Successful appraisal of Norway’s northernmost discovery – Offshore.no

– results are important for further maturation of Wisting area with regard to a possible development.

OMV is about completing the drilling of an appraisal well on the discovery of oil Wisting in the Barents Sea, about 310 kilometers north of Hammerfest.

Before the well was drilled, the operator’s resource estimate for Wisting area of ​​between 200 and 500 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalents.

Petroleum Directorate writes the following about the results:

“the well was drilled with a horizontal section of approximately 1400 meters. The encountered oil in sandstones in the Stø and Fruholmen formation. “Wisting Central South” segment has good resevoaregenskaper in Stø formation and moderate reservoir properties in Fruholmen formation. The reservoir quality in Stø formation in “Wisting Central West” segment is also good. The oil / water contact was not encountered. Calculating the size of the discovery will be updated based on the evaluation of the new well data. The result will be important for further maturation of Wisting area with regard to a possible development.

The extensive data collection and sampling. A successful formation test was conducted in the Stø formation in “Wisting Central West” segment. The maximum production rate was respectively 762 Sm3 oil and 48,310 Sm3 associated gas per flow day through a 104/64 inch choke. Gas / oil ratio is 73 Sm3 / Sm3. Formation test showed mainly good production and flow properties. “

– OMV is very pleased with the drilling and well test results, which is promising. This well is an important milestone towards a future field development Wisting, says Johann Pleininger, director of OMV, with responsibility for the company oppstrømmsaktiviteter.

The results, according to OMV, expected to increase the projected volume in Central South and Central west segments and reduce the overall uncertainty of resources in the license.

According to the operator’s Wisting Central II the shallowest horizontal offshore well drilled from a floating rig. The well started vertically but was ruled horizontally within 250 meters.

The well was drilled by Transocean Spitsbergen.