OMV AG has hit a pure gasoline discovery within the Norwegian Sea 65 kilometers (40.4 miles) southwest of the manufacturing Aasta Hansteen area, encountering estimated recoverable volumes of 30–140 million barrels of oil equal, the corporate stated.
The invention effectively, wildcat effectively 6605/6-1 S, is the primary to be drilled in manufacturing license 1194. Norway granted the license February 2023 to OMV subsidiary OMV (Norge) AS, Inpex Corp. subsidiary Inpex Idemitsu Norge AS and Vår Energi ASA. Austria’s state-backed OMV holds a 40 p.c working stake whereas Japan’s Inpex and Eni SPA’s majority-owned Vår Energi have 30 p.c every.
“The license companions in PL1194 will additional consider the invention for a possible gasoline area growth to the close by infrastructure”, OMV stated in an announcement on its web site. “Leveraging current infrastructure, a subsea growth to the Aasta Hansteen host platform will end in sooner planning and execution with decrease growth prices, and a decreased carbon footprint”.
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“This discovery might unlock vital potential within the space and prolong the lifetime of the Aasta Hansteen gasoline hub, by which OMV already has a stake”, stated OMV government vice chairman for vitality Berislav Gašo. OMV holds a 15 p.c curiosity within the Aasta Hansteen area, which is operated by 51 p.c proprietor Equinor ASA.
“By specializing in gasoline as a transition gas, OMV invests in reasonably priced vitality options and contributes to a extra sustainable vitality combine”, Gašo stated. OMV goals to boost the share of gasoline in its manufacturing to over 60 p.c by 2030, as declared in a technique it printed March 16, 2022.
The invention effectively, additionally known as Haydn/Monn, sits 300 kilometers (186.4 miles) west of the Norwegian mainland at a water depth of 1,064 meters (3,490.8 ft), in line with OMV.
Drilling, performed by the Transocean Norge rig, primarily focused Higher Cretaceous reservoir rocks within the Springar Formation. “Within the major exploration goal, the effectively encountered a gasoline column of round 20 meters [65.6 feet], of which 13 meters [42.7 feet] was in sandstone reservoir rocks with reasonable to good reservoir high quality”, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate stated individually.
“Along with this, gas-filled sandstone layers totaling round 11 meters [36.1 feet] had been encountered within the decrease a part of the Springar Formation”, the upstream regulator stated.
Within the secondary goal, the Nise Formation, a gasoline column of about 5 meters (16.4 ft) was encountered in sandstone reservoir rocks with reasonable high quality.
The effectively was drilled to a vertical depth of 4,641 meters (15,226.4 ft) and a measured depth of 5,123 meters (16,807.7 ft) beneath sea degree. It has now been completely plugged and deserted, the Directorate stated.
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