Statoil has found oil and gas in a wildcat well, close to the Gullfaks field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea.
The well was drilled from the Gullfaks C platform to a structure east of the Gimle field, about 7km northeast of the Gullfaks field and 7km south of the Visund Sør field in the northern part of the North Sea.
According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, well 34/10-55 S found a total 170m oil and gas column, of which 60m was good reservoir quality sandstone in the Statfjord group and 10m in sandstone with moderate to good properties in the Lund formation.
Preliminary calculations indicate that the discovery contains between 1-3 MMcm of recoverable oil equivalents. The discovery will be produced from a subsequent development well from the Gullfaks C platform.
The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. Water depth is 220m.