VOL. XLVI

No 40

06-October-2003

CASPIAN

AIOC Calls Temporary Halt To West Azeri Drilling

BP, operator of the Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC), announced on 26 September that it had stopped drilling in the West Azeri oilfield because some of the wells have been damaged. BP told MEES that during the course of the West Azeri pre-drilling program the consortium had encountered some damage to the wells and had stopped drilling operations under the West Azeri template program. The...