This was the first well in the licence, and it was drilled by the Odfjell rig Deepsea Nordkapp.
The drilling was carried out north of the Gjøa field. There has been significant interest in this area in recent years, and several production licences have been awarded here.
Geological information
The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Lower Cretaceous reservoir rocks in the Agat Formation.
The well encountered the Agat Formation with a total depth of 176 metres, of which a total of 97 metres consisted of sandstone layers with poor to moderate reservoir quality. The well is classified as dry.
Well 35/6-5 S was drilled to a vertical depth of 3933 metres below sea level, and was terminated in the Åsgard Formation in the Lower Cretaceous.
Water depth at the site is 332 metres. The well has been permanently plugged and abandoned.
10/02/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 7220/7-CD-1 H in production licence 532, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
05/02/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) is presenting proposed new Regulation on data collection and documentation for mineral activities on the continental shelf.
31/01/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi ASA drilling permit for wellbore 7/1-4 S in production licence 1090, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
22/01/2025
Orlen Upstream Norway and its partner Norske Shell have drilled a dry well, wildcat well 6305/10-1 “Tomcat”, in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea.
21/01/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OMV (Norge) AS drilling permit for wellbore 35/6-6 in production licence 1109, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
17/01/2025
Vår Energi ASA and its partners found gas in the “Elgol” prospect; however, preliminary estimates indicate that the discovery is not profitable given current price assumptions.
14/01/2025
In the 2024 awards in pre-defined areas (APA), 20 companies have been offered ownership interests in a total of 53 production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).
