Oil discovery in appraisal well at Aldous Major South Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 October 2011 00:00
Det norske is pleased to announce an oil discovery in the appraisal well 16/2-10 on Aldous Major South in PL 265. The license is operated by Statoil. In addition to Det norske, the partners in PL 265 are the Norwegian state, through Petoro, and Lundin Petroleum.

An oil column of 50 to 55 meters has been encountered in Jurassic sandstones. The semi submersible drilling rig Transocean Leader has taken core samples of the entire reservoir interval, whilst the logging program is still ongoing.
Oil discovery     

The operator has previously communicated preliminary volumes in the range of 400 to 800 million barrels of oil equivalents for Aldous Major South in PL 265. Statoil has informed the partnership of its intentions to publish an updated volume estimate when the logging program has been completed and all data has been analysed.

The appraisal well 16/2-10 is located about 4.2 kilometer north of the 16/2-8 Aldous Major South discovery well on Utsira High in the North Sea. 

 “We are very pleased so far. Beyond that, we do not wish to comment on the result before the entire logging program has been completed and we have received an updated volume estimate from the operator,” Chief executive officer Erik Haugane (picture) commented. 

The PL 265 partnership consists of:
Det norske oljeselskap            20 percent
Statoil (operatør)                     40 percent
Petoro                                      30 percent
Lundin Petroleum                   10 percent		                              More on Aldous:
No clarification of Aldous North 
Appraisal on Aldous Major South 
High-impact oil discovery on Aldous
Increased resource estimate for Aldous


About Det norske: 

Det norske oljeselskap ASA (DETNOR) specialize in extracting petroleum resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). We are an ambitious company with significant exploration activity. Recently we have taken part in some major discoveries, Aldous being the single most important. We now face several development projects, among them Jette as operator, and Draupne.

Det norske has its headquarter located in Trondheim, and offices in Oslo and Harstad. As of today we are more than 160 employees.

Det norske is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange with the ticker “DETNOR”.

 

 
 

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