Det Norske announces successful appraisal of the Garantiana discovery

Det Norske announces successful appraisal of the Garantiana discovery

TRONDHEIM, Norway -- Det norske, as partner in PL554, has announced that the drilling and testing of appraisal well 34/6-3 S on the Garantiana discovery, and the wildcat sidetrack well 34/6-3 A, has been completed. The updated resource range in PL 554 is estimated at 40-90 MMboe.

The 34/6-3 S well is located 2 km southwest of the discovery well 34/6-2 S, which was completed in 2012.

Appraisal well 34/6-3 S encountered a gross oil column of 120 m in the Cook formation with good reservoir quality. The separate sidetrack exploration well 34/6-3 A on the Akkar prospect was subsequently drilled. The well encountered a 12 m net oil column in the Cook formation and was terminated in the Statfjord formation, which was water bearing. Sampling and data acquisition was carried out.

The stable production rate measured 940 Sm3 of oil per day through a 24/64 in. choke size, with a maximum rate of 1,100 Sm3 of oil per day through a 28/64 in. nozzle opening. The sidetrack well was not formation tested.

Estimated recoverable resources proved by the well is about 3 MMboe. Both wells were permanently plugged and abandoned.

Det norske holds a 10% working interest in PL554. The operator is Total E&P Norge AS with 40% and the other partners are, Spike Exploration with 30% and Svenska Petroleum with 20%.