OKEA ASA and its companions have found extra hydrocarbon deposits within the producing Brage area on Norway’s aspect of the North Sea.
“Preliminary estimates point out further assets for Brage of between 0.5 and 1.5 million commonplace cubic meters (Sm3) of recoverable oil equal (o.e.) if the invention is oil”, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) reported Wednesday. “Whether it is fuel, the preliminary quantity estimate is between 0.4 and 0.9 million Sm3 of o.e.”
The invention was made in growth properly 31/4-A-15 D, which focused the Knockando Fensfjord prospect, the upstream regulator mentioned. The properly was drilled from the Brage set up, it mentioned.
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“The licensees are actually contemplating alternatives for creating ‘Knockando Fensfjord'”, the NOD added.
“Improvement properly 31/4-A-15 D was drilled into the reservoir part within the decrease Fensfjord Formation of Late Jurassic age on its method to the ‘Talisker’ manufacturing goal within the Brent Group of Center Jurassic age”, the NOD mentioned. “A 38.5-meter [126.31 feet] column of hydrocarbons was confirmed in an interval of a number of sandstone layers with reasonable to good reservoir high quality. The petroleum/water contact was not encountered”.
Drilling reached a measured depth of 10,009 meters (32,837.93 toes) and a vertical depth of two,309 meters under sea stage. It was terminated within the Oseberg Formation within the Center Jurassic, in response to the NOD.
The properly is a part of manufacturing license 055, awarded 1979 and legitimate by way of 2040. OKEA is license operator with a 35.2 % stake. Lime Petroleum AS owns 33.84 %, DNO Norge AS 14.26 %, Petrolia NOCO AS 12.26 % and M Vest Power AS 4.44 %.
Brage, which sits within the northern a part of the North Sea 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) east of the Oseberg area, began producing 1993 with an built-in manufacturing, drilling and lodging facility, in response to area info on authorities web site Norskpetroleum.no.
It produced 0.81 million Sm3oe of oil in 2024, in comparison with its peak oil manufacturing of 6.4 million Sm3oe in 1996, in response to the most recent manufacturing knowledge on Norskpetroleum.no.
Brage has remaining reserves of 1.6 million Sm3oe of oil, 0.3 million Sm3oe of fuel and 0.1 million Sm3oe of condensate, in response to Norskpetroleum.no.
Different latest discoveries within the area embody properly 31/4-A-15 B, which has preliminary estimates of 0.3-1.11 million Sm3oe, or 2-7 million barrels, within the Prepare dinner Formation and a couple of.2-4.1 million Sm3oe, or 14-26 million barrels, within the Statfjord group within the Talisker space. The licensees are contemplating a tieback to the prevailing Brage infrastructure, the NOD mentioned in a press launch September 11, 2025.
Earlier in 2025 properly 31/4-A-23 G confirmed a possible addition of 0.05-0.44 million Sm3oe or 0.3-2.8 million barrels of oil-equivalent recoverable assets to Brage. “The licensees will now assess the deposit as a part of the additional growth of the Brage area”, the NOD mentioned Could 28, 2025.
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