Wintershall Dea has drilled a dry exploration well in the Norwegian Sea.
The German company's Norwegian subsidiary Wintershall Dea Norge drilled the wildcat well 6604/6-1 in the production license 894, around 105 kilometers southwest of Equinor's Aasta Hansteen field, and 56 kilometers south of the Asterix discovery (6705/10-1)
According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, the well hit 185 meters of sandstone rocks in the Springar Formation, with reservoir rocks in three zones totaling about 120 meters.
"The reservoir rocks are mainly of poor to moderate reservoir quality. The sandstones contain traces of gas. The well is classified as dry. Data has been collected, and samples have been taken," the NPD said.
The well, sitting in a water depth of 1,127 meters, was drilled using Saipem's Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling rig.
Wintershall Dea Norge will now permanently plug and abandon the wildcat, the second exploration well drilled in the production license 894.