first time in the history of Azerbaijan’s world-class construction sites, the construction of the SD-2 platforms are being undertaken 100% in the country. The two topside units are currently being built at the Azfen construction yard in Bibi-Heybat by the ATA consortium. The topside units are on track for offshore installation during the summer of 2017. To date the construction of two topside units is 93% complete, the living quarters and utilities platform deck are 98% complete and the production and risers platform deck are 91% complete.
Commissioning activities started in March 2016 and currently over 40% complete. South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion activities continue on schedule and overall 45% of the construction scope is complete.
When completed, the project will include:
- Two new bridge-linked offshore platforms
- 26 gas production wells which will be drilled with 2 semi-submersible rigs
- 500 km of subsea pipelines will link the wells with the onshore terminal
- An expansion of the Sangachal terminal to accommodate the new gas processing and compression facilities
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