Turkmenneft State Concern starts implementation of plans on the development of the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea, Turkmen Oil and Gas Ministry said.
“The first work in this direction was the development of the water part of the Northern Goturdepe field, located in the shallow waters of the Caspian Sea,” said the ministry.
Turkmenneft has been conducting studying of the Northern Goturdepe field since 2010.
“A new technology – drilling of deeper deviant directional operational wells – was used there,” said the ministry. “At the same time, drilled wells in the shallow waters of the Caspian Sea in recent years justified the forecasts of geologists and drillers.”
As a result of a successful renewal of an offshore well, a new oil reservoir was discovered in 2015 at a depth of more than 4,000 meters, said the ministry adding that a powerful gushing oil flow with a rate of over 250 tons per day was obtained here, which exceeds the average figures of the onshore fields.
Turkmenistan recently obtained a modern drilling rig ZJ-70 DB produced by China, which allows drilling wells with the depth over 7,000 meters, where, according to geologists, the most productive subterranean stratas located.
Drilling of deep offshore wells with the help of the new drilling rig is carried out at the field.
Moreover, the current level of technological equipment allows continuing subsoil development and discovering new deposits in this part of the Caspian Sea, according to local experts.