E.ON Ruhrgas Drills Duster in North Sea

- E.ON Ruhrgas Drills Duster in North Sea

Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate

E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS, operator of production license 416, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 31/8-1. The well was drilled about 16 kilometers southwest of the Troll field.

The primary exploration target for the well was to prove petroleum in Upper Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Sognefjord formation). The secondary exploration target was to prove petroleum in Middle to Lower Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Fensfjord, Krossfjord and Johansen formations and the Brent group).

Reservoir rocks with expected reservoir quality were encountered in the Sognefjord formation, but the well was dry. No petroleum was proven in the secondary exploration targets either. Data acquisition and sampling have been carried out.

This is the first exploration well in production license 416. The license was awarded in APA 2006.

The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 2598 meters below the sea surface, and was terminated in the Brent group in the Middle Jurassic. Water depth at the site is 304 meters. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned.

Well 31/8-1 was drilled by the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility, which will now proceed to production license 471 in the Norwegian Sea to drill wildcat well 6407/5-2 S, where OMV Norge AS is the operator.

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E. On Ruhrgas to Spin Bit in North Sea

- E. On Ruhrgas to Spin Bit in North Sea

Thursday, June 23, 2011
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway

E. ON Ruhrgas has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 31/8-1 in the northern part of the North Sea with the Borgland Dolphin mobile facility.

The well will be drilled in production license 416, approx. 75 kilometers west of Bergen and 16 kilometers southwest of the Troll field.

The well has the coordinates N 60° 22' 11.2", E 03° 34' 04.9". The water depth at the site is approx. 300 meters.

Drilling is scheduled to start in June 2011 and will last 41 days, or 69 days in the event of a discovery.

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NPD Gives E.ON Ruhrgas Go-Ahead for North Sea Drilling

- NPD Gives E.ON Ruhrgas Go-Ahead for North Sea Drilling

Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 31/8-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Wellbore 31/8-1 will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility at position 60°22'11.23" N and 3°34'04.94"E after it has completed drilling development well 6507/5-A-1 H on the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea where BP Norge AS is the operator.

The drilling program for wellbore 31/8-1 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production license 416 in the North Sea. E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS is operator with a 50 percent ownership interest. The other licensees are Rocksource ASA (35 percent) and Det norske oljeselskap ASA (15 percent). The area in this license consists of block 31/8. The well will be drilled approx. 15 kilometers southwest of Troll and approx. 30 km southeast of Brage.

Production license 416 was awarded on February 16, 2007 (APA 2006). This is the first well drilled in the license.

This permit is contingent upon the operator having secured all other permits and consents required by other authorities before the drilling activity starts.

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