VOL. XLIII

No. 18

1-May-2000

CASPIAN

BP Amoco Says Second Shah Deniz Test Well Successful

BP Amoco announced on 20 April that its second test well (SDX-2) in the Shah Deniz concession in the Azerbaijani offshore has proved successful and that Shah Deniz has commercial quantities of natural gas. Gordon Birrell, BP Amocos Azerbaijan Exploration Business Unit Leader, was quoted in the statement as saying: "The tests have been very successful and have achieved the objectives enabling us to confirm...