Offshore staff

OSLO, Norway – OMV Norge has discovered gas condensate in separate intervals via a high-pressure/high-temperature exploration well in the Norwegian Sea.

The semisubmersibleDeepsea Bergen drilled well 6506/11-10 in 342 m (1,122 ft) water depth in license PL 644 B, 5 km (3.1 mi) northwest of the Statoil-operated Morvin field in the central Norwegian Sea and 245 km (152 mi) northwest of Kristiansund.

The well’s primary and secondary exploration targets were to prove petroleum in the Lower Cretaceous (Lange formation) and Middle Jurassic (Garn formation), respectively.

In the prime Lower Cretaceous (Lange formation) target, named Hades, the well encountered a gas/condensate column totaling around 35 m (115 ft), of which 15 m (49 ft) was sandstone reservoir.

Within the Mid-Jurassic (Garn formation), named Iris, the well penetrated a 95-m (311-ft) gas/condensate column, with the gas/water contact located 4,295 m (14,091 ft) below sea level.

Collectively, the recoverable resource appears to be in the range 40-245 MMboe, OMV said. The company and its partners plan further evaluation ahead of a potential development – theÅsgard complex is 20 km (12 mi) to the southeast, which already transports gas and condensate to various parts of Europe.

04/04/2018