Aker BP ASA will move to drill a new North Sea well having concluded drilling exploration well 16/1-35 S—the first in production license 1141—and finding no hydrocarbons.
The well was drilled by the Scarabeo 8 semisubmersible drilling rig about 6.5 km west of Edvard Grieg field in the central part of the North Sea and 208 km west of Sandnes in water depth of 109 m. Drilled to a vertical depth of 3150 m subsea, the well was terminated in the Skagerrak formation from the Triassic.
The primary exploration target was to prove petroleum in Upper Jurassic reservoir rocks in the Draupne formation. The secondary target was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks from the Vestland group.
The well encountered the Draupne formation at about 520 m, including a total of 298 m of sandstone layers with good reservoir quality.
In the secondary target, the well encountered the Vestland group of 174 m, 114 m of which was a sandstone reservoir with moderate to good reservoir quality.
The well is dry. Data acquisition has been carried out and the well has been permanently plugged.
The rig will now drill wildcat well 25/4-15 in production license 919 in the North Sea, where Aker BP is operator.