Fossil Energy – Azeri
Azeri Central East platform jacket, built at the Heydar Aliyev Baku Deepwater Jackets Factory (BDJF), is ready for load-out to sail away to its permanent location in the ACG contract area in the Caspian Sea.
“The construction of the jacket was completed safely and on schedule.
The ACE platform jacket, built by BOS Shelf, was fully constructed in Azerbaijan, using local construction infrastructure and facilities.
The platform jacket weighs 16,000 tonnes and stands 153 meters high. It contains three production risers – one water injection, one oil export, and one gas export. The jacket will be installed in a water depth of 137 meters.
“The ACE project represents the start of the ACG’s renewed contract in action. We are very pleased to have completed the first massive piece of the project – the ACE platform jacket, safely and on schedule. This is a significant step towards the first ACE oil achievement. We will now focus on the other parts of the project – topside facilities, subsea construction, and offshore installation as we move towards completion of the entire project next year. This will allow us to start drilling the first well for the commencement of ACE production,” bp’s regional president for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkiye Gary Jones said.
The ACE project is centered on a new 48-slot production, drilling, and quarters platform located mid-way between the existing Central Azeri and East Azeri platforms in a water depth of approximately 140 meters. The project will also include new infield pipelines to transfer oil and gas from the ACE platform to the existing ACG Phase 2 oil and gas export pipelines for transportation to the onshore Sangachal terminal.
In addition, there will be a water injection pipeline installed between the East Azeri and ACE platforms to supply injection water from the Central Azeri compression and water injection platform to the ACE facilities.
