Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway — BlueNord and partners have made a final investment decision (FID) on the Harald East Middle Jurassic well (HEMJ), expected to be spudded during the summer of 2024.
HEMJ is a gas well drilled from the Harald platform into a Jurassic reservoir with better production properties than the chalk reservoirs exploited by the Dan, Halfdan and Gorm hubs.
The HEMJ well will be drilled in the Harald East area, located close to the Norwegian border, and the gas is exported through the Tyra East facilities.
In a success case, BlueNord said the well could deliver production by year-end 2024. The expected gain from the well is up to 8 MMboe net to BlueNord of which about 80% is gas. This well is drilled into the Jurassic with good reservoir properties, BlueNord said, however with a wide range of subsurface outcomes with respect to volume.
The cost of the well is about $28 million net to BlueNord, and with an attractive unit development cost, the company said. The concept for hookup and potential life extension of Harald will be decided after the well has been drilled.
Originally, back in March 2023, BlueNord said Harald East Middle FID on the development would occur later that year, followed by first gas in 2024.
The Danish Underground Consortium, which reached FID this week to drill the new well, is a joint venture involving TotalEnergies (43.2%), BlueNord (36.8%) and Nordsøfonden (20%).
01.11.2024
