Aker BP discovered gas in in the Barents Sea and is assessing the discovery along with other discoveries and prospects in the area with a view toward a potential development. Preliminary estimates indicate that the size of the discovery at 3.3-4.7 MMboe, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate reported June 20.
Well 7324/6-2 (Ferdinand nord), was the first well drilled in production license 1170. It was dirlled by the Scarabeo 8 rig to a vertical depth of 1,246 m subsea and terminated in the Snadd formation in the Upper Triassic. Water depth at the site is 422 m.
The primary target was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic to Upper Triassic reservoir rocks in the Stø and Fruholmen formations. The secondary target was to prove petroleum in Upper Triassic reservoir rocks in the Snadd formation.
The well encountered a 12-m gas column in the Stø formation in two sandstone layers totaling 10.5 m, with good to very good reservoir quality. The gas-water contact was not encountered.
The well did not encounter reservoir rock in the Fruholmen formation.
Above the secondary exploration target, a 6-m gas column was encountered in the Snadd formation in a sandstone layer with moderate reservoir quality. The gas-water contact was not encountered.
Well 7324/6-2 encountered the secondary exploration target in the Snadd formation with a total of about 40 m of sandstone with poor reservoir quality, with traces of hydrocarbons.
The well was not formation-tested, but extensive data acquisition and sampling have been conducted. The well has been plugged.