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North Sea yields more oil & gas, as Equinor makes new discovery
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has made a new oil and gas discovery near the Fram field in the North Sea off Norway, using an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig.
Equinor has made a new discovery in the Troll/Fram area in the northern North Sea. This is the ninth successful well in this area in 12 attempts since 2019.
The volumes are estimated at between 9 and 35 million barrels of oil equivalent. The discovery consists of both oil and gas, mostly oil. The licensees regard the discovery as commercial and will consider tie-back to other discoveries and existing infrastructure in the area.
One exploration well with a side-track has been drilled in the Crino/Mulder prospect about 4 km west of the Fram field and 130 kilometres northwest of Bergen.
The well was drilled by the Deepsea Stavanger drilling rig. Equinor is the operator of the licence, and Vår Energi, INPEX Idemitsu Norge and Neptune Energy Norge are partners.
“It is positive that we can still make such discoveries in an area with a good oil and gas infrastructure, allowing the discoveries to be developed at low costs and with low CO2 emissions,” says Geir Sørtveit, Equinor’s senior vice president for Exploration & Production West.
The eight previous discoveries in the area are: Echino South, Swisher, Røver North, Blasto, Toppand, Kveikje, Røver South and Heisenberg.
The licence owners
- Equinor Energy AS: 45%
- Vår Energi ASA: 25%
- INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS: 15%
- Neptune Energy Norge AS: 15%
Exploration targets
The primary exploration target for well 35/11-26 S was to prove petroleum in sandstone in the Heather formation from the Late Jurassic and the Brent Group from the Middle Jurassic, as well as to investigate reservoir properties in the Cook formation from the Early Jurassic.
The secondary exploration target was to collect reservoir data in the Lista formation from the Palaeocene.
The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 3,409 m and a measured depth of 3,770 m subsea. It was terminated in the Amundsen formation from the Early Jurassic. It encountered a 7-m gas column and a 26-m oil column in the Heather formation, in sandstone layers totaling 33 m with moderate to good reservoir quality. The oil-water contact was not encountered.
The Brent Group and the Cook formation were water-filled with moderate to good reservoir quality.
Equinor discovers oil near North Sea Fram field Furthermore, the well 35/11-26 S encountered a 7-metre gas column and a 26-metre oil column in the Heather Formation, in sandstone layers totalling 33 metres with moderate to good reservoir quality. The oil/water contact was not encountered. The Brent Group and the Cook Formation were water-filled with moderate to good reservoir quality. The secondary exploration target in the Lista Formation was not encountered.
20.08.2023 / Andreea Dragan, Deputy-Editor-in-Chief
Source: https://www.equinor.com/
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