By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 7 -- Statoil ASA's A-6 natural gas well in Visund oil-gas field on Blocks 34/8 and 34/7, in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea, is the longest well drilled from a floating platform, the company claims. The well reached a total measured length of 9,082 m.
Statoil said 4,590 m of the well were drilled with a single bit at the rate of 102 m/day.
The Visund A-6 producer, seen as having a very high potential because it penetrates 800 m of hydrocarbon sands, will not come on stream until October.
Drilling operations were carried out in cooperation with Odfjell Drilling AS and Schlumberger Ltd., which served as the directional drilling company.
The group's long-term goal is to be able to drill wells as long as 12,000-17,000 m in the Tampen area.