Statoil discovery near Gullfaks
Posted: 12 November 2003
A new gas and condensate strike has been made by Statoil in Norwegian
production licence 050, which embraces the Gullfaks area of the
North Sea.
Drilled from the Gullfaks B platform to a total length of 7.9 kilometres,
exploration well 34/10-45B probed an area south of the Gullfaks
field.
It terminated in Middle Jurassic rocks at a depth of 2,126 metres,
after proving gas and condensate in Late Cretaceous sandstones.
This is described as a small discovery of limited extent by Arild
Hesjedal, head of the Gullfaks reservoir development entity.
"It's nevertheless interesting because the well was drilled
from a platform and can therefore be brought on stream immediately.
"Production experience will provide important information
about the size and commercial value of the discovery."
The find confirms that this exploration model in the Cretaceous
embraces a number of interesting prospects in the area.
In addition to operator Statoil with a 61 per cent holding, the
partners in PL 050 are Norsk Hydro with nine per cent and Petoro
with 30 per cent.
For more information see http://www.statoil.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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