Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway — Wellesley Petroleum has made a potentially large gas-condensate discovery in the Carmen prospect in the Norwegian North Sea.
This appears to be yet another commercial find in the Troll-Gjøa area, where Equinor and various licensees are working on a new multi-field development.
Carmen is in license PL1148. According to partner DNO, analysis of data acquired from the discovery well and a follow-on sidetrack, including cores and fluid samples, indicates recoverable resources in the range 120 MMboe to 230 MMboe.
At 175 MMboe, the mid-point of this range, it would represent the largest discovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf since 2013, DNO added.
The two wells have confirmed a deeper hydrocarbon-water contact.
Other nearby commercial, yet-to-be developed finds, are Røver Nord, Kveikje, Ofelia, Røver Sør and Heisenberg.
“Norway is the gift that keeps on giving,” said DNO’s executive chairman Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani. Carmen proves there are important discoveries still to be made…”
DNO farmed into the license in 2022. Wellesley operates with a 50% interest, with partners DNO (30%), Equinor Energy (10%) and Aker BP (10%).
07.10.2023
