First-phase Absheron gas project online offshore Azerbaijan
July 10, 2023
TotalEnergies and SOCAR, the 50:50 partners in the JOCAP venture, have brought onstream the Absheron Field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, 100 km southeast of Baku.
Courtesy SOCAR
SOCAR says the Oil Rocks Field is a strategic communication and infrastructure center connecting other oil fields of Azerbaijan. Up to 70% of SOCAR’s annual oil and gas production is transferred to the coast from there.
Offshore staff
PARIS, France— TotalEnergies and SOCAR, the 50:50 partners in the JOCAP venture, have brought onstream the Absheron Field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, 100 km southeast of Baku.
Under the first-phase development, a subsea production well is connected to a new gas processing platform linked to SOCAR’s facilities in Oil Rocks, producing up to 4 MMcf/d of gas for sale to the domestic market in Azerbaijan and 12,000 bbl/d of condensate.
TotalEnergies claims the technical cost of the development is “competitive technical,” with a low greenhouse-gas emissions intensity.
