Normal mode work on Shah Deniz field platform to be restored in next few hours

Generators on the Shah Deniz field production platform should be reinstated and operating by 11:00 a.m. today, Baku time, after which production on the platform will resume to normal capacity, a source in Azerbaijani oil and gas market said.

Production on the Shah Deniz platform in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea has been reduced as a result of power supply problems.

The source said that problems with the generators have been eliminated and they will soon be put back into operation.

"There are no problems with the platform’s safety. Staff that is not assigned in the operations has been transported back to land. If the weather conditions will improve, the staff removed to shore will be returned to their workplace," the source said.

The generators encountered power supply problems, possibly resulting from the use of diesel fuel.


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