Offshore staff
STAVANGER, Norway – Equinor plans to spud an exploration well in late August on the Egyptian Vulture prospect offshore mid-Norway, according to partner Longboat Energy.
The well, to be drilled by Seadrill’s semisubmersible West Hercules, will target mean prospective resources of 103 MMboe, with potential upside for up to 208 MMboe.
Key risks relate to reservoir quality/thickness.
Drilling could last for up to four weeks. If successful, low-CO2 blending gas could be delivered to the nearby Equinor-operated Åsgard complex.
Egyptian Vulture is an Upper Cretaceous turbidite play within a regional graben located on the Halten-Dønna Terrace. The prospect has been de-risked by a strong AVO anomaly analogous to the Hades discovery and other nearby Cretaceous discoveries made by Longboat’s management team (Solberg, Rodriguez, T-Rex), which was formerly with Faroe Petroleum.
This will be the first of seven wells Longboat expects to participate in offshore Norway over the next 18 months.
Next up, in mid-September, the Saipem semisub Scarabeo 8 is due to drill the Rodhette prospect in a Jurassic Play in the Hammerfest basin in the Barents Sea. A commercial discovery would be within 30 km (18.6 mi) tieback distance to the Goliat field infrastructure.
07/30/2021
