Var Energi ASA on Thursday confirmed oil within the Zagato North appraisal effectively, situated 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) north of its operated Goliat subject on Norway’s aspect of the Barents Sea.
Zagato North, or effectively 7122/8-4 S, yielded estimated gross recoverable assets of as much as three million barrels of oil equal (MMboe) within the Klappmyss and Realgrunnen formations, based on a press launch by the Stavanger, Norway-based oil and gasoline explorer and producer.
The invention is a part of Manufacturing License 229, operated by Var Energi with a 65 % stake with Equinor as accomplice holding 35 %. It’s the13th effectively drilled within the manufacturing license, awarded beneath the Barents Sea Undertaking in 1997, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) stated individually.
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The companions are contemplating tying the invention to current Goliat infrastructure.
The invention had been confirmed February. The effectively aimed to delineate the 7122/8-3 S (Zagato) discovery in Decrease Jurassic-Higher Triassic and Center Triassic reservoir rocks within the Realgrunnen Subgroup and the Kobbe Formation respectively.
“Effectively 7122/8-4 S encountered an 11-meter [36.09 feet] oil column within the Tubaen Formation within the Realgrunnen Subgroup in reservoir rocks totaling 8.5 meters with good reservoir high quality”, the NOD stated. “The oil/water contact was encountered 1,523 meters under sea stage.
“Further reservoir rocks had been encountered within the Kobbe Formation totaling 48 meters with average reservoir high quality, however the reservoirs had been aquiferous.
“An 80-meter oil column was additionally confirmed within the Klappmyss Fomation in sandstone layers totaling one meter with poor reservoir high quality. The oil/water contact was not encountered.
“The effectively was not formation-tested, however in depth knowledge acquisition and sampling had been carried out.
“Appraisal effectively 7122/8-4 S was drilled to respective measured/vertical depths of 2986/2793 meters under sea stage, and was terminated within the Klappmyss Formation within the Decrease Triassic”.
Zagato North, which has a water depth of 406 meters, has been completely plugged and deserted, the NOD stated.
“Zagato North is a part of the Goliat Ridge appraisal program, together with ongoing drilling operations on the Goliat North effectively, adopted by a deliberate side-track and effectively take a look at of the already drilled Zagato South effectively”, Var Energi stated.
“The Goliat Ridge is estimated to comprise gross found assets of 36 to 103 MMboe and with extra potential assets taking the full gross potential to as much as 200 MMboe”, it stated.
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