(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Ayya Lmahamad
The construction of the remote control system for the Sangachal
terminal in Azerbaijan is 97 percent complete, bp's Project General
Manager for the Azeri Central East (ACE) Project Neal Phillips said
during a media tour for journalists, Azernews reports per
Trend.
He noted that work is underway to test remote control rooms.
'Upon completion of this project, the commissioning is expected.
Besides, the automation of this platform will help accelerate the
integration of this terminal with ACE,' he said.
Moreover, Neal Phillips stated that the ACE oilfield offshore
platform in Azerbaijan is already insured by a London-based
international insurance company.
'All the partners of ACE were interested in risk insurance and
we received permission from the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan for
risk insurance in accordance with the international insurance
strategy,' he said.
Noting that the ACE platform is being built on the basis of the
latest technologies, he stated that the implementation of this
project will be an example of the construction of a modern platform
in the region.
The project's general manager also emphasized that this project
will make it possible to produce 300 million barrels of oil
products by 2050, that is, to extract the full potential of
Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli.
'This platform will facilitate gas production at the Central and
Eastern platforms. The ACE platform will be equipped with a spare
pipeline. In addition, this platform will operate almost completely
automated. Both business management processes and production
processes will be automated,' he said.
He noted that the oil produced from the platform will be
transported via a 30-inch pipeline to the Sangachal terminal.
Furthermore, he mentioned that technical work on the platform
will be carried out not once every six years, but once every eight
years, which will maximize production.
'A 30-inch pipeline will be built for oil transportation and a
22-inch pipeline for gas transportation. A 16-inch pipeline is
expected to be built to ensure the platform with water. All of them
will be connected to the Sangachal terminal,' he said.
Saying that the ACE platform is 95 percent already built, he
noted that about 62 percent of pipelines and other mechanical
facilities have been put into operation.
'Work continues on connecting pipelines and installing
appropriate compressors. After testing, the platform will be put
into operation,' he said.
Neal Phillips stated that the STB-1 barge is expected to be sent
to the offshore field in the first quarter of 2023.
Furthermore, he stated that the oil production on the ACE
platform is planned to start in 2024, adding that in the first
quarter of 2023, it is planned to begin the installation of the
lower part of the platform.
'The upper part of the platform is still under construction.
After installing the lower part and preparing the upper part, we'll
proceed with the installation of the upper part. Then we expect to
start developing the field in late 2023-early 2024,' he said.
The $6 billion project includes a new offshore platform and
facilities capable of producing 100,000 barrels of oil per day. It
is predicted that 300 million barrels of oil will be produced
during the operational period of the platform.
Construction on the project began in July 2019.
As part of the Azeri Central East project, a new 48-slot
production, drilling, and quarters platform will be installed
between the existing Central Azeri and East Azeri platforms at a
depth of about 140 meters. The project will also include new
infield pipelines to transfer oil and gas from the ACE platform to
the existing ACG Phase 2 oil and gas export pipelines for
transportation to the onshore Sangachal Terminal.
In addition, there will be a water injection pipeline installed
between the East Azeri and ACE platforms to supply injection water
from the Central Azeri compression and water injection platform to
the ACE facilities.
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