Equinor ASA and its companions found extra oil, condensate and pure gasoline within the Norwegian Sea about 250 kilometers (155.34 miles) southwest of Brønnøysund and close to the manufacturing Tyrihans discipline.
Preliminary calculation for properly 6407/1-B-2 H signifies 200,000-1.3 million cubic meters (45.91 million cubic toes) or 1-8 million barrels of oil equal recoverable assets, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) reported.
“The licensees will assess the invention with a view towards a possible manufacturing properly from the identical location, with manufacturing over Tyrihans to the Kristin set up”, the upstream regulator stated. Equinor-operated Tyrihans began manufacturing 2009 by the Kristin platform.
- Advertisement -
The invention is the primary exploration properly drilled in manufacturing license 1121, awarded February 2021, in response to the NOD.
The drilling marketing campaign aimed to show petroleum in Center Jurassic rocks primarily within the Garn Formation and secondarily within the Ile Formation.
“Nicely 6407/1-B-2-H encountered an approx. six-meter [19.69 feet] condensate/mild oil column within the Garn Formation in sandstone with poor to reasonable reservoir properties”, the NOD stated. “The properly encountered an approx. 63-meter gasoline/condensate column within the Ile Formation in sandstone with poor to good reservoir properties. The properly was not formation-tested.
“Nicely 6407/1-B-2 H was drilled to a measured depth of 4,590 meters (4,045 meters vertical depth) under sea stage, and was terminated within the Ror Formation within the Center Jurassic. Water depth on the website is 275 meters.
“The properly will now be briefly plugged and deserted”.
The Transocean Encourage rig is leaving the positioning to drill a manufacturing properly within the Equinor-operated Åsgard discipline.
Equinor operates license 1121, which expires February 2028, with a 40 p.c stake. DNO ASA and Var Energi ASA every personal 30 p.c.
Earlier this month, Equinor introduced two new gasoline and condensate discoveries within the Sleipner space on Norway’s aspect of the North Sea.
Preliminary estimates for Lofn (properly 15/5-8 S) and Langemann (15/5-8 A), in manufacturing license 1140, point out 5-18 million cubic meters oil equal recoverable assets, or 30-110 million barrels, in response to Equinor.
“These are Equinor’s largest discoveries thus far this yr and could be developed for the European market by present infrastructure”, it stated in an internet assertion December 5.
The discoveries sit between the Gudrun and Eirin fields and about 40 kilometers (24.85 miles) northwest of the Sleipner A processing, drilling and dwelling quarters platform, in response to Equinor. The platform is one among a number of installations serving the Sleipner gasoline and condensate fields Sleipner East (which began manufacturing 1993), Gungne (began up 1996) and Sleipner West (additionally put on-line 1996). Sleipner infrastructure additionally serves tie-in fields Sigyn (on-line since 2002), Volve (began up 2008), Gudrun (began up 2014) and Gina Krog (began up 2017).
Lofn and Langemann encountered gasoline and condensate within the Hugin Formation, which consists of sandstones with “good reservoir properties”, Equinor stated.
“The discoveries scale back uncertainty in a number of close by prospects, which is able to now be additional evaluated”, it stated.
Within the third quarter Equinor made seven “business discoveries” within the Norwegian continental shelf, in response to its quarterly report October 29.
To contact the creator, e-mail jov.onsat@rigzone.com
What do you suppose? We’d love to listen to from you, be part of the dialog on the
Rigzone Power Community.
The Rigzone Power Community is a brand new social expertise created for you and all power professionals to Converse Up about our business, share data, join with friends and business insiders and have interaction in an expert group that may empower your profession in power.
