Discovery at Eitri Print E-mail
Friday, 22 May 2009 00:00
Det norske has made a minor discovery on the Eitri prospect close to the Jotun field in the North Sea. Det norske drilled the well in license 027D on behalf of ExxonMobile as operator of the license. The target of the exploration wells 25/8-16A and 25/8-16S was to prove hydrocarbons in reservoir of Paleocene age. A secondary objective was to prove hydrocarbon in reservoirs of Lower Jurassic age. A limited amount of oil was found in the primary target. An appraisal well was drilled to prove the oil-water contact, but a reservoir rock was not proven. The well has not been production-tested, but significant data collection and sampling has been completed.

Det norske vice president for Reserves and Producing Fields Odd Ragnar Heum states that the result at Eitri is disappointing.

-We did find oil, but it is too small to be regarded as commercial. We are still optimistic for this license, and look forward to drill the well at the Jetta prospect later this year.

The well is the first exploration well in PL027D after this was carved out from PL027B in 2007. The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 2107 meters sub-sea, in the Lower Jurassic Statfjord Formation. The water depth is 126 m. The well and the sidetrack are currently being permanently plugged and abandoned.

Wells 25/8-16, 16A were drilled using the Bredford Dolphin, which is next going to license 383 in the Norwegian Sea to drill well 6507/3-6 (Struten prospect) where Det norske is operator.

After the drilling is completed the partners in license PL027D are:
ExxonMobil (operator) 25 percent
Det norske 35 percent
Dana Petroleum 40 percent


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Det norsk`s VP Reserves and Producing Fields Odd Ragnar Heum (picture), is dissappointed about the discovery, but is still optimistic for the license. The Jetta prospect is beeing drilled in PL027D in the autumn.


About Det norske (DETNOR`):

Det norske is the second-largest operating company on the Norwegian Continental Shelf with 28 operatorship and interests in a total of 50 licenses. Det norske is the operator of the Frøy Field development and will also operate eight to nine exploration wells in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea during 2009. Det norske's scope of activities is limited to the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Det norske currently employs a staff of more than 130 and the strong growth rate continues. The company`s registered office is located in Trondheim and the headquarter operations is divided between Oslo and Trondheim. The company also has offices in Harstad, and Stavanger.