Neptune Energy will drill a sidetrack to the Dugong well to further define the Norwegian North Sea discovery in PL 882, partner Petrolina NOCO said in a release July 9.
Neptune and partners discovered hydrocarbons at the well, drilled in 330 m of water 158 km west of Florø, close to existing Snorre field production facilities (OGJ Online, July 6, 2020; June 12, 2020).
The reservoir lies at a depth of 3,250-3,400 m.
Dugong was drilled by the Deepsea Yantai, a new semisubmersible rig owned by CIMC and operated by Odfjell Drilling.
Neptune is operator at Dugong (40%) with partners Concedo (20%), Petrolia NOCO (20%), and Idemitsu Petroleum Norge (20%)
