BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.6. In total, 24 wells
have been drilled for Shah Deniz 2 to date, said bp in its latest
report.
“These include five wells on the North flank, five wells on the
West flank, four wells on the East South flank, five wells on the
West South flank and five wells on the East North flank,” said the
company.
bp notes that during the first half of 2026, the Shah Deniz
Alpha platform completed additional perforation activities on the
SDA09, SDA07 and SDA04 wells, and commenced drilling the SDA12
well.
“The Shah Deniz 2 project progressed with the wells programme
activities using the Istiglal and Heydar Aliyev rigs. During the
first half of 2026, the Istiglal rig completed the SDD05 well on
the West flank, carried out intervention activities on the SDF02
well on the West South flank, and is currently undertaking
completion activities on the SDH04 well on the East North flank.
The Heydar Aliyev rig completed the drilling of the SDH05 well on
the East North flank and started rig maintenance activities in
preparation for drilling the SDD06 well on the West flank,” the
report reads.
During the first six months, the Shah Deniz field continued to
provide gas to markets in Azerbaijan (to SOCAR), Georgia (to GOGC),
Türkiye (to BOTAS), BTC in multiple locations and to buyers in
Europe.
In the first half of 2026, the field produced around 14 billion
standard cubic metres of gas and about 2 million tonnes (around 15
million barrels) of condensate in total from the Shah Deniz Alpha
and Shah Deniz Bravo platforms.
Shah Deniz participating interests are: bp (operator – 29.99%),
LUKOIL (19.99%), TPAO (19.00%), SGC (16.02%), NICO (10.00%) and MVM
(5.00%).
