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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Darwin Bank''' ({{lang-az|Darvin bankəsi}}) is an [[Azerbaijan]]i [[Bank (topography)|bank]] [[oil field]] in the [[Caspian Sea]], {{convert|45|km|mi|}} - {{convert|50|km|mi|}} north-east of [[Baku]] and {{convert|6|km|mi|}} west of [[Pirallahi Island]]. Industrially significant oil and [[natural gas]] resources were discovered here in the 1950s.<ref name=Caspian><br />
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|script-title=ru:В 2010 году на месторождении "Банка Дарвина" будет установлена новая скважина <br />
|trans_title=In 2010, a new well will be drilled on "Darwin Bank" <br />
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</ref> To date, 16.2 million [[ton]]s of oil and 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas were extracted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.365.az/content/view/1266/18/|script-title=ru:ГНКАР отправила новую платформу на морскую структуру "Банка Дарвина"|publisher=365.az |accessdate=2008-05-16|language=ru}}</ref> [[State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic]] is in the process of building a new [[oil platform]] which will be installed in the field for drilling of 12 wells in 2010. A similar platform No. 660 has already been commenced on site and another platform for drilling of 20 wells is being finalized.<ref name=Caspian/><br />
Another platform operated by ''Absheronneft'' drilled two more wells in 2009 with an overall output of 7-8.5 tonnes of oil.<ref><br />
{{cite news<br />
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|script-title=ru:На месторождении "Банка Дарвина" будет установлена новая платформа <br />
|trans_title=A new platform will be installed on "Darwin Bank" <br />
|publisher=1news.az <br />
|author=Alena Salayeva <br />
|date=2009-12-23 <br />
|accessdate=2010-01-06 <br />
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==Reservoir==<br />
The field holds 3 million tonnes of oil and 0.5 billion cubic meters (cm) of gas.<ref name=Caspian/><br />
A [[mud volcano]] is in the bank's central part.<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Azerbaijan|Energy}}<br />
*[[Oil industry in Azerbaijan]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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:*''Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia'' (1979), vol. 3, p. 337<br />
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{{Energy in Azerbaijan}}<br />
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[[Category:Oil fields of Azerbaijan]]<br />
[[Category:Caspian Sea]]<br />
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