Lundin Norway has finished drilling and logging appraisal well 16/1-23 S on the Edvard Grieg Field in the Norwegian North Sea, encountering a 66-m oil column, according to a news release.
The well was located in PL338 and was drilled about 2.4 km southeast of the Edvard Grieg platform.
The objectives of the well were to further delineate the southeastern part of the Edvard Grieg field southwestwardly from last year’s successful appraisal well 16/1-18 to optimize the drainage strategy and to determine the best possible location for production wells in this area, Lundin said in the release. The well was also testing incremental resource potential in this part of the field.
Drilled by jackup rig Rowan Viking, the well encountered the oil column in pebbly sandstone with medium to good reservoir quality, the release said.
Extensive data acquisition and sampling is ongoing and initial data results appear promising with regard to additional in-place volumes, Lundin said. The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 2,043 m below the sea surface and terminated in granite basement. The well will be permanently plugged and abandoned. Water depth at the site is 108 m.
Lundin Norway is the operator of PL338 with 50% working interest. The partners are OMV Norge AS with 20% working interest, Statoil Petroleum AS with 15% working interest and Wintershall Norge AS with 15% working interest, according to the release.
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