DNO ASA has accomplished a second properly delineating the play-opening 2023 Heisenberg oil and gasoline discovery in Norwegian North Sea license PL827SB.
Encountering a 20-foot (6-meter) oil-filled Eocene sandstone reservoir, the properly confirmed the Heisenberg quantity estimate of 24 million to 56 million barrels of oil equal (MMboe), with a imply of 37 MMboe, DNO stated in a information launch. The corporate owns a 49 % curiosity within the license, whereas operator Equinor Vitality AS owns the remaining.
The license partnership is finding out a tieback of Heisenberg to close by infrastructure, probably collectively coordinated with the event of different current discoveries on this extremely prolific space surrounding the Troll and Gjøa manufacturing hubs, DNO stated, including that it “has a powerful space place”.
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The Angel exploration prospect, which was the primary goal of the license PL827SB properly, was discovered to be primarily water moist though the properly encountered non-commercial volumes of gasoline, in keeping with the discharge.
Earlier within the yr, Cuvette, through which DNO owns 20 %, marked the corporate’s eighth discovery within the space since 2021, following Røver Nord, Kveikje, Ofelia, Røver Sør, Heisenberg, Carmen and Kyrre. Discoveries within the Troll-Gjøa space make up the most important share of DNO’s web contingent sources within the North Sea, which stood at 132 MMboe on the finish of 2023.
DNO stated it continues to be one of the crucial energetic explorers within the North Sea. Final week, the corporate began drilling operations at Falstaff, which it operates with a 50 % stake, whereas Ringand, through which it has a 20 % stake, is predicted to be drilled later this fall.
In September 2023, DNO made a gasoline condensate discovery on the Norma prospect within the Norwegian North Sea license PL984, through which the corporate holds a 30 % operated curiosity.
A preliminary analysis of the invention signifies gross recoverable sources within the vary of 25 million to 130 MMboe on a P90-P10 foundation, with a imply of 70 MMboe, in a Jurassic reservoir zone with high-quality sandstones, DNO stated in an earlier information launch.
Positioned 12.43 miles (20 kilometers) northwest of the Balder hub and 18.64 miles (30 kilometers) south of the Alvheim hub, Norma is located in an space with in depth infrastructure within the central a part of the North Sea, with tie-back choices providing potential routes to commercialization, in keeping with the discharge.
In 2023, DNO’s Norwegian improvement tasks Andvare (32 %) and Berling (30 %) obtained authorities approval. These tasks are anticipated to return on stream in 2024 and 2028, respectively, in keeping with the corporate’s web site.
The DNO-operated Trym area was ready for recommissioning in early 2024. Additional, DNO stated it was working to mature earlier discoveries similar to Brasse (39 %) for mission sanction.
Final yr, DNO drilled six North Sea exploration wells leading to 4 discoveries. As well as, profitable appraisal drilling moved earlier discoveries Bergknapp (30 %) and Ofelia (10 %) nearer to improvement. The Ofelia appraisal operation additionally led to a brand new gasoline discovery within the overlying Kyrre formation.
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