Zafar-Mashal is an oil field in Azerbaijan . It is located 130 km southeast of Baku and 90 km from the Kura River Delta . It was discovered in 2004 by the 1st exploratory well.
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The depth of the sea to the field varies 450–950 meters. The area of the deposit is 643 square meters. kilometers.
Oil content is associated with Cretaceous deposits. Initial oil reserves of 881 million barrels, or 140 million tons, of which 100 million are in the Zafar field and 40 million in the Mashal.
Equity participation in the Zafar-Mashal project is distributed as follows: ExxonMobil (project operator) - 30%, SOCAR - 50%, ConocoPhillips - 20%.
Zafar-Mashal was identified as a result of seismic research in 1961, and the first geophysical work on it was carried out in 1985 and 1987. No exploratory drilling was carried out on the block. According to the contract, during the exploration period, the contractor is obliged to conduct three-dimensional seismic exploration here and to drill 2 exploration wells.
The drilling of the 1st exploratory well, the Zafar-Mashal field with the Heydar Aliyev floating semisubmersible drilling rig, began on February 9, 2004. The water depth at the drilling point is 740 m, and the design well depth is 7200 m. The main purpose of drilling is to open the “Break Formation” and the 8th horizon of the “Balakhanskaya Formation”.