Wintershall’s wildcat well has come up dry.
The Norwegian operator was targeting an area 15 km southwest of the Gjøa field in the North Sea and 80 kilometres southwest of Florø. It was thought the area contained petroleum in the the Heather, Sognefjord and Fensfjord formations.
However, the well, which was drilled to a vertical depth of 3369 metres and a measured depth of 3570 metres below the sea surface, came up dry.
It will now be plugged and abandoned.
Wintershall previously confirmed it had sold a chunk of its Norwegian portfolio to Tellus Petroleum.
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