Summary

The Shah Deniz (SD) Contract Area is a high pressure gas-condensate field located in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. Development of the SD Contract Area, which is operated by BP Exploration (Azerbaijan) Limited on behalf of the other Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) consortium members, is being pursued in phases and to date has included the SD Stage 1 Project (SD1).

The SD 1 Project was approved in 2003 and production began in late 2006. SD1, via the SD Alpha (SDA) Platform, provides production from the SD reservoir. Onshore SD1 processing facilities are provided at the Sangachal Terminal located approximately 60km south of Baku (refer to Figure E.1). The SD2 Project represents the second development stage of the SD Contract Area of which the SD2 Infrastructure Project represents the first major work onshore.