Det Norske Comes up Dry at Rovarkula
Thursday 4 August 2016
Norwegian player Det Norske Oljeselskap has come out dry with its latest wildcat well at the Rovarkula prospect in the North Sea.
Det Norske completed drilling well 25/10-15S, the first exploration well on production licence 626, in the central part of the North Sea, about six kilometres north of the Dana Petroleum-operated Hanz discovery and 200 kilometres north-west of Stavanger in Norway.
The exploration target for the well, which was drilled by the jack-up Maersk Interceptor to a measured depth of 2696 metres, was to prove petroleum in Upper Jurassic reservoir rocks (intra Draupne sandstone) and in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (Hugin formation).
The wildcat encountered a 36.5-metre thick sandstone in the Upper Jurassic with "moderate to poor reservoir quality", and an 11-metre thick Middle Jurassic sandstone with "good to moderate reservoir quality".
It also hit a 65-metre thick Skagerrak formation with "moderate reservoir quality", Det Norske said.
However, "the well is dry," the company added. It will now be permanently plugged and abandoned.
Det Norske is the operator of production licence 626.
The ultra-harsh environment jack-up Maersk Interceptor will now proceed to drill wildcat well 25/2-18S in the Det norske-operated production licence 442.
The 25/2-18S well, Langfjellet prospect in the Norwegian North Sea, was given the green light earlier this month.