BP, Hess complete Aspy exploration well drilling

The BP Canada-operated Aspy exploration well, drilled 330 km offshore Nova Scotia, did not encounter commercial quantities of hydrocarbons, partner Hess Corp. reported (OGJ Online, Apr. 23, 2018).

The Aspy D-11 was spud in April and drilled to a total depth of 7,400 m.

BP Canada and Hess hold equal interests in the well. The companies partnered to explore four deepwater licenses offshore Nova Scotia, which combined are equal in size to 600 deepwater Outer Continental Shelf blocks. Although a frontier area, Hess said based on 3D seismic data the geology appears analogous to the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.