(WO) – In response to the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, Aker BP gasoline made one other pure gasoline discovery in wildcat properly 7324/8-4 (Hassel) within the Barents Sea, round 300 km offshore Norway.
Scarabea 8 drilling rig
That is the second properly to be drilled in manufacturing license 1170, which was awarded in APA 2021. Fuel was additionally not too long ago confirmed within the first properly within the manufacturing license, 7324/6-2. Each wells have been drilled by the Scarabeo 8 rig.
Preliminary estimates point out the dimensions of the pure gasoline discovery at between 3.23 – 4.42 MMboe.
Wells 7324/6-2 and 7324/8-4 have been drilled within the Hoop fault advanced, near the 7324/8-1 (Wisting) and 7324/7-2 (Hanssen) oil discoveries. A number of wells have been drilled earlier in different manufacturing licenses within the space, a few of which resulted in discoveries (7325/4-1 (Gemini Nord), 7324/9 (Mercury), 7324/6-1 (Sputnik), 7324/3-1 (Intrepid Eagle) and 7325/1-1 (Atlantis)).
The licensees on this space are Equinor, Aker BP, Petoro and Inpex Idemitsu.
Geological data. The target of the properly was to show petroleum in Center Jurassic to Higher Triassic reservoir rocks within the Stø and Fruholmen formations.
Effectively 7324/8-4 encountered a 30 m reservoir zone within the Stø and Fruholmen formations, with an 11 m gasoline column, a complete of 8 m of which in sandstone layers with excellent reservoir high quality.
The gasoline/water contact was encountered 686 m under sea degree. The properly was not formation-tested, however intensive information acquisition and sampling have been carried out.
Effectively 7324/8-4 was drilled to a vertical depth of 781 m under sea degree, and was terminated within the Snadd Formation within the Higher Triassic.
Water depth on the web site is 401 m. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate says properly shall be completely plugged and deserted.
