Norway well slot: Three exploration wells active

Norway well slot: Three exploration wells active

Westwood Global Energy reports that there were three exploration wells active as of 24 January. One exploration well has spudded and completed in 2022.

At year end 2021, 29 exploration and six appraisal wells had completed, with a further three exploration wells that still had operations ongoing. This compares to 25 exploration and two appraisal wells completed in 2020. Twenty-eight exploration and six appraisal programmes spudded in 2021.

Wellesley spudded the 36/1-4 Hemispheres exploration well on 18 December with the Borgland Dolphin semi sub. The well is targeting oil and gas in shallow marine sandstones of the Middle Jurassic Krossfjord Fm, in a faulted three-way dip closure. The well was expected to drill in Q3 2020 but was deferred to 2021 – 2022 following Covid-19 pandemic. The well is located c. 50 km to the north of the Duva field and has a c. 33-day dry hole duration.