Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway — ConocoPhillips Skandinavia has made a small gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea, 30 km southwest of the Aker BP-operated Skarv Field.
The Transocean Norge semisubmersible drilled well 6507/4-3 in 436 m of water on license PL1064.
Well 6507/4-3 S encountered sandstone layers in the Lange Formation totaling about 55 m with poor reservoir quality.
According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, the well encountered a 1-m gas column in the shallowest part of the Lange Formation sandstone layers, with early analysis suggesting less than 0.1 MMcmoe recoverable.
The licensees will next drill exploration well 6306/3-2 S for ConocoPhillips in PL935 in the Norwegian Sea.
06.23.2022