Equinor will plug well 7220/2-2 (Snøras prospect) in the Barents Sea. The well is dry with traces of hydrocarbons.
The well, drilled by the Transocean Enabler rig, was drilled in production license 1080 to a vertical depth of 821 m subsea. It was terminated in the Nordmela formation in the Early Jurassic.
The objective was to prove petroleum in Early Jurassic reservoir rocks in the Stø formation.
The well encountered the Stø formation with a total thickness of 66 m, 63 m of which was sandstone with very good reservoir quality.
Water depth at the site is 427 m.
