Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the 'Skoll' and 'Hati' prospects, east of the Visund field in the North Sea.
Wildcat well 34/8-A-37 H was drilled in production licence 120, 140 kms west of Florø and 4 kms east of the Visund A platform.
The well was drilled from Visund A.
This is exploration well number 29 in the production licence, which was awarded in 1985 (10th licensing round).
The licensees in the production licence are Equinor (operator), Repsol, ConocoPhillips and Petoro.
Geological information
The well’s primary exploration target was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks in the Statfjord Group in the Lower Jurassic. The secondary exploration target was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks in the Lunde Formation in the Upper Triassic.
The well encountered the Statfjord Group with around 112 metres, a total of 53 metres of which with good reservoir quality. The sandstone layers in the Statfjord Group were aquiferous with hydrocarbon shows. The well also encountered the Lunde Formation totalling 150 metres, 50 metres of which were sandstone layers with moderate to good reservoir quality. There were hydrocarbon shows in the Lunde Formation. The well is classified as dry.
Well 34/8-A-37 H was drilled to a vertical depth of 3081 metres and a measured depth of 6662 metres below sea level, and was terminated in the Lunde Formation in the Upper Triassic.
Water depth at the site is 335 metres. The well has been permanently plugged and abandoned.
Source: Norwegian Offshore Directorate
