Spirit Energy Norge AS has permanently plugged and abandoned wildcat well 7322/7-1 in the North Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said (OGJ Online, July 9, 2018). The well, the first exploration well in Spirit-operated production license 852, is dry.
Well 7322/7-1 was drilled 120 km north of Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea and 310 km north of Hammerfest to a vertical depth of 767 m below the sea surface. The well terminated in an unspecified formation in the Adventdal group from the Early Cretaceous. Water depth at the site is 454 m.
The objective was to prove reservoirs and petroleum in Lower Cretaceous rocks in the Kolje formation. No reservoir rocks were encountered in the Kolje formation.
Data acquisition and sampling have been carried out.
The well was drilled by the Island Innovator drilling facility, which will now drill wildcat well 7321/4-1 in production license 721 in the Barents Sea, where DEA Norge AS is the operator.
