Norway dries well: no luck for PGNIG near Fenja field
Polish operator PGNIG Upstream drilled a dry exploration well to medium depths about 15 kilometers south of the Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea.
Joint Venturer Rex International said the high-risk, high-yield Fat Canyon prospect in block PL937 / B was drilled using the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible rig to a water depth of 241 meters .
The well reached a total depth of 2353 meters, targeting the sandstones of the Jurassic Rogn formation reservoir as well as the Cretaceous Lyr formation.
The Rogn sandstone had a gross thickness of 27 meters with poor to medium reservoir quality.
The Lyr Formation was five meters thick, composed mainly of silt and shale and fine-grained sandstone with low reservoir potential.
The well is dry with no traces of hydrocarbons.
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Lars Hubert, CEO of Rex’s Lime Petroleum subsidiary, said: “The Fat Canyon prospect was a high risk / high reward prospect in a relatively undrilled area of the Norwegian Sea, albeit close to existing infrastructure.
“The well provided us with important new data on the geology of the Froya high pressure area. Lime will use this data extensively in its subsequent assessment of nearby PL937 / B and PL1111, in which Lime has a 40% stake.
“In addition, we will continue our work on the company’s field development projects and on the Brage field, the acquisition of which is pending approval by the authorities. Lime is also looking forward to drilling further exploration wells in both the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea.
Lime integrated the licenses through a transaction with Ineos (before the purchase of Ineos by PGNiG) in March 2020.