The firm made a light oil and gas-condensate discovery in its 100%-owned Capercaillie exploration well located in Block 29/4e in the Central North Sea.
The second discovery was made in the Achmelvich exploration well located in Block 206/9b west of Shetland.
Achmelvich well is operated by BP with 52.6% stake while other partners include Shell with 28% interest and Chevron with 19.4% stake.
Drilled to a total depth of 3,750m, the Capercaillie well encountered light oil and gas-condensate in Paleocene and Cretaceous-age reservoirs.
The firm, which is currently assessing the Capercaillie well data, expects to consider options for a potential tie-back development to existing infrastructure.
Drilled to be total depth of 2,395m, the Achmelvich well encountered oil in Mesozoic-age reservoirs.
In order to assess future options, BP is undertaking evaluation and interpretation of the Achmelvich well results.
BP said that the two wells were drilled in summer 2017 using the Paul B Loyd Junior rig.
BP North Sea Regional president Mark Thomas said: “These are exciting times for BP in the North Sea as we lay the foundations of a refreshed and revitalized business that we expect to double production to 200,000 barrels a day by 2020 and keep producing beyond 2050.
“We are hopeful that Capercaillie and Achmelvich may lead to further additions to our North Sea business, sitting alongside major developments like Quad 204, which came onstream in 2017, Clair Ridge, due to come into production this year, and the non-operated Culzean field, expected to start-up in 2019.”
Image: BP used the Paul B Loyd Junior rig to drill the Capercaillie and Achmelvich exploration wells in the North Sea. Photo: courtesy of BP p.l.c.
