StatoilHydro adds to Alve tally
StatoilHydro has proved up even more reserves at the Alve field, in production
licence 159B off Norway, with well 6507/3-5S hitting between 3 billion and 5
billion cubic metres of recoverable gas condensate.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said the well, drilled about 16
kilometres south-west of the Norne field, was an exploration extension of
a production well at Alve.
A thin oil zone under the gas was also proven, the NPD said.
The well will be temporarily plugged and completion of the previously-proved
reservoir is planned for in the autumn 2008. The gas in the Alve field will
be routed to Norne.
The Alve partners - operator StatoilHydro and Denmark's Dong - will now weigh
up their options for exploiting the extra reserves.
Well 6507/3-5 S was drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean
Vanguard to a total depth of 3834 metres and was terminated in rocks of
Lower Jurassic age.
StatoilHydro has an 85% stake in PL159B, with Dong holding the remainder.
08 May 2008 07:21 GMT
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