KazMunayGas, SOCAR discuss redeploying Satti jack-up rig offshore AzerbaijanKazakhstan’s state-owned KazMunayGas and Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR have discussed bringing the Satti jack-up drilling rig back into service at offshore fields in Azerbaijan, KazMunayGas said.KazMunayGas Chairman of the Management Board Askhat Khasenov and SOCAR President Rovshan Najaf held the talks in Baku.The companies are also studying geological data on prospective areas in both countries, KazMunayGas said.They also reviewed progress on digital solutions and industrial safety under memorandums signed by KazMunayGas, SOCAR, Tatneft and Uzbekneftegaz.Satti is the first rig built entirely in Kazakhstan using U.S. technology. It is owned by KMG Drilling and Services. A 2021 upgrade raised its hook load capacity from 453 tonnes to 680 tonnes. The rig can drill wells to depths of more than 6,000 meters in water depths of 5 to 80 meters.KazMunayGas and SOCAR agreed in January 2019 to share the rig for drilling on projects of BP and SOCAR in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. Satti has drilled at the Apsheron and Babek projects in Azerbaijan and at the Cheleken field in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian.KazMunayGas is Kazakhstan’s national operator for exploration, production, refining and transport of hydrocarbons. Its subsidiary KMG Drilling and Services, founded in 2008, is a leading drilling contractor in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian. Satti is its first offshore rig.KazMunayGas is Kazakhstan’s national operator for exploration, production, refining and transport of hydrocarbons, representing the state’s interests in the oil and gas industry. KMG Drilling & Services, a KazMunayGas subsidiary founded in 2008, is a leading provider of drilling services in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea. It owns Satti, its first offshore rig. (ICE ALMATY)

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