Aker BP and its partners have drilled a well in the Yggdrasil area in the North Sea, which proved to be dry.
The well 30/11-16 S, or ‘Natrudstilen’, was drilled in production license 873, just over one kilometer east of Fulla and 155 kilometers west of Bergen.
Production licence 873 was awarded in 2017 (APA 2016), with AkerBP as the operator holding 47.7% working interest, along with partners Equinor with 40% and ORLEN Upstream Norway with 12.3% stakes.
This is the eighth exploration well drilled within the license area. The drilling operation was conducted using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Stavanger rig.
There is plenty of activity in the area around production license 873 - Yggdrasil is being developed, and in August 2025, Aker BP and its partners made a substantial oil discovery in the Omega Alfa exploration campaign. This campaign covered three production licenses in the area.
The objective of the well 30/11-16 S was to prove petroleum in the Natrudstilen prospect in the Tarbert Formation in the Middle Jurassic. Following the drilling operation, the well has been classified as dry with hydrocarbon shows.
The well has been permanently plugged and abandoned.