OMV’s Wisting appraisal well in Barents finds 55-m oil column
An appraisal well drilled 2 km south of the Wisting oil discovery made
in 2013 in the Barents Sea found a 55-m oil column, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).
The Island Drilling Co. ASA’s Island Innovator semisubmersible drilling rig drilled the 7324/8-3 to a vertical depth of 775 m subsea in 396 m of water.
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The oil column was in sandstones in the Sto and Fruholmen formations. NPD said the Sto formation has very good reservoir properties, while the Fruholmen formation has moderate-to-good reservoir properties.
The resource estimate on the Wisting discovery will be updated based on evaluation of the new well data, NPD said.
Operator OMV (Norge) AS has 25%. Statoil has 35%, Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS 20%, and Petoro AS 20%.
