Lundin Energy Norway AS drilled a dry hole in Barents Sea production license (PL) 533 B, 40 km southwest of Johan Castberg field, 35 km northwest of the 7220/11-1 (Alta) oil-gas discovery, and 225 km northwest of Hammerfest.
Drilled by the West Bollsta drilling facility in 305.5 m of water to a vertical depth of 1,982 m subsea, well 7219/11-1 was terminated in the Kolmule formation from the Early Cretaceous age. The target was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks in the lower part of Torsk formation from Early to Middle Palaeocene age.
The well, the first in the license, encountered a sandstone layer about 90 m thick, mainly with poor reservoir quality. There are traces of petroleum, but the well is classified as dry and will be permanently plugged.
The West Bollsta will proceed to PL 359 in the central part of the North Sea to drill Lundin Energy operated wildcat well 16/4-13 S.
Lundin is operator in PL 533 B (40%) with partners Aker BP ASA (35%) and Wintershall Dea Norge AS (25%).
