BlueNord begins Halfdan Tor NE Danish North Sea infill drilling
BlueNord ASA has begun drilling operations on HBA-27B, successfully spudding the first well from jackup rig Shelf Drilling Winner. This is the first of two infill wells to be drilled during 2023 in the Cretaceous chalk Tor formation, Halfdan North East field, Danish North Sea.
Following the spudding, drilling activities will continue, with a total of seven infill wells planned. HBA-27B is scheduled to be on stream fourth-quarter 2023 at an expected initial peak production rate 3,000 boe/d net to BlueNord, 75% natural gas.
Shelf Drilling Winner is under contract through March 2025.
The Halfdan Tor NE development targets oil and gas northeast of Halfdan Main oil development and below Halfdan North East gas development. Tor NE development potential was confirmed by drilling HBB-10 in 2017. It’s 1P-P90 reserves at end-2022 were 3 MMboe gross.
“I am very pleased to confirm that we have now spudded the first well in the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) since 2019,” said Marianne Eide, BlueNord’s chief operating officer. “Combined with the high level of well intervention and well stimulation activity that is already demonstrating significantly positive results, we are in a strong position to mitigate the natural decline of the reservoir and maintain today’s excellent production performance.”
DUC is a joint venture with three partners: TotalEnergies SE (43.2%, operator), BlueNord (36.8%, except for Lulita where equity is 28.4%), and state Nordsøfonden (20%).
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