Statoil has come up dry with two wildcat wells near to the Hyme field in the Norwegian Sea.
The wells – 6407/8-7 and 6407/8-7 A – have now been plugged and abandoned.
The primary exploration target in well 6407/8-7 was to prove petroleum in the Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks, while the second exploration target was to prove petroleum in the Lower Jurassic reservoir rocks.
Data collection has been carried out in both wells, which are the first and second exploration wells in production license 348 C.
Wells 6407/8-7 and 6407/8-7 A were drilled to measured depths of 3030 and 3178 metres, respectively, and vertical depths of 3030 and 2810 metres below the sea surface.
Both were terminated in the Åre formation in the Lower Jurassic.
The wells will now be permanently plugged and abandoned.
The wells were drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility, which will now move on to drill wildcat well 6706/11-2 in the Norwegian Sea in production licence 602, where Statoil is the operator
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