The “UMID-BABEK” offshore field is located in the Caspian Sea, 75 km south of Baku. The “UMID” field is the first gas condensate field in the Caspian Region that was discovered / explored during the country’s independence period with internal sources of SOCAR. Initial production at the field began in 2012. The total reserves of the field are estimated to be 200 billion m3 of gas and 40 million m3 of condensate. The project is being operated by “UMID-BABEK Operating Company (UBOC) on the basis of the Risk Service Agreement, which was established in 2017.

The UMID-BABEK project is important in regulating / maintaining the country's energy balance. In order to expand / facilitate the development of the UMID field, "UMID-1 Platform’s Production Acceleration” project is being successfully implemented under the leadership of SOCAR. "UMID-1 Platform’s Production Acceleration” project is one of the first projects that is based on international experience and is being implemented with the help of innovative technologies and modern equipment. The main goal of the project is to eliminate the limitations of the transportation system (from UMID-1 platform) and to increase production by drilling new wells.

Given current limitations of the transportation lines, three (3) million m3 of gas and four hundred seventy (470) tons of gas condensate are being produced daily from the UMID field and then transported via the existing Dashgil terminal to the Sangachal Head Facilities (SHF) using SOCAR’s infrastructure / network. As a result of the project, it is planned to safely increase the daily gas production rate from three (3) million m3 to eight point one (8.1) million m3, and condensate production rate – from four hundred seventy (470) tons to one thousand two hundred (1,200) tons.