Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway – Odfjell’s Drilling’s semisubmersible Deepsea Bergen is completing an appraisal well on OMV Norge’s Iris gas-condensate discovery in the Norwegian Sea.
Well 6506/11-11 S was drilled in 382 m (1,253 ft) of water on production license 644, 20 km (12.4 mi) west of the Equinor-operated Åsgard field and 240 km (149 mi) north of Kristiansund.
Last year’s discovery well proved hydrocarbons in the Garn formation in Mid-Jurassic reservoir rocks.
The latest well was designed partly to delineate a possible extension to the southwest. According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, it encountered a 70-m (229-ft) gas column in the Garn formation, including 50 m (164 ft) of sandstone with variable reservoir quality.
Early analysis indicates 4-12 MMcmoe recoverable. The licensees will consider a subsea tie-in to existing installations in the area.
This was the first exploration well on PL644, which was awarded in Norway’s APA 2011 round. The previous discovery well (6506/11-10) came on PL644 B, issued in APA 2015.
The Deepsea Bergen will next drill exploration well 25/8-19 S in North Sea license PL820 S for MOL Norge.
