Equinor Energy AS has plugged a North Sea exploration well following drilling that encountered the Sola formation, but reservoir rocks in the form of sandstone were not present. The well is dry.
Exploration well 34/9-1 S (Cambozola prospect), the first exploration in production license 1049, was drilled by Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible drilling rig, about 35 km northeast of Kvitebjørn field in the North Sea and 167 km northwest of Bergen to a vertical depth of 4,393 m subsea (OGJ Online, Mar. 3, 2022). The well was terminated in the Sola formation in the Lower Cretaceous. Water depth at the site is 382 m.
The objective was to prove petroleum in Lower Cretaceous reservoir rocks (the Sola formation in the Cromer Knoll group).
Data acquisition was carried out.
Equinor is operator of the license with 35% interest. Partners are Longboat Energy Norge AS (25%), Petoro AS (20%), and Sval Energi AS (20%).
The rig is moving to drill well 30/3-11 S (Poseidon prospect) in production license 1104 in the northern North Sea, where Equinor is operator (OGJ Online, Apr. 25, 2022).
