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BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.6. In total, 24 wells have been drilled for Shah Deniz 2 to date, said bp in its latest report.

“These include five wells on the North flank, five wells on the West flank, four wells on the East South flank, five wells on the West South flank and five wells on the East North flank,” said the company.

bp notes that during the first half of 2026, the Shah Deniz Alpha platform completed additional perforation activities on the SDA09, SDA07 and SDA04 wells, and commenced drilling the SDA12 well.

“The Shah Deniz 2 project progressed with the wells programme activities using the Istiglal and Heydar Aliyev rigs. During the first half of 2026, the Istiglal rig completed the SDD05 well on the West flank, carried out intervention activities on the SDF02 well on the West South flank, and is currently undertaking completion activities on the SDH04 well on the East North flank. The Heydar Aliyev rig completed the drilling of the SDH05 well on the East North flank and started rig maintenance activities in preparation for drilling the SDD06 well on the West flank,” the report reads.

During the first six months, the Shah Deniz field continued to provide gas to markets in Azerbaijan (to SOCAR), Georgia (to GOGC), Türkiye (to BOTAS), BTC in multiple locations and to buyers in Europe.

In the first half of 2026, the field produced around 14 billion standard cubic metres of gas and about 2 million tonnes (around 15 million barrels) of condensate in total from the Shah Deniz Alpha and Shah Deniz Bravo platforms.

Shah Deniz participating interests are: bp (operator – 29.99%), LUKOIL (19.99%), TPAO (19.00%), SGC (16.02%), NICO (10.00%) and MVM (5.00%).