Premier Oil PLC, London, expects fast-track development of its Tolmount East natural gas discovery in the Southern Gas basin of the UK North Sea.
It’s integrating data from the 42/28d-14 well with a new 3D seismic data set in anticipation of project sanction in the second half of 2020.
The well, in P1330 on Block 42/28d, cut 241 ft of Permian Leman sandstone with 71% net pay, 16% porosity, and 82% gas saturation. It did not encounter a gas-water contact.
Premier acquired data from what it described as a full logging-while-drilling program and recovered 216 ft of core.
The well is 4 km east of Tolmount gas field, which is under development with production expected to start by the end of next year (OGJ Online, July 13, 2018).