Vår Energi AS: successful appraisal well in the Goliat licence in the Barents Sea

The target of the well was the Lower Jurassic/Upper Triassic reservoir sandstones of the Tubåen and Fruholmen formation in the Realgrunnen sub-group. The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 1240 m below sea level, and reached TD in the Upper Triassic Snadd Formation. Two levels of hydrocarbon bearing sandstones were encountered in the Realgrunnen sub-group at original pressure and hydraulically separated from each other. The accumulation is separated from the main Goliat Field.

The Tubåen Reservoir is about 10 m thick and has been encountered gas and oil bearing with excellent reservoir properties; the hydrocarbon column in the Tubaen Formation is estimated to range between 18 m to 60 m. The Lower Reservoir has been found oil-bearing and is composed of several sandstone layers with good reservoir properties and a minimum hydrocarbon column of 35 m. Extensive data collection and fluid sampling was carried out in all the targets. The well has been permanently plugged and abandoned.

Recoverable resources are estimated to be 0.7 – 2.2 million standard m³ oil equivalents (4.4 – 13.8 million boe). Total volumes in place are estimated to be between 2 and 7 million standard m³ (13 – 44 million boe).

Resource estimates for Goliat before the drilling of the well had already increased to 31.5 million standard m³ of oil equivalents (198 million boe), from 28.0 million standard m³ (176 million boe) at the time of the PDO. Goliat West will further increase the resource estimates on Goliat.

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