StatoilHydro, the operator of production license 348, has completed the drilling of the exploration well. The well is located 30km north-east of the Njord field and 9km north-west of the Draugen field.
The well has reportedly confirmed the existence of gas in Jurassic sandstone. The size of the discovery is so far not determined, and a sidetrack well will be drilled right after the current well has been completed.
Orjan Birkeland, StatoilHydro’s vice president for infrastructure-led exploration in the North, said: The purpose of the well was to confirm the existence of hydrocarbons in mid-lower Jurassic rocks in the southern segment of the Galtvort prospect. It is very positive that we again strike hydrocarbons in these areas where finds can quickly be put on stream.
