Two Wildcats Completed by Equinor in North Sea

Drilling Activity Details

Locations

Norway

Operators
Post Date
Shore Type
Well Name
#15/3-12 S, #15/3-12 A
Geo Coordinate

Drilling Activity Summary

Description

Stavanger-based Equinor completed wildcat wells, #15/3-12 S and #15/3-12 A in offshore Norway production license PL 025 in the North Sea. The wells were drilled about 11 km southeast of the Gudrun prospect and about 4 km southeast of the Sigrun prospect. The primary and secondary exploration targets for #15/3-12 S were to prove petroleum in Middle and Upper Jurassic reservoir rocks (Hugin and Draupne). The 3,352-m well encountered three separate oil-filled reservoir zones of 9 m, 4 m and 9 m in Hugin, which are about 100 m thick. The exploration target for 3,796-m #15/3-12 A was to prove petroleum in Upper and Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (Draupne and Hugin). The well hit Draupne and Hugin with respective thicknesses of about 85 m and 120 m. There are indications of oil in a thin, 3-m sandstone layer in Sleipner in the Middle Jurassic. No formation tests were performed. Preliminary estimates indicate 1-2.7 MMcm of recoverable oil.