BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 2. The Bahar project
will become a flagship energy asset run by a fully digital approach
and artificial intelligence (AI), Senior Vice President of
Integration at SLB Corporation, Gokhan Yarim, said at a panel
discussion held on the second day of the Baku Energy Week, Trend reports.
He noted that the Bahar project is one of the strategic and
flagship projects for the company and has been designed as an asset
with fully digital capabilities from the initial stage.
According to Yarim, within the framework of the project, each
stage of the production chain - from formation rocks to production
pipelines - has been designed to be traceable through digital
technologies: the Bahar project uses the most modern seismic survey
tools and AI technologies to identify various layers.
"This approach played an important role in the process of
planning, placement, and orientation of drilling wells," the vice
president explained.
Gokhan Yarim added that the drilling of inclined and horizontal
wells, as well as the selection of appropriate completion
technologies, are of particular importance in the project.
According to him, this approach covered not only the drilling of
wells, but also the planning of the entire life cycle of the
asset.
The SLB official emphasized that the main goal is to ensure the
development of the field with the maximum recovery factor and take
into account the possibilities of both second and third stage
recovery.
Yarim said that the Bahar project is a successful example of
combining SOCAR's local experience with SLB's global knowledge and
technologies.
Expressing his gratitude for the opportunities created for
cooperation within the project, he said that he believes the future
results of Bahar will make a significant contribution to the energy
sector of Azerbaijan and the region.
