Statoil has made an oil and gas discovery at the Njord North Flank in the Norwegian Sea that could potentially hold up to 28.3 MMboe, according to partner Faroe Petroleum.
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The Songa Delta, from Songa Offshore. |
The NF-2 exploration encountered 102m of oil-bearing reservoir in Middle and Lower Jurassic sandstones of the Ile and 157m of a gross gas condensate-bearing column in Lower Jurassic sandstones in the Tilje formation, after the Songa Delta semisubmersible rig drilled to a total depth of 4105m below sea level.
Following NF-2’s results, Statoil and its partners decided to drill a side-track well, 6407/7-9A, to test a fault-block lying to the east.
The side-track was drilled to a total depth of 4127, below sea level, where the encountered 195m of gas-bearing column in the Tilje Formation.
In addition, 140m of gas-bearing column were encountered in Lower Jurassic sandstones in the Åre Formation. No hydrocarbons were encountered in the Ile Formation in NF3, Faroe confirmed.
Both wells are located 6km to the north of the Njord production facility, in PL 107 C.
According to Faroe, neither well was drill stem tested, however extensive data acquisition and sampling has been performed on both wells.
“Based on the data acquired, a preliminary estimate of the size of the NF-2 discovery is between 1.3 and 18.9 MMboe for NF-2 and between 0.6 and 9.4 MMboe for side-track NF-3,” Faroe said. “Collectively, these discoveries are equivalent to a range of 1.9 MMboe to 28.3 MMboe. These results are in line with pre-drill estimates.”
The well has now been plugged and abandoned as planned and work will begin on assessing the commercial potential of the discovery.
According to Faroe, the Njord Future Project is scheduled to start in early 2017.
Statoil is the operator of Njord with 20% stake. Partners include Engie (40%), DEA Norge (30%), Faroe (7.5%), and VNG Norge (2.5%).
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