BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 10.
Installation of the Azeri-Central-East (ACE) platform on the
Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli block is anticipated within the second quarter of
2023, Trend
reviews by way of the BP.
The platform’s development progress is 99 %
full, and work is underway for testing and making ready it for
launch.
Testing of the brand new BP platform is 95 % full.
As many as 1,500 specialists, 90 % of whom have been Azerbaijanis,
took half within the development of ACE.
In addition, the development of a 14-kilometer
pipeline has been accomplished, and three subsea constructions have been
put in. There are additionally some achievements in connecting export
pipelines from the ACE platform to the Sangachal pipeline. The
connection of the gasoline pipeline has already been accomplished, and the
oil pipeline is anticipated to be linked by the top of the second
quarter of this yr.
Moreover, work on the distant management of the ACE
platform from the Sangachal terminal is100 % full.
The $6 billion ACE venture is the following step within the
growth of the enormous ACG area within the Caspian Sea. The ACE
platform and tools are designed to course of as much as 100,000
barrels of oil per day. Up to 300 million barrels are anticipated to
be produced over your entire length of the venture. The platform
might be managed remotely from the Sangachal terminal and can
embody an progressive automation system.
