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    1. Drilling & Completion

    Statoil fails to find further oil in North Sea Gina Krog area

    Jan. 4, 2018
    Statoil’s first exploration well in license PL029C in the Norwegian North Sea was a dry hole.
    Exploration well 15/6-14 S in license PL029C in the Norwegian North Sea
    Exploration well 15/6-14 S in license PL029C in the Norwegian North Sea

    Offshore staff

    OSLO, Norway – Statoil’s first exploration well in license PL029C in the Norwegian North Sea was a dry hole.

    The jackupMaersk Integrator took a break from development drilling at the Gina Krog field to drill the 15/6-14 S wildcat, just north of Gina Krog and around 250 km (155 mi) west of Stavanger.

    Statoil had hoped to prove petroleum in Mid-Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Hugin formation), but the well only encountered around 15 m (49 ft) of sandstone, with moderate to poor reservoir quality. The well is dry.

    Water depth at the site was 114 m (374 ft). The well has since been P&A’d.

    01/04/2018