Premier Oil comes up dry northeast of Valhall field
STAVANGER, Norway -- Premier Oil Norge, operator of production license 539, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 3/7-10 S.
The well has been drilled about 45 km northeast of Valhall field, in the southern section of the North Sea, and 300 km southwest of Stavanger, Norway.
The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in the Upper and Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Ula and Bryne formations). The well did not encounter the Ula formation. The Bryne formation was encountered with a thickness of about 110 m, of which 45 m was of moderate reservoir quality. The well is dry.
Data acquisition and sampling were carried out. The well is the first exploration well in production license 539, awarded in APA 2009.
The well was drilled to a measured and vertical depth of 3,511 m and 3,464 m below sea level, respectively, and was terminated in the Skagerrak formation in the Upper Triassic.
The water depth at the site is 68.5 m. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned.
The well was drilled by the Mærsk Guardian jackup, which now will proceed to Fredrikshavn to be laid up.
