DNO and its partners have drilled a dry well in the "Page" prospect in the southern part of the North Sea, about 270 kilometres from Stavanger and 40 kilometres from Ekofisk.
Wildcat well 2/6-8 S and technical sidetrack 2/6-8 ST2 were drilled in production licence 1086, where the 2/6-7 S "Othello" oil discovery was made last year.
The production licence was awarded in APA 2021 (Awards in pre-defined areas 2020), and this is the second exploration well drilled in this production licence.
The well was drilled by the Noble Intrepid rig.
Geological information
The objective of the well was to prove oil in Palaeocene reservoir rocks in the Borr Member in the Våle Formation.
The well encountered the Våle Formation and Ekofisk Formation as expected, but the Borr Member was only represented by thin sandstone layers. The well is classified as dry with hydrocarbon shows in the Våle Formation and Ekofisk Formation.
Well 2/6-8 S was drilled to a vertical depth of 1715 metres before it was plugged and abandoned due to the unstable hole.
Well 2/6-8 ST2 was drilled to a vertical depth of 2981 metres below sea level and was terminated in the Ekofisk Formation from the Palaeocene.
A 45-metre core was taken in the Våle Formation and Ekofisk Formation, and pressure data and fluid samples were also collected in the Ekofisk Formation.
Water depth at the site is 55 metres, and the well will be permanently plugged and abandoned.