Suncor Energy Norge’s North Sea wildcat turned up dry.
The well, under production licence 571, was drilled drilled in the central part of the North Sea, about five kilometres west of the Balder field and about 200 kilometres north-west of Stavanger.
The primary exploration target for the well was to prove petroleum in Paleocene reservoir rocks.
The well, which was the second to be drilled under the licence, encountered a 22-metre thick sandstone layer in the Ty formation and 63 metres of sandstone in the Statfjord group, both of which showed good reservoir properties. However, the well is dry.
It will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. It was drilled using the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility.
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