Shell UK Ltd. drilled a dry hole in the Edinburgh exploration well, block 30/14a- 5, in offshore UK license P255, according to a release by DNO ASA.
The well reached total depth of 16,500 ft and encountered two sandstones of Jurassic age, but wireline logging indicated no movable hydrocarbons within the sandstones. Data collected will be integrated with existing seismic data and further studies will be undertaken to assess the remaining potential within the license.
The well is being plugged and abandoned.
Edinburgh was drilled through a joint well agreement covering four separate, contiguous licenses, of which two are in the UK (P255 and P2401) and two are in Norway (PL018ES and PL969).
Shell is the operator of the Edinburgh well with partners DNO (45%) and Spirit Energy Resources Ltd. (15%).