VOL. XLIV

No 36

3-September-2001

CASPIAN

BP Again Suspends Inam Drilling; Chevron Thinks Twice AboutAbsheron

BP suspended work on its INX-1exploration well in Azerbaijans offshore Inam field in early August afterresuming drilling with the semi-submersible Istiglal rig. Last March operatorBP suspended work on INX-1 at a depth of 4,442ms when the Dada Gorgud rigencountered high pressures (MEES, 5March).According to a BP spokesman,the Istiglal rig successfully re-entered the well and resumed...