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undin's Morkel exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea has made a small but uncommercial discovery.
The well, 33/2-2 S in production licence 579, was drilled about 40km northwest of the Snorre field, 180km west of Florø.
The primary exploration target for the well was to prove petroleum in the pre-Cretaceous section on the eastern flank of the Mackerel Horst.
The well, drilled in 340m water depth using the Bredford Dolphin semisubmersible drilling rig (pictured), encountered oil over an interval of about 173m in what was interpreted as the Triassic Lunde formation, with heterolithic sandstones with poor reservoir quality.
A formation test was conducted. The production rate was 68sq cu m oil per flow day through a 24/64in nozzle opening. Extensive data acquisition and sampling were also carried out.
The well was the first exploration well in production license 579, awarded in APA 2010. It was drilled to 3498m vertical depth below the sea surface and was terminated in sandstone and shale, thought to belong to the Alke formation in the Triassic. Water depth at the site is 340m. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned.
The Bredford Dolphin will now drill wildcat well 16/4-9 S in production license 359 in the North Sea, where Lundin is also the operator.
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