Wildcat Completed in Offshore Norway Production License 836 S

Drilling Activity Details

Locations

Norway

Operators
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Shore Type
Well Name
#6406/3-10
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Drilling Activity Summary

Description

In offshore Norway production license 836 S, Wintershall completed wildcat well #6406/3-10. The primary target for the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from Early and Middle Jurassic (Ile and Tilje). The secondary exploration target was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from Middle Jurrasic Age (Garn). In the primary exploration target, the venture encountered a 35-m, hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone layers in Ile with poor reservoir quality. The well also found a 120 m oil column in Tilje, with sandstone layers totaling about 75 m with poor-to-good reservoir quality. In the secondary exploration target, a 60-m oil zone was encountered in Garn, with poor-to-moderate sandstone reservoir quality. Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery at between 4 and 15 MMcm of recoverable oil equivalent. The well was drilled to 4,566 m. This is the first exploration well in the license area. Wintershall is based in Kassel, Germany.