OREANDA-NEWS. March 3, 2009. State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) continues developing the oldest offshore oilfield of the world – Neft Dashlari (Oil Rocks) to mark 60 years of its operation this November.

SOCAR informs that these days the field will be delivered the first jacket of two-jacket platform #2521 fabricated at the Baku Deepwater Jackets Factory. The platform designed for drilling of 12 wells is installed at sea depth of 18.5 m. In case of availability of large oil reserves the platform can been drilled 14 wells more.

In parallel it was completed construction of the second jacket intended for social needs.