Norwegian multinational energy company Equinor has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 36/1-3 in production licence 885 in the northern part of the North Sea offshore Norway. The well was dry, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said.
The Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible drilled the well to 2,873 meters below sea surface in 230 meters of water 15 kilometers east of a gas discovery designated Agat and 55 kilometers northwest of Floro.
The well has been permanently plugged and abandoned.
NPD said that the primary and secondary exploration targets for the well were to examine reservoir rocks from the Early Cretaceous Age (upper and lower part of the Agat formation).
Equinor is the operator of the license with an ownership interest of 20 percent and its partners are Capricorn, Wellesley Petroleum, and Petoro with 30, 20, and 20 percent interest respectively.