ConocoPhillips drills dry hole near Fenja field

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS drilled a dry hole in wildcat well 6306/3-2 in production license (PL) 935 about 30 km south of Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea and 85 km northwest of Kristiansund in 214 m of water.

The exploration well, the first in the license, was drilled by the Transocean Norge drilling rig to a vertical depth of 1,766 m subsea and terminated in basement rock.

The objective was to prove petroleum in the Rogn formation in the Upper Jurassic.

The well encountered sandstone totaling about 40 m in the Rogn formation with moderate to very good reservoir quality. Reservoir rocks of unknown age were also encountered under the Rogn formation, consisting of sandstone and conglomerate totaling about 85 m with poor to very good reservoir quality.

The well is dry with traces of petroleum in the upper part of the Rogn formation. Extensive data acquisition and sampling have been carried out, and the well will be permanently plugged.

The rig will now drill wildcat well 25/7-10 in PL 782 S in the North Sea, where ConocoPhillips Skandinavia is operator.

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia is operator at PL935 (40%) with partners Equinor Energy AS (10%), Lundin Energy Norway AS (20%), Petoro AS (20%), and Petrolia NOCO AS (10%).