The new well on Block 43/26a will test the potential of a deep Carboniferous-age horizon, several hundred metres beneath the mature reservoirs produced by the Ravenspurn ST2 platform, the UK supermajor said.

“This play warrants further exploration as we know the reservoir sands exist. What we don’t know is whether, if gas is found, good long-term production can be proven from this deeply buried reservoir horizon,” BP North Sea regional president Mark Thomas said.

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