Azeri oilfield
Azeri (Azerbaijani: Azəri) is an offshore oil field in the Caspian Sea, located Template:Convert east of Baku, Azerbaijan and is a part of the larger Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) project. The Azeri field includes Central Azeri, West Azeri, East Azeri production platforms compression and water injection platform (C&WP).<ref name=BP>Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli. The largest oil field under development in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian basin.</ref> The field was discovered in 1988 and originally it was named after 26 Baku Commissars.<ref name=zonn> Template:Cite book</ref>
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Central Azeri
Central Azeri is a production, drilling and quarters (PDQ) platform located in nearly Template:Convert depth of water in the central part of the Azeri field. The platform is constructed to produce approximately Template:Convert. The facilities on Central Azeri include:
- a 48-slot PDQ platform
- a Template:Convert oil pipeline from the platform to the receiving Sangachal terminal
- a Template:Convert gas pipeline from the platform to Sangachal terminal.
Central Azeri has started its operations in February 2005<ref name=BP/>
West Azeri
West Azeri is a production, drilling and quarters (PDQ) platform located in Template:Convert depth of water and was constructed to produce oil from western section of Azeri field. West Azeri adds Template:Convert to the overall ACG production.<ref> Template:Cite news</ref> The facilities on West Azeri include:
- a 48-slot PDQ platform
- a Template:Convert oil pipeline from the platform to receiving Sangachal terminal
The platform has started its operations in December 2005.<ref name=BP/>
East Azeri
East Azeri is a production, drilling and quarters (PDQ) platform located in Template:Convert depth of water and was constructed to produce oil from eastern section of Azeri field. East Azeri produces Template:Convert. The facilities on East Azeri include:
- a 48-slot PDQ platform<ref name=BP/>
The platform has started its operations in October 2006.<ref> Template:Cite press release</ref>
Compression and water injection platform (C&WP)
The C&WP supplies Central, West and East Azeri platforms with water and gas injection services, manages gas export and provides electrical power using 10 Rolls Royce turbines. The platform is bridge linked to Central Azeri platform.<ref name=BP/>
Gas injection capacity at C&WP is Template:Convert utilizing 5 gas injection wells. Water injection capacity is Template:Convert utilizing 12 water injection wells. Gas export capacity stands at Template:Convert. Azeri C&WP has some of the largest water injection pumps and gas injection compressors among BP platforms worldwide. The topsides have been constructed in the ATA (AMEC-Azfen-Tekfen) construction yard in Bibi-Heybat, Azerbaijan.<ref name="Azerbaijan International"> Template:Cite journal </ref>
2008 gas leak and blowout
On 17 September 2008, a gas leak was discovered in the area of the Central Azeri platform after blowout in a gas-injection well.<ref name=reuters170908> Template:Cite news </ref><ref name=bloomberg170908> Template:Cite news </ref><ref name=time181210> Template:Cite news </ref> The platform was shut down and the staff was evacuated.<ref name=reuters170908/><ref name=bloomberg170908/> As the West Azeri Platform was being powered by a cable from the Central Azeri Platform, it was also shut down.<ref name=wikileaks081008> Template:Cite report </ref> BP, an operator of ACG, suspected a bad cement job caused the leaking gas.<ref name=wikileaks150109> Template:Cite report </ref> Production at the West Azeri Platform resumed on 9 October 2008 and at the Central Azeri Platform in December 2008.<ref name=reuters101008> Template:Cite news </ref><ref name=reuters231208> Template:Cite news </ref>
See also
- Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli
- Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline
- Sangachal Terminal
- South Caucasus Pipeline
- Baku-Supsa pipeline
- Baku–Novorossiysk pipeline
- Nabucco pipeline
- Baku-Novo Filya gas pipeline
- Nakhichevan field
