The branch of “Umid Babek Operating Company” in Azerbaijan

Republic announces an open competition № EAD-001/2019 for

provision of Exploration/Appraisal and Development Optimization
Services.
Documents to be submitted for participation in the tender:
 Application letter for participation in the competition (the letter is attached);
 Confirmation from bank on payment of the participation fee;
 Bid (must be valid no less than 30 bank days after the date of opening of the bid envelopes).
Application for participation in the competition (signed and sealed) and the confirmation from the bank on payment of
I.
participation fee should be submitted in Azerbaijani or English language no later than July 12 2019, by 17:00, to the address
of the Purchasing organization specified in the notice.
The copies of the required documents (except the bid) may be sent to the e-mail address of the contact person specified in the
notice. In this case, the originals of the documents shall be submitted to the Company until the last day of submission of the
bids.
The deadline for submission of the bids:
II.  An original and two copies of the bid shall be submitted to the Purchasing Company on July 16, 2019, Lot 1 by 14:00,
Lot 2 by 14:30,. Late bids shall be rejected.
Participation fee and acquisition of the invitation to bid:
 The general set of requirements electronicaly or in hard copy in English languages can be obtained from the contact
person after paying 590.00 (500.00+18%) (five hundred ninety) Azerbaijani manat (VAT included) for Lot 1, 1 770.00 (1
500.00+18%) (one thousand seven hundred seventy) Azerbaijani manat (VAT included) for Lot 2, to the below-
mentioned account, till the date specified in the paragraph I of the announcement, on any business day from 09:30 a.m. to
17:30 p.m.
 Account number:
VOEN: 1503807961
III. Bank: The head office of “Xalq” Bank;
TİN: 2000296061;
Corr/account AZ24NABZ01350100000000067944;
Code: 501026;
SWIFT: HAJCAZ 22
Curr/account: AZ65HAJCHCNAZN10000098111001 – AZN
Curr/account: AZ25HAJCHCNUSD10000098111002 – USD
Curr/account: AZ29HAJCHCNEUR10000098111003 – AVRO
 The participation fee is not refundable except if canceled by UBOC
Bank guarantee:
IV.
 An advance payment bond shall be at least equal to the sum of advance payment requested.
V. Execution term of the Contract: It is required to fulfill the terms of the purchase contract during 5 months for Lot 1 and 6
months for Lot 2
Address: AZ 1029, Baku, Heydar Aliyev avenue 121, SOCAR Tower, 8th floor
Contact person:
Contact person: Umud Jafarov
VI. Contact person’s position: Procurement Specialist at The branch of “Umid Babek Operating Company” in Azerbaijan
Republic
Tel: (+994 12) 521 00 00 (27369)
Mob:(+994 50) 558 00 07; E-mail: tenders@socar-umid.com
The notice, information on the subject of procurement and application form in order to obtain an invitation to bid are
VII. placed on the following website:
www.azerweb.com www.socar.az
Bid opening information (date, time and location):
VIII. Bids wil be opened on July 16, 2019 Lot 1 at 14:00, Lot 2 at 14:30 at the address of the Company specified in the
paragraph VI

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IX. Information about contracts awards:
You will be notified on the results by email from tenders@socar-umid.com
The Procurement group of The branch of
“Umid Babek Operating Company” in Azerbaijan Republic

(In the firm blank of the applicant)

Application form for participation in the open competition and for acquisition of Invitation to
Bid (Set of Basic Conditions)

___________ city “__”_______20__

___________No.

Attn.: Head of Tender group of

The branch of “Umid Babek Operating Company”
in Azerbaijan Republic Emin Gasimov

Hereby we, [full name of the applicant consignor (Contractor) is specified] confirm the intent of participation
in an open competition EAD-001/2019 announced by The branch of “Umid Babek Operating
Company” in Azerbaijan Republic, for provision of Exploration/Appraisal and Development
Optimization Services.
At the same time, we confirm the absence of any cancellation or bankruptcy procedures, activity
interruption in relation to [full name of the applicant consignor (Contractor) is specified ] or any situation
making it’s participation impossible.
We kindly ask You to send the soft copy of an invitation to bid to the following e-mail
address:____________________.

