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SOCAR accomplishes construction of compressor station

14 January 2015 [14:29] - TODAY.AZ

/By AzerNews/

By Aynur Karimova

Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR has completed the construction and installation works of a new gas lift compressor station in the shallow part of the Gunashli field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, SOCAR said on January 13.

The new platform will allow not only ensuring the long-term exploitation of the wells with gas lift method, but also regulating gaslift system on all platforms in the fields, as well as ensuring the transportation of gas emitted into the atmosphere.

The capacity of the new station launched at a depth of 87 meters, amounts to three million cubic meters per day. Construction of the station was started in 2009 at the order of the Azneft Production Association of SOCAR.

The Gunashli plays an important role in the oil and gas industry of Azerbaijan. The shallow part of the field is developed by SOCAR independently but deep water part - jointly with foreign partners.

Azerbaijan's energy giant SOCAR, the only producer of oil products in the country includes Azneft Production Association, which runs a number of onshore and offshore oil producing companies, Azerkimya Production Association, and Azerigas Production Association.

SOCAR, which is keen on expanding operations in the retail oil products market abroad, is involved in exploring oil and gas fields, producing, processing, and transporting oil, gas, and gas condensate, marketing petroleum and petrochemical products in the domestic and international markets, and supplying natural gas to industry and the public in Azerbaijan.

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