diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9093e5af99de1ed9a0a1cbe1b500c7a01f87e89..9f4e93d6372c86ce2f30ca6f01abc62cc8303f6a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,4 +78,5 @@ Enabled transaction logger and slf4jlogger
 | name | value | description |
 | ---  | ---   | ---         |
 | `tenantInfo.container.name` | `TenantInfo` | cosmos container name |
-| `azure.cosmosdb.database` | ex `dev-osdu-r2-db` | cosmos databse name |
\ No newline at end of file
+| `azure.cosmosdb.database` | ex `dev-osdu-r2-db` | cosmos database name |
+| `storage_account` | ex `testStorage` | storage account name |
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e69dc863fe018b66c4a3b9e7e7bd4d1173f30ee6..e34db581cec9aa0765ea08fa3fa72be8110019fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <groupId>org.opengroup.osdu</groupId>
   <artifactId>core-lib-azure</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.0.19</version>
+  <version>0.0.20</version>
   <name>core-lib-azure</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/azure/blobstorage/BlobServiceClientFactoryImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/azure/blobstorage/BlobServiceClientFactoryImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1a62a81a1ddd4adc2ecf4e2ed713f7cb4f9ebafa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/azure/blobstorage/BlobServiceClientFactoryImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Copyright © Microsoft Corporation
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package org.opengroup.osdu.azure.blobstorage;
+
+import com.azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredential;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobServiceClient;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobServiceClientBuilder;
+import org.opengroup.osdu.azure.di.BlobStoreConfiguration;
+import org.opengroup.osdu.common.Validators;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
+
+/**
+ *  Implementation for IBlobServiceClientFactory.
+ */
+public class BlobServiceClientFactoryImpl implements IBlobServiceClientFactory {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private DefaultAzureCredential defaultAzureCredential;
+
+    @Autowired
+    @Lazy
+    private BlobStoreConfiguration blobStoreConfiguration;
+
+    private BlobServiceClient blobServiceClient;
+
+    /**
+     * Parameter-less constructor.
+     * This initializes the blobServiceClient.
+     */
+    public BlobServiceClientFactoryImpl() {
+        Validators.checkNotNull(defaultAzureCredential, "Credential cannot be null");
+        Validators.checkNotNullAndNotEmpty(blobStoreConfiguration.getStorageAccountName(), "Storage account name cannot be null");
+
+        String endpoint = String.format("https://%s.blob.core.windows.net", blobStoreConfiguration.getStorageAccountName());
+        blobServiceClient = new BlobServiceClientBuilder()
+                .endpoint(endpoint)
+                .credential(defaultAzureCredential)
+                .buildClient();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param dataPartitionId data partition id.
+     * @return BlobServiceClient corresponding to the given data partition id.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public BlobServiceClient getBlobServiceClient(final String dataPartitionId) {
+        return blobServiceClient;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/azure/blobstorage/IBlobServiceClientFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/azure/blobstorage/IBlobServiceClientFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..48e278f75990f23849afbc4b7d08d11e901d292b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/azure/blobstorage/IBlobServiceClientFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright © Microsoft Corporation
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package org.opengroup.osdu.azure.blobstorage;
+
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobServiceClient;
+
+/**
+ *  Interface for Blob service client factory to return appropriate
+ *  blobServiceClient based on the data partition id.
+ */
+public interface IBlobServiceClientFactory {
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param dataPartitionId       data partition id.
+     * @return      BlobServiceClient corresponding to the given data partition id.
+     */
+    BlobServiceClient getBlobServiceClient(String dataPartitionId);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/azure/di/BlobStoreConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/azure/di/BlobStoreConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..14d0b6e571605bac119828cb1e59f24c94f96400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/azure/di/BlobStoreConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright © Microsoft Corporation
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package org.opengroup.osdu.azure.di;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
+
+/**
+ * A configuration bean class to set up blob store related variables.
+ */
+@Configuration
+@Getter
+@Lazy
+public class BlobStoreConfiguration {
+
+    @Value("${azure.storage.account-name}")
+    private String storageAccountName;
+}