Aker BP has drilled a well 7 km west of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea and 230 km west of Sandnessjøen.
Aker BP has drilled a well 7 km west of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea and 230 km west of Sandnessjøen. The well proved petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Garn Formation) as well as the Middle and Lower Jurassic (Ile and Tilje Formations) and in reservoir rocks in the Upper Cretaceous (Lysing Formation). Size of the discovery in the Jurassic is between 3.6 and 10.8 million Sm3 of recoverable oil equivalent. Size of the discovery in the Cretaceous is between 1.2 and 1.8 million Sm3 of recoverable oil equivalent.
Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL) has received a resource report prepared by energy consultancy Ryder Scott confirming that its Wyoming deep discovery has total original oil in place of 993.5 million barrels. It supports COPL’s conclusion that the Frontier 2 and Dakota discoveries are large stratigraphic oil accumulations. COPL plans to drill several wells starting in the final quarter of 2022.
Equinor has won a drilling permit for well 6507/8-11 S in production licence PL 124 in the Norwegian Sea. Licensees are: Equinor 35%; ConocoPhillips; Petoro 27% and Vår Energi 10%.
Tullow Oil’s Beebei-Potaro exploration well, drilled in the Kanuku licence, offshore Guyana, has disappointed. The well encountered good-quality reservoir in the primary and secondary targets but both targets were water-bearing. The Beebei-Potaro well has drilled to a total depth of 4325 m in 71 m of water.
Serinus Energy has started drilling the Canar-1 exploration well in Romania. The well will be drilled to a depth of 1600 m, targeting three prospective hydrocarbon zones. The Canar prospect is on the northern flank of the Carei Basin and the well is seeking to discover further hydrocarbons on the migration path from the Carei Basin source kitchen.
ExxonMobil has made two discoveries offshore Guyana to the southeast of the Liza and Payara developments in the Stabroek block. The discoveries at Seabob and Kiru-Kiru are the sixth and seventh in Guyana this year, with the total number of discoveries in Guyana at more than 25. The Seabob-1 well encountered 40 m of high-quality hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone and was drilled in 1421 m of water. The Kiru-Kiru-1 well encountered 30 m of high-quality hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone in 1756 m of water.
Eni has discovered 1-1.5 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of raw gas in place in its first exploration well drilled in Offshore Block 2 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The gas-bearing reservoirs were tested with excellent flow rates. Eni holds a 70% stake and PTTEP holds the remaining 30%.
Eni has drilled the first exploration well in Block CI-802 on the Baleine structure, offshore Côte d’Ivoire. The results have increased the estimated volumes of hydrocarbons in place by around 25% to 2.5 billion barrels of oil and 3.3 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of associated gas. Eni (90%) and its partner Petroci Holding (10%) drilled the well to 3165 m measured depth, in a water depth of about 1150 m. After an intense data acquisition campaign, the well confirmed a continuous oil column of 48 m in reservoir rocks with good properties.
Petrobras has discovered natural gas in deep waters of Colombia, 32 km off the coast and 76 km from the city of Santa Marta, in a water depth of approx. 830 m. The Uchuva-1 well was drilled in the Tayrona Block, with Petrobras as the operator (44%), in partnership with Ecopetrol, with 55.6%.
