Statoil strikes out with wildcat south of Grane field
STAVANGER, Norway -- Statoil Petroleum, operator of production license 169, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 25/11-28. The well was dry.
The well was drilled 13 km south of Grane field in the North Sea. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Upper Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Draupne formation) and in the Permian (the Rotliegend group). The well encountered 22 m of sandstone in the Upper Jurassic, of which 7.5 m is of good reservoir quality. Reservoir rocks were not proven in the Permian.
Extensive data acquisition and sampling have been carried out. This is the 15th exploration well in production license 169.
The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 2,563 m below the sea surface, and was terminated in basement rock. The water depth at the site is 118 m. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned.
The well was drilled by the Songa Trym drilling facility, which will now drill wildcat well 34/8-16 S in production license 120 in the northern North Sea, where Statoil Petroleum is the operator.