The contact information for propmtly responding the queries relating the documents submitted by us
and other issues:
 Contact person: _______________________________
 Position of the contact person: ____________________
 Phone number: ________________________________
 Fax: ________________________________________
 E-mail address: ________________________________
Appendix:
1. Original of the bank document on payment of the participation fee – __ pages.
________________________________ _______________________
(name, surname, patronymic of the responsible person) (signature of responsible person)

_________________________________
(position of responsible person)
Seal

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 Technical Requirements

1. INTRODUCTION

Umid Babek Operating Company (UBOC) is an operator incorporated in 2017. The company
engages in oil and gas – exploration, production and operation activities in high-pressure Umid gas-
condensate field and Babek prospective structure in Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea.

Umid and Babek offshore block is situated in the South of Caspian Sea, 75 km of SE Baku at water
depth of 50-700 m. The current focus is on shallow water development of Umid field and
exploration of Babek prospective structure. UBOC’s long-term plan involves exploration and
development of deep-water zones and reservoirs deeper than currently penetrated. Umid-Babek is
a four way anticlinal structure with a closing contour at 7300 m, where the area is 37.5 x 6.5 km.
Structure is characterized by a mud volcano that separates them from one another.

Data available for Umid-Babek block includes 3D seismic survey of 1038 sq.km which is under
processing at the moment, 2D regional seismic profiles, two (2) old and five (5) recently drilled
wells with limited wellbore information and 1 well with advanced wellbore information drilled at
Umid block. No wells have been drilled at Babek block yet. Currently, UBOC is producing gas from
one stationary platform within Umid field via three (3) wells.

Stratigraphic markers of Neogene and Miocene that have been penetrated within Umid field are
Quaternary, Absheron, Akchagyl, Surakhany, Sabunchy and Balakhany, where the reservoirs that
have been penetrated include Horizons V (also known as Balkhany VIII) and VII (A, B, C and D) (also
known as Fasila). Future drilling within Umid field is focusing on prospective VII-E, VIII and PK,
whereas in Babek structure drilling aims at Horizons V and VII.

Data acquisition under the Umid platform and the Mud Volcano was undertaken in dual vessel
undershoot operation. Data acquisition parameters are given below

Main acquisition parameters:

Streamer type Nessie 4

Number of Streamers 6

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Group Interval 12.5m

Stream Length 6000m

Streamer Separation 100m

Near Offset maximum 250m

Streamer Depth 10m (+/-1m)

Source Type Airgun Array BOLT 3390 /3147 cu inc

Number of array 2 by 3 sub array

Air pressure 2000 psi

Peak to Peak output >68.6 or > 80 bar meter

Peak/Bubble ratio >18.2 or 15

Source Interval Dual source 25m flip flop (50m per same source)

Source Separation 50 m

Source Depth 6m(+/- 1m)

Average Line Length ~ 45 Km

Record Length 9 sec

Sample Rate 2 msec

Low Cut Filter 3Hz/18/dB / Oct

High Cut Filter 200Hz/406dB/Oct

Media 3592 magnetic cartridges

Format SEG D

Navigation systems Trinav DGPS

Bin size 6.25 x25

Shooting direction 115 / 295

Recording system TRIACQ

Positioning system TRINAV

Shooting direction 115 / 295

Number of pre plot lines 77

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Undershoot vessel gun specs:

Source type Sleeve Gun 1160cu inc

Number of array 1 by 2 sub array
Air pressure 2000 psi
Peak to Peak output > 36.9 bar meter
Peak/Bubble ratio > 15
Source Depth 5m(+/- 1m)

LOT – 1: ADVANCED REPROCESSING OF 3D EXPLORATION SEISMIC AND 2D REGIONAL DATA

FROM UMID-BABEK OFFSHORE BLOCK

2. PROJECT GOALS

These methods will be applied both 3D exploration data and 2D regional seismic data. The tool
should use the following methods:

 De-multiple on 2D regional profiles by adapting them to the 3D re-processing workflow

 Full Waveform Inversion (FWI - 10, 12, 15 Hz)
 TTI Anisotropic Velocity Model
 Q Tomography and Q Migration
 Final RTM (60 Hz) and Kirchhoff Depth migration
Note: Suggestions and recommendations of the winning Bidder for the algorithms and workflows
will be considered.

