StatoilHydro finds gas in the Harepus and Corvus prospect in the Norwegian Sea
Located in Middle Jurassic rocks, the Harepus discovery lies seven kilometres south of the Mikkel field. No formation testing has been done, but extensive data and cores have been collected.
“Preliminary calculations indicate 0.5 to one billion standard cubic metres of recoverable gas,” says Sivert Jørgenvåg, head of infrastructure-led exploration on the Halten Bank.
“A tie-back to Åsgard together with the Gamma discovery made in the same licence in 2008 will be considered.”
The discovery well was drilled in 247 metres of water to a total depth of 3,162 metres beneath the sea surface and terminated in Early Jurassic rocks.
It will now be permanently plugged before Ocean Vanguard leaves the location to drill an exploration well for StatoilHydro on production licence 159D in the Norwegian Sea.
Draupne
The Corvus exploration well was drilled about 7.5 kilometres north-west of Oseberg C, and proved small quantities of gas in the Upper Jurassic Draupne formation.
“Reservoir thickness remains unclarified because the well, for technical reasons, could not be drilled deeper,” explains Tom Dreyer, head of infrastructure-led exploration in the North Sea.
“This means that a possible appraisal well will be needed before the size of the discovery can be evaluated.”
The well was drilled from Transocean Winner in 113 metres of water to a vertical depth of 3,991 metres and will now be permanently plugged and abandoned.
After this work is completed, the rig is due to drill an appraisal well on the Peon gas discovery in production licence 318.
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