«We’ve drilled a volcano»
Well 6307/1-1S was drilled by Lundin Norway and finished in December 2018 (Read also “No reservoir no oil”). The target of the exploration well was the Silfari dome in the…
Exploration
APA 2019 kick off
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy proposes to add 90 new blocks to the APA area. These blocks are divided between 48 in the Barents Sea, 37 in the Norwegian…
4 exploration wells for Cairn
Cairn Energy presented its full year results for 2018 and outlook for 2019. Cairn Energy gets production from the Catcher and Kraken fields on the UKCS. The combined net production…
Only traces of gas in Balcom
The Eocene Frigg Formation was the target of exploration well 25/1-13 in PL 871. The well encountered a 50m thick Frigg Formation of which 10m sandstones of good reservoir quality.…
Exploring near Edvard Grieg
Exploration well 16/1-31 S and A is a dual branch well targeting both the Jorvik and Tellus East prospects on the eastern side of the Edvard Grieg field in PL338…
Colter side-track disappoints
Reabold Resources announced that the Corallian operated side-track operation at the Colter well has been completed. As previously reported (“side-track on Colter prospect”) the fault between the Colter and the…
Testing Presto on the Måløy Slope
The Presto prospect in PL 885 (Equinor operator 20%, Cairn 30%, Wellesley 30% and Petoro 20%) targets the Early Cretaceous Agat Play on the Måløy Slope. According to partner Cairn…
A new look at stranded discoveries
Petro.no published an overview from the NPD of the 23 discoveries and fields that are included in new licenses from the APA 2018 awards. Some of these discoveries, which were…
Verbier appraisal under way
Jersey Oil & Gas, an independent oil and gas company on the UKCS, has announced that drilling of well 20/05b-14 in P2170 has started. Initial operator estimates of gross recoverable…
Oil discovery next to Visund
Exploration well 34/8-18S in PL 120 was drilled by Equinor and partners Petoro, ConocoPhillips and Repsol from the Visund A platform with the Early Jurassic Statfjord Group as target. The…
Side-track on Colter prospect
Corallian Energy, operator in license P1918, just south of the Wytch Farm field, started drilling well 98/11a-6 in the beginning of February (“Colter well has spudded”) and has now announced…
Dry – despite EM anomaly
Lundin’s Pointer and Setter prospects in the Barents Sea resulted in another disappointment in the Barents Sea. Oil shows were encountered at various intervals in the Pointer (Stø formation) prospect,…