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{{Infobox oilfield
| name = Dan Ulduzu
| country = [[Azerbaijan]]
| region =
| location = near [[Absheron peninsula]]
| block =
| offonshore = offshore
| coordinates =
| operator = [[SOCAR]]
| operators =
| partners = [[Amoco]] (30%), [[SOCAR]] (20%), [[Itochu]] (20%), [[Unocal]] (25.5%), [[Delta Oil Company]] (4.5%)
| image =
| caption =
| discovery = 1970s
| start_development = 1997
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| abandonment =
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| est_oil_t = 40
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| est_gas_bcm = 25
| formations = Upper Cretaceous
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'''Dan Ulduzu field''' is an [[oil and gas field]] located {{convert|105|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]], west of [[Karabakh oilfield|Karabakh field]], in the northern section of [[Absheron archipelago|Absheron]] [[archipelago]].<ref name=kazakhstan>{{cite news | url= http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=184534 | title= Подписание новых нефтяных контрактов в рамках нефтегазовой выставки Caspian Oil&Gas-2004 не планируется - президент ГНКАР | trans_title= Signing of any contracts during Caspian Oil&Gas-2004 is not being planned - President of SOCAR | publisher= Kazakhstan Today | author = | date=2004-05-12 | accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref><ref name=interfax>{{cite news | url=http://www.interfax.az/az/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5648&Itemid=9 | title= AFR Azərbaycanla enerji sahəsində əməkdaşlığın intensivləşdirilməsinin tərəfdarıdır | trans_title= Germany is interested in intensifying cooperation with Azerbaijan in the energy sector | publisher= [[Interfax]] Azerbaijan | author = | date=2007-05-22 | accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> In [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]], ''Dan Ulduzu'' means ''[[Pole Star]]''.

==Dan Ulduzu-Ashrafi bloc==
The [[Production sharing agreement]] (PSA) for exploration, development and production between [[SOCAR]] and [[North Absheron Operating Company|NAOC]] consortium for Dan-Ulduzu-[[Ashrafi field|Ashrafi]] bloc was signed on December 14, 1996. The contract area is 453 km2.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/62_folder/62_articles/62_socar_danulduzu.html| title= Dan Ulduzu and Ashrafi. No longer in operation after April 1999 | publisher= [[Azerbaijan International]] | author = Betty Blair| date= Summer 1998| accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> The water depth on location is {{convert|160|m|ft|}} - {{convert|180|m|ft|}}.<ref name=kazakhstan/> According to the contract, 3 exploration wells would be drilled and if successful, the production would start in 2003 with an intended output to reach 7 million tons per year by 2007. Azerbaijan would also have been paid $75 million in bonuses. Total capital investment was estimated at $2.5 billion.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/44_folder/44_articles/44_socar_oilconsortium.html| title= Fourth Oil Consortium Signed. Dan Ulduzu and Ashrafi Prospects | publisher= [[Azerbaijan International]] | author = Betty Blair| date= Winter 1996| accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> After drilling of 3 exploration wells, 2 million tons of oil was discovered at Dan Ulduzu and 6 million tons was found at Ashrafi field in January 1998.<ref>{{cite book |title=Caspian oil. Economy and Geopolitics |last=Huseynov |first=Vagif|authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2002 |publisher= OLMA-PRESS |location= New York|isbn= 5-224-03880-4 |page=52 |pages= |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=alMed-aIvRgC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD+%D0%A3%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%83+%D0%90%D1%88%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8&source=bl&ots=GxN7n9tMHk&sig=cusQrvZRW2fesu4fJbzu895y5zA&hl=en&ei=H7EoTLPsJoKC8gaT0djbDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCQQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%A3%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%83%20%D0%90%D1%88%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8&f=false |accessdate= June 28, 2010}}</ref> During the exploration stage, in 1998-2001, the price for barrel of oil was below $20.<ref name=kaspiy>{{cite web | url= http://www.kaspiy.az/articles.php?item_id=20050622110830889&sec_id=2| title= Нет худа без добра. "Ашрафи" нашло судьбу |trans_title= Good things happen. Ashrafi found its destiny |accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> Due to low prices, the bloc was not considered commercially viable.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://vyshka.azeurotel.com/arxiv/2007/19/1.htm | title= ОБСУЖДЕНЫ ВОПРОСЫ УЧАСТИЯ В МЕЖДУНАРОДНОЙ ВЫСТАВКЕ "НЕФТЬ И ГАЗ КАСПИЯ" | trans_title= Issues related to Caspian Oil and Gas Expo are discussed | publisher= Vyshka | author = I. Mammedli| date=2007-05-25 | accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> On March 7, 2000 the contract for exploration ended and was not renewed by the consortium.<ref name=interfax/>

===Ownership===
The project was operated by North Absheron Operating Company (NAOC) which consisted of the operator [[Amoco]] (acquired by [[BP]]) (30%), [[SOCAR]] (20%), [[Itochu]] (20%), [[Unocal]] (25.5%), [[Delta Oil Company]] (4.5%).<ref name=Trend>{{cite news | url=http://az.trend.az/capital/pengineering/892663.html | title= Wintershall Azərbaycanın dəniz yatağında kəşfiyyat quyusu qaza bilər | trans_title= Wintershall might start drilling in Azerbaijani oil field | publisher= [[Trend News Agency]] | author = | date=2007-03-02 | accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> The company had spent a total of $64.5 million for exploration.<ref name=kaspiy/> The initial right for development of the field was granted to Amoco and Unocal in 1992. The other partners joined in during the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://library.aliyev-heritage.org/az/6307863.html| title= Speech of Heydar Aliyev on PSA agreement with foreign investors |accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref>

==Drilling renewed==
In early 2004, SOCAR confirmed plans to revitalize the project at Dan Ulduzu and Ashrafi fields in 2007.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.day.az/news/economy/4318.html | title= ГНКАР приступит к освоению месторождений "Карабах" и "Ашрафи-дан улдузу" | trans_title= SOCAR will start development of Karabakh and Ashrafi-Dan Ulduzu fields | publisher= [[Day.az]] | author = | date=2004-04-12 | accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> SOCAR intends to drill 19 wells by 2015 which will require an investment of 2.76 billion [[Azerbaijani manat]]s.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://regionplus.az/en/articles/view/617 | title= Contract of the century, or a day longer than a century... | publisher= Region Plus | author = Nurlana Guliyeva| date=2006-02-17 | accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.socar.az/1128-news-view-en.html| title= SOCAR. Oil Strategy of Azerbaijan: successes and perspectives |accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> Currently, the drilling is being carried out by [[Caspian Drilling Company]], contracted for various projects by SOCAR.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://caspiandrilling.com/browse.php?sec_id=10| title= Caspian Drilling Company. Our Company |accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Azerbaijan|Energy}}
*[[Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli]]
*[[Karabakh oilfield]]
*[[Ashrafi field]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://e-qanun.az/files/framework/data/3/f_3815.htm Text of the ratified law on Dan Ulduzu-Ashrafi for PSA Agreement (In Azeri)]

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[[Category:Oil fields of Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Natural gas fields in Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Energy in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Caspian Sea]]
[[Category:Itochu]]

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