Australian junior: Norwest gets a slice of North Sea action
Norwest takes a bite at Manuel
Australian minnow Norwest Energy said today that it has signed a farm-in agreement with Canada’s Ithaca Energy for Block 11/29 in the UK North Sea.
Norwest will pay 7.5% of the total cost of an exploration well to gain a 5% working interest in Ithaca’s Manuel prospect, which lies about 12 kilometres west of the Beatrice oilfield of the Inner Moray Firth.
The Manuel prospect’s test well was spudded on 17 February and is targeting Jurassic sands.
The estimated dry hole well cost is $17 million, Norwest said in a statement.
Ithaca operates Block 11/29 and the Manuel test well which is being drilled through a turnkey arrangement.