Oil discovery near Njord
2009.06.11 -
Field Development
“It’s very positive that we’ve now found oil in the Halten Bank area,” comments Rune Adolfsen, operations vice president for Njord.
“Light and fine crude from Gygrid could be phased into Njord and extend the commercial life of a field now in its tail production phase.
“I’m very pleased with the exploration commitment in this area close to existing infrastructure, and that the work is yielding results.”
Made by an exploration and an appraisal well, the discovery contains 20-30 million barrels of recoverable oil.
Neither well was formation tested, but extensive data and cores were gathered.
“It’s interesting that we’ve found oil in the same area where we encountered gas last year in Galtvort,” says Sivert Jørgenvåg, head of infrastructure-led exploration on the Halten Bank.
“Results from these two finds will be used in our further work with the prospectivity of this licence.”
The wells were drilled from West Alpha, which will now be moved to production licence 407 in the North Sea to drill appraisal well 17/12-4 for operator BG Norge AS.
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PA Resources AB has signed an agreement with the shareholders to acquire the entire share capital of the British oil exploration company Scotsdale Ltd. The company is focusing on low risk exploration in North West Europe. The acquisition means that PA Resources increases its presence in the North Sea with licenses in the United Kingdom and Denmark, and potentially also in the Netherlands.
Aker Exploration has entered into agreements with the international oil company Eni Norge to acquire ownership interests in two licenses in the vicinity of the Åsgard field. The agreements further strengthen Aker Exploration’s position in the Norwegian Sea.
SCAN Geophysical ASA (SCAN) today announced that the company is
remobilising its seismic vessel, M/V Geo Searcher, to re-commence a previously-suspended
2D project offshore Pakistan for BP.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ENI Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 34/12-1 in the North Sea.
Eni has successfully drilled the last appraisal well, encountered approximately 127 metres (419 ft) of net pay in multiple sands. The initial analysis indicates good reservoir quality.
