North Sea Omega Alfa oil find one of Norway’s largest in recent years

Aker BP’s Omega Alfa oil discovery in the North Sea looks set to be developed through infrastructure connected to the Yggdrasil project.

According to the company’s Aug. 21 press release, the find appears to be one of the largest offshore Norway of the past decade, with recoverable volumes in the range 96 MMboe to 134 MMboe.

The multilateral exploration well, spudded by the semisub Deepsea Stavanger in early May, west of the Yggdrasil area, had five exploration targets: Omega, Alfa, Alfa South, Sigma NE, and Pi.

Over three months, the rig team drilled a total of 45,000 m, including 40,000 m in reservoir sections. Three of the well branches are said to have been among the longest to date on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, with the longest reaching 10,666 m.

Horizontal drilling allowed a large amount of reservoir data to be compiled, giving greater confidence in the subsurface. Aker BP aims to quickly progress to concept studies to assess the optimal tieback solution to Yggdrasil.

“Omega Alfa…building on the momentum from the oil discovery at East Frigg in 2023…marks a major step toward our ambition of producing more than 1 Bboe from the Yggdrasil area,” said CEO Karl Johnny Hersvik. “This is the result of a strong collaborative effort between our own teams and our alliance partners, and a testament to how new exploration methods push the boundaries. We look forward to unlocking even more of the potential in this prolific area.”