ConocoPhillips Completes Offshore Norway Wildcat in PL 917
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Norway
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ConocoPhillips Co., based in Houston, has concluded the drilling of wildcat #25/7-8 S in offshore Norway’s production license PL 917. The well is northwest of Balder Field. The exploratory was designed to prove petroleum in Lower Jurassic and Upper Triassic reservoir (Nansen, Eiriksson and Skagerrak) and secondarily in Middle Jurassic reservoir (Hugin and Sleipner). In the primary exploration target, the well encountered several oil and gas-bearing intervals with independent columns. It hit 28 m of Nansen Sandstone with good reservoir quality with a 5-m, oil-bearing interval. About 11 m of Eiriksson Sandstone was found with a 6-m, oil and gas-bearing interval. In Skagerrak, there is a total of 13 m of sandstone with an 8-m, gas-bearing zone. In the secondary exploration target, it hit three thin gas-bearing sandstone layers totaling 3 m in Sleipner. In Hugin, sandstone layers were encountered with a total thickness of 25 m. Preliminary estimates indicate that discovery volumes are 1-5 MMcm of recoverable oil equivalent. The venture was drilled to 3,225 m and was terminated in the Skagerrak in Upper Triassic. Water depth in the area is 126 m.
ConocoPhillips Co., based in Houston, has concluded the drilling of wildcat #25/7-8 S in offshore Norway’s production license PL 917. The well is northwest of Balder Field. The exploratory was designed to prove petroleum in Lower Jurassic and Upper Triassic reservoir (Nansen, Eiriksson and Skagerrak) and secondarily in Middle Jurassic reservoir (Hugin and Sleipner). In the primary exploration target, the well encountered several oil and gas-bearing intervals with independent columns. It hit 28 m of Nansen Sandstone with good reservoir quality with a 5-m, oil-bearing interval. About 11 m of Eiriksson Sandstone was found with a 6-m, oil and gas-bearing interval. In Skagerrak, there is a total of 13 m of sandstone with an 8-m, gas-bearing zone. In the secondary exploration target, it hit three thin gas-bearing sandstone layers totaling 3 m in Sleipner. In Hugin, sandstone layers were encountered with a total thickness of 25 m. Preliminary estimates indicate that discovery volumes are 1-5 MMcm of recoverable oil equivalent. The venture was drilled to 3,225 m and was terminated in the Skagerrak in Upper Triassic. Water depth in the area is 126 m.