Statoil's Norwegian Sea Bister well found no oil, partner Faroe Petroleum reports.
Drilling on Bister, in production license 348/C, near the 2013 Snilehorn discovery, reached target depth and intersected good quality reservoirs, but no hydrocarbons were found, said UK-based Faroe, which holds 7.5% interest in the well.
The Bister exploration well 6407/8-7 spudded on 27 April, using the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible drilling rig, and reached 2990m total vertical depth below sea level in the Åre Jurassic formation, followed by side-track 6407/8-7A, which was drilled to 2770m total vertical depth.
The Bister prospect is near the producing Statoil-operated Njord and Hyme fields. The results from the well will be used to calibrate the seismic interpretations in the license, which still contains promising exploration targets, Faroe says.
Statoil holds a 35% in Bister, alongside partners GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS (15%), E.ON E&P Norge AS (17.5%), Core Energy AS (22.5%) and VNG Norge AS (2.5%) and will now be plugged and abandoned as planned.
The Transocean Spitsbergen
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