BP and its partners have commenced production from the East South flank of the US$28bn Shah Deniz 2 project, offshore Azerbaijan.
The East South flank, which is contained in a water depth of 540 metres, consists of four wells. The new production flank features two new flowlines and various subsea structures that have been connected to the Shah Deniz reservoir.
The flank is expected to reach full production rates in the third quarter of 2021.
According to BP, the East South flank adds 400m standard cubic feet of gas per day to the current production. When fully ramped up, the additional production from the flank will meet the gas requirements of two million homes.
BP said that the Shah Deniz 2 project will now increase its overall production to more than 2.4bn standard cubic feet per day across the assets.
The company said that production from the deep-water flank began late last month, after wrapping up all the associated offshore construction and commissioning works.
The Shah Deniz gas field is located in the Caspian Sea. Discovered in 1999, the field covers nearly 860sq km and had approximately one trillion cubic metres of gas and two billion barrels of condensate initially in place.
The field saw its first phase brought into production in 2006, while its second phase came online in 2018. Currently, the Shah Deniz field produces nearly 58 million cubic metres of gas and approximately 85,000 barrels of condensate per day.
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