Denmark headquartered Maersk Oil has made a hydrocarbon discovery on the high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) Xana-1X exploration in the Danish Sector of the North Sea.
The Xana-1X well was drilled in license 9/95 in 68m water depth. It reached a total drilling depth of 5071m in the Jurassic formation.
The well was spudded on 8 December by the jackup rig Noble Sam Turner and is currently being plugged and abandoned.
“The drilling of the HPHT exploration well has been completed. At present the partners are in the process of assessing the technical and commercial implications of the discovery and looking at potential follow-up,” said Martin Rune Pedersen, managing director of Maersk Oil’s Danish Business Unit.
License 9/95 is operated by Maersk Oil, which holds 34% interest, with partners Dong E&P A/S (20%), Nordsøfonden (20%), Noreco Oil Denmark (16%) and Danoil Exploration (10%).