Aker BP makes second Norwegian discovery in a month
Aker BP has made its second hydrocarbon discovery in a month near the Skarv field off the coast of Norway, according to a filing by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) on August 12.
The Norwegian player drilled a well 14 km northeast of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea, which encountered an oil and gas column some 115 m in length, the NPD said. Preliminary estimates place the discovery's size at between 1.7 and 5.7mn m3 of recoverable oil equivalent, or 10.7-35.9mn barrels of oil equivalent.
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Aker BP, the operator of production licence 941 where the find was made, along with its Polish partner PGNiG, which controls the remaining 20%, will consider exploiting it via the Skarv field, which is also operated by Aker BP, the NPD said. This is the first well to be drilled at the licence.
The Deepsea Nordkapp rig used to drill the well will now move on to drill a second wildcat well at the same licence.
Aker BP hit gas after drilling the Storjo exploration well at production licence 261 near Skarv in mid-July, estimating that find at between 25 and 80mn barrels of oil equivalent in size.