3. AVAILABLE DATA

 Data from 7 wells:

 6 wells with GR, resistivity and SP;
 1 well with full suite of logs including GR, resistivity, neutron, sonic, NMR, VSP,
MDT/RFT, core.
 Reprocessing seismic data (2018):
 Full Wave Inversion
 Shot Gathers after Navigation Merge ( no mute, no phase corrections including de-ghost
have been applied) or Shot Gathers before De-multiple;
 Initial Velocity Model (either PSDM or Smoothed PSTM velocity fields);
 Interpretation of key horizons.
 Tomographic Velocity Updates and Final KPSDM
 Pre-processed CMP gathers after 3D binning and regularization;
 Initial Delta values estimated over the field (from well information).
 RTM
 Pre-preprocessed Shot Gathers after De-multiple (prior to 3D binning and
regularization).
 Regional 2D raw lines:

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  Regional line 1 - 182.640 km
 Regional line 2 – 77.086 km
 Additional
2018 Reprocessing (Appendix-1)
 Pre Stack Time Migration (Kirchhoff) from 2018 year reprocessing;
 Near Angle Stack, Middle Angle Stack, Far Angle Stack, Full Offset Stack.
2013 First processing (information can be provided if needed).

LOT – 2: SEISMIC INTERPRETATION AND MODELLING (GEOLOGICAL, PETROPHYSICAL, GEOMECHANICAL

AND STATIC/DYNAMIC) WITHIN UMID-BABEK OFFSHORE BLOCK

1. PROJECT GOALS AND PROCESS DESCRIPTION

The main aim of the project is exploration/appraisal of Babek prospective structure and
development optimization of Umid field. This will be achieved through the following objectives
through integrated team work with Subsurface Specialists from UBOC:

 Petrophysical interpretation of available well log data (both old and recent wells). Creation
of a petrophysical model of the reservoir within horizons V and VII; using available data and
analog fields and identification of petrophysical parameters for horizon VIII;
 Structural and dynamic analysis of seismic and well data for reservoir characterization:
delineation of geological features (fault and fracture networks, submarine canyons, etc.)
and stratigraphic markers and analyzing the lateral distribution of reservoir parameters;
 Geological analysis: well correlation and development of conceptual geological model for
horizons V, VII and VIII based on integrated analysis of geological, geophysical, production
data and regional geological studies;
 Analyzing regional 2D seismic profiles cutting through Umid-Babek offshore block to ensure
better understanding of the geology of structures;
 Assessment of hydrocarbon potential for future drilling for horizons underlying the Horizon
VII;
 3D static modeling incorporating results and related uncertainties of petrophysical, seismic
and geological interpretation. Constructing Gross Depositional Environment maps;
 Hydrodynamic modelling to represent the reservoir system and for the Field Development
Plan (FDP) parameters prediction;
 Identifying geological uncertainties greatly impacting the FDP forecast;
 Multiple adaptation of models to get a range of models consistent with actual data;
 Proxy Simulation (if needed) for a simplified presentation of the simulation results and
Monte-Carlo analysis;
 Geomechanical analysis of the field to identify the potential risks for exploration drilling in
Babek structure and development drilling in Umid structure.
 Develop a plan and measures for risks mitigation; decrease a likelihood of non-
productive time due to wellbore instability issues.
 Constructing 3D and 1D geomechanical models containing elastic properties and strength
parameters of rocks, profiles and distributions of pressures, magnitudes and orientations of
stresses to enable optimization of the drilling strategy and ensuring the longevity of life of
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 the wells and identification of hazardous and effective drilling zones along the stratigraphic
interval;
 An algorithmic and automation of the process of working with multiple calculations for the
following tasks:
 Creation of multiple calculations with various parameters of uncertainty and run
automatically.
 The use of algorithms for automated adaptation and optimization
 The speed and clarity of multiple calculations results analysis: correlations,
parameter distributions, cross-plots, etc.
 Cross-plots, etc.

2. Deliverables

Tasks and results surve towards obtaining the following major deliverables:

 Assessment of exploration within Umid-Babek offshore block;

 Preparation of appraisal plan for Umid-Babek offshore block;
 Integrated Field Development Plan for Umid and Babek;
 Optimization of Field Development Plan for Umid field;
 Increasing the drilling efficiency for future wells, etc.
 Reports for each of the aforementioned deliverables;
 Supplying the Client with 3D models:
 Despite of the type of a software implemented during the project, final models, in
addition to their current formats, have to be exported in RMS format for geological
mode, Petrel/Visage format for geomechanical model and Tempest format for
hydrodynamic model.

Note: Detailed Set of Requirements (for Lot 1 and Lot 2) will be provided upon applying to
tender.