The well situated on production licence 120 tested the north-eastern flank of the Visund field in the North Sea.
Statoil intersected gas in the Tarbert, Ness and Etive formations in the middle Jurassic reservoir, which are reported to have “very good reservoir quality”.
The well’s primary exploration target was to prove petroleum in lower Jurassic reservoir rocks in the Statfjord group.
Directly below the 21-metre gas column, Statoil intersected a 21-metre petroleum column in the Rannoch formation in sandstones with “poor reservoir quality”.
Petroleum
