Equinor drills dry well near the Oseberg field

The well was drilled about 7 km southeast of the Oseberg C platform in the northern North Sea and 140 km west of Bergen.

The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (Intra Heather Formation sandstones).

The well encountered poorly developed sandstones in the Intra Heather Formation with poor reservoir quality and no traces of petroleum. The well is classified as dry.

Data has been collected.

This is the 31^st exploration well in production licence 053. The licence was awarded in the 4^th licensing round in 1979.

Well 30/6-31 S was drilled to respective vertical and measured depths of 2830 m and 2852 m below sea level. The well was terminated in the Ness Formation in the Middle Jurassic.

Water depth at the site is 107 m. The well has now been permanently plugged and abandoned.

Well 30/6-31 S was drilled by the West Hercules drilling facility, which will now drill wildcat well 35/10-5 in production licence 827 S in the northern North Sea, where Equinor is the operator.

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