Equinor has concluded the drilling of appraisal well 6507/3-14 in the Norwegian Sea.
Equinor has concluded the drilling of appraisal well 6507/3-14 in the Norwegian Sea. The well was drilled 15 km southwest of the Norne field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea, and 200 km west of Sandnessjøen. The 6507/3-13 oil and gas discovery was proven in 2019 in reservoir rocks from the Early Cretaceous (oil and gas in the Lange Formation) and the Late Cretaceous (gas in the Lysing Formation) periods. The objective of well 6507/3-14 was to delineate the discovery in the Lange Formation, and further to evaluate the reservoir’s properties. The well encountered the Lange Formation, about 45 m thick, of which a total of 24 m was sandstone layers with moderate reservoir properties. The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 3384 m below sea level, and was terminated in the Lyr Formation from the Early Cretaceous period. Water depth is 368 m.
DNO has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 2/5-15 about 14 km east of the Ekofisk field in the southern North Sea and 280 km southwest of Stavanger. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Palaeocene reservoir rocks (intra Lista and Våle Formation sandstones). The well encountered oil in the primary target in the Våle formation, 23 m of which was homogeneous sandstone with poor-to-moderate reservoir quality. The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 3292 m below sea level and was terminated in the Ekofisk Formation from the Palaeocene. Water depth at the site is 67 m.
CNOOC has made a large oil discovery at Kenli 10-2 in Bohai Bay.
The Kenli 10-2 oilfield is located in Laizhou Bay Sag in Southern Bohai Bay, with an average water depth of about 15.7 m. The main oil-bearing formation of Kenli 10-2 oilfield is in the lower member of Neogene Minghuazhen Formation and the oil properties are conventional heavy oil. The discovery well Kenli 10-2- 4 was drilled and completed at a depth of 1520 m, and encountered oil pay zones with a total thickness of approx. 27 m. The appraisal well was tested to produce approx. 569 barrels of oil per day.
Equinor has won consent to drill on Statfjord North E-4, in production licence PL 037 in the Northern North Sea. The well, in a water depth of 265 m. The main purpose of the drilling is to increase the recovery rate.
