Wisting in OMV sights

Drill-ready: Leiv Eiriksson

OCEAN RIG

By Steve Marshall and news reports

 15 February 2013 15:56 GMT

Austrian explorer OMV reportedly is set to drill a pair of delayed exploration wells at the Wisting prospect in the Barents Sea in May after securing a fresh rig for the work.

The company intends to use Ocean Rig semi-submersible Leiv Eiriksson for the probes in its operated production licence 537 after it failed to gain a slot with the rig Transocean Barents that was originally lined up for the drilling effort in April last year, Petro Media News reported.

The first 7324/8-1 probe is targeting the Wisting Central structure while the second, 7324/7-1, will be drilled five kilometres to the north-west at Wisting Alternative, with both wells targeting primarily oil but with possible gas volumes.

The drilling work in water depth of around 400 metres of water is estimated to take 65 days…

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