Total E&P Norge AS, operator of production licence 554, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 34/6-2 S and appraisal well 34/6-2 A.

The wells were drilled about 30 kilometres northeast of the Visund field in the northern part of the North Sea, and about 185 kilometres northwest of Bergen.

The primary exploration target for well 34/6-2 S was to prove petroleum in Lower Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Cook and Statfjord formations). The secondary exploration target was to prove petroleum in Upper Triassic reservoir rocks (the Lunde formation). The well encountered a gross oil column of approx. 100 metres in the Cook formation, with good reservoir quality. The oil/water contact was not encountered. Both the Statfjord and Lunde formations were aquiferous.

The objective of well 34/6-2 A was to delineate the oil discovery. The oil/water contact was encountered and confirmed the extent of the discovery. Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 4 and 12 million standard cubic metres (Sm3) of recoverable oil. The licensees will evaluate the discovery together with other prospects nearby, and the plan is to drill a new exploration well near the discovery.

Tags: Norwegian Petroleum Directorate