# Shah Deniz consortium awards $321M topsides contract to Azfen for SDC project

The Shah Deniz consortium awarded Azfen a $321 million contract to fabricate, assemble, install and integrate an 8,500-tonne topsides unit for the Shah Deniz Compression platform. Fabrication will take place at Azfen's Bayil yard, with construction starting in Q4 2025 and completion by end-2028.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2025-09-04
- Where: Bayil yard, Baku, Azerbaijan
- Value: $321.0M
- Jobs: 3,000
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 8,500-tonne topsides unit
- Products: offshore platform topsides unit

## Companies

- [BP](https://endata.com/companies/1131.md) (partner)
- [Azfen](https://endata.com/companies/13453.md) (supplier)
- [Shah Deniz consortium](https://endata.com/companies/13454.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [azerbaijannewsgazette.com](https://azerbaijannewsgazette.com/shah-deniz-consortium-awards-321-million-contract-to-azfen-for-sdc-project/), 2025-09-04: "The Shah Deniz consortium has announced the award of a $321 million contract to Azfen for the fabrication of the topsides unit for the Shah Deniz Compression (SDC) project."

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