StatoilHydro To Plug And Abandon 30/9-24 Well In PL 079, Norway

Published: 26-Oct-2009

StatoilHydro Petroleum AS (StatoilHydro), operator of production license (PL) 079, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 30/9-24. The well was drilled about six kilometers west of the Oseberg field in the North Sea. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Lower Jurassic reservoir rocks belonging to the Statfjord formation. The well is dry. Reservoir rocks with significant thickness and medium to good reservoir quality were encountered in the Lower Jurassic.

30/9-24 is the eighth exploration well in PL 079. The license was awarded in the sixth licensing round in 1982. The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 3 744 meters below the sea surface, and was completed in the Hegre group in the Upper Triassic. Water depth at the site is 107 meters. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned.

Well 30/9-24 was drilled by the drilling facility Transocean Leader, which will now proceed to PL 134 B / 134 C in the Norwegian Sea to drill well 6506/11-B-3H, where StatoilHydro ASA is the operator.

Current licensees in PL 079 are ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS 2.4%, ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS 4.7%, Total E&P Norge AS 10%, Petoro AS 33.6% and StatoilHydro 49.3%.

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