Norske Shell, operator of production license 793, came up dry at the wildcat well 6407/10-5, offshore Norway.
The well has been drilled about 20km southwest of the Draugen field, less than 10km southeast of the Njord field in the southern section of the Norwegian Sea and about 100km north of Kristiansund.
The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rock from the Upper Jurassic (the Rogn Formation). The well was drilled in 336m water depth to a vertical depth of 2850m below the sea surface and terminated in the Rogn Formation in Upper Jurassic. In the Rogn Formation 330m was drilled, of which 134m were sandstone of moderate to good reservoir quality. The well is dry and will now be permanently plugged and abandoned.
Data acquisition has been carried out from the well. This is the first exploration well in production license 793 awarded in APA 2014.
The well was drilled by the drilling facility Transocean Barents.
Image: Shell asset/Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
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