Stratic Energy Corp. has ceased operations on the 16/2b-5A well in the UK North Sea.
Offshore staff
LONDON -- Stratic Energy Corp. has ceased operations on the 16/2b-5A well in the UK North Sea.
The company reports operational difficulties including an unsuccessful attempt to retrieve drill pipe lost in the hole that required the well to be re-spudded, and the failure of the top drive mechanism on the drilling rig.
The well was drilled to a total depth of 6,370 ft (1,942 m) having encountered oil shows in two exploration objectives (Skroo and Flugga), and has satisfied the company's work obligation on block 16/2b.
The planned deviated appraisal section of the well into the Cairngorm granite discovery was not attempted and the well is currently in the process of being abandoned, the company says.
