Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production license 589, will finish drilling wildcat well 6406/2-8, which proved oil, south of the Kristin Field, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said April 28.

The field in the Norwegian Sea is 190 km northwest of Kristiansund.

Well 6406/2-8 targeted Lower to Middle Jurassic reservoir petroleum in the Båt and Fangst groups.

The well hit two oil columns at a 130-m interval in these groups in poor-quality sandstone The discovery area could have between 1 MMcm and 8 MMcm of recoverable oil equivalents.

The licensees will assess the discovery with regard to further follow-up. The well was not formation tested, but data and samples were gathered.

This is the first exploration well in production license 589, which was awarded in APA 2010. The well was drilled to 4,655 m vertical depth and was terminated in Middle to Upper Triassic red sandstone layers in 262 m of water.

The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned.

Well 6406/2-8 was drilled by the Transocean Arctic, which will now drill wildcat well 35/12-5 S in production license 378 in the North Sea, where Wintershall Norge AS is the operator.

Source: Norwegian Petroleum Directorate

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