By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 1 -- Statoil ASA's completed wildcat on the Gråspe prospect 175 km off northern Norway in the Norwegian Sea is a duster. The area is 3 km northeast of Statoil's Norne field (see map OGJ, Apr. 29, 2002, p. 8).
Drilled on behalf of Production License 128, covering Blocks 6608/10 and 6608/11, the well was drilled in 374 m of water to 2,750 m TD below sea level and terminated in Jurassic rocks. No hydrocarbons were found in the relevant sandstones.
Statoil previously made discoveries in the nearby Stær, Falk, Lerke, and Svale structures, which it plans to tie back to its Norne production vessel.