Dry well near the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea – 6406/12-5 S

VNG Norge AS, operator of production licence 586, has announced it is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 6406/12-5 S. The well has been drilled approximately 33 km southwest of the Njord field and about five km southeast of the 6406/12-3 S (Pil) discovery in the Norwegian Sea.

The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Upper Jurassic (the Rogn and Melke formations). The well encountered about 12 m of sandstone in the Rogn formation with moderate reservoir quality. The well also encountered 31 m of sandstone in intra Spekk formation and 182 m of sandstone in the Melke formation, both with moderate reservoir quality. The reservoir only has traces of oil. The well is classified as dry.

Data acquisition and sampling have been carried out. This is the sixth exploration well in production licence 586: this licence was awarded in APA 2010.

Well 6406/12-5 S was drilled to a vertical depth of 3710 m and a measured depth of 4297 m below the sea surface and was terminated in the Melke formation in the Upper Jurassic. The water depth at the site is 336 m. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned.

Well 6406/12-5 S was drilled by the Transocean Arctic drilling facility, which now will drill wildcat well 7130/4-1 in production licence 708 in the Barents Sea, where Lundin Norway AS is the operator.

Edited from press release by Angharad Lock

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