Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway – The jackup Maersk Integrator has completed an exploration well for OMV in the southern Norwegian North Sea.
According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, well 1/3-13 in production license 970 encountered oil in two separate formations.
It was drilled in 71 m (233 ft) of water, 6 km (3.7 mi) south of the Oselvar field and close to the 2008 1/3-11 (Ipswich) oil discovery.
The well intersected a 3-m (9.8-ft) thick petroleum-bearing layer in the Palaeocene Ekofisk formation, thought to be residual oil, and found oil in an 8-m (26-ft) thick sandstone layer in the Forties formation, with no oil/water contact proven.
More detailed studies will be needed to determine a possible connection between the proven resources in the Forties and Andrew Formations in 1/3-13 and the 1/3-11 (Ipswich) oil discovery, the NPD added.
This was the first exploration well in the license, which license was awarded in APA 2018.
The Maersk Integrator will next drill development well 16/1-D-13 on the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea for Aker BP.
07/12/2021
