Maersk Oil comes up dry with Albert wildcat

Dry disappointment: Maersk Oil fails to find hydrocarbons with Transocean Barents-drilled wilcat

Denmark’s Maersk Oil has been unsuccessful with its wildcat well east of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has said.

The 6506/6-2 well, the first to be drilled on PL513, is located around six kilometres north of Total's Victoria gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea.

It was drilled by the Transocean Barents to a vertical depth of 3325 metres below the sea surface in 409 metres of water.

The 6506/6-2 well, in the Haltenbanken area, was chasing gas and condensate reserves in the Cretaceous Lysing formation at the Albert prospect.

“The well encountered the Lysing formation with reservoir rocks and reservoir quality as expected, but the well is dry,” the NPD said.

Maersk Oil holds…

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