Det Norske Finds Little Hydrocarbons in First Drilling in PL 659

Det norske oljeselskap, operator of production licence 659, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 7222/11-2 offshore Norway, reporting poor reservoir quality.

The well is the first in the production licence 659, which was awarded in APA 2011. It is 80 kilometres northeast of the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea and about 160 kilometres northwest of Hammerfest.

Preliminary assessments indicate that the discovery is not commercially interesting.

‘The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 2918 metres below the sea surface, and was terminated in the Klappmyss formation from the Early Triassic. The water depth is 338 metres. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned,’ reads a note released on Monday.

The company stepped up its efforts to produce in the PL 659 in January.

“This is an exciting start to the new year,” Terje Solheim, Head of Det norske’s office in Harstad, commented in a note released in January. 

Det Norske, with 30% working interest, is the operator of the license PL 659. Its partners arePetoro (30%), Lundin Norway (20%), Tullow Oil Norge (10%), Rocksource Exploration Norway(5%) and Ithaca Petroleum Norge (5%).