Aker BP ASA plugged a Norwegian Sea well after acquiring data. Well 6507/3-16, the second exploration well in production license 941, about 12 km northeast of Skarv field and 220 km west of Sandnessjøen, was dry.
The well was drilled by the Deepsea Nordkapp drilling rig to a vertical depth of 2,205 m subsea. It was terminated in the Grey Beds from the Triassic. Water depth at the site is 374 m. The primary exploration target was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks in the Lower Jurassic and Upper Triassic (the Båt Group and Grey Beds). The secondary exploration target was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks in the Palaeocene (the Tang formation).
In the primary exploration target, the well encountered sandstone layers totaling about 200 m with good reservoir quality. The preliminary interpretation is that this is part of the Båt Group in the Lower Jurassic and Grey Beds in the Upper Triassic. Up to 2-3 m of sandstone were encountered in the secondary exploration target in the Tang formation.
The rig will now drill production well 6507/5-A-3 AH on Skarv field for operator Aker BP.
Earlier this month, Aker BP discovered oil in in exploration well 6507/3-15, the first in the license (OGJ Online, Aug. 12, 2022).
Aker BP operates production license 941 with 80% interest. PGNiG Upstream Norway AS holds the remaining 20%.
