Lundin Energy Norway has completed drilling of wildcat well 16/4-13 S. Credit: Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) had announced a minor oil discovery made by Lundin Energy Norway and its partners near the Solveig field in the North Sea, following the drilling of the wildcat well 16/4-13 S.

Located in the production licence 359, the wildcat well 16/4-13 S was drilled about 15km south of the Edvard Grieg field in the central part of the North Sea and 190km west of Stavanger.

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Lundin operates the production licence 359 with 65% interest while OMV (Norge) and Wintershall Dea Norge hold 20% and 15% stakes respectively.

The aim of drilling the well was to prove the presence of petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Triassic to Paleozoic Age.

Using the West Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig, the well was drilled to measured and vertical depths of 2,422m and 2,325m respectively, below sea level.

Upon drilling, the well encountered a 10m oil column in conglomerate sandstone in reservoir rocks, of which 7m reported moderate to poor reservoir quality.

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The entire reservoir comprises conglomeratic sandstones with a thickness of about 380m.

According to preliminary estimates, the discovery holds between 500,000 and 1.4 million standard cubic metres (Sm³) of recoverable oil equivalent.

The well 16/4-13 S, which was terminated in Paleozoic rocks, represent the sixth exploration well to be drilled in the licence.

The licence partners plan to assess the discovery considering a possible tie-in to the Solveig field while the well is planned to be permanently plugged and abandoned.

The West Bollsta drilling facility is scheduled to begin drilling activities at the production well 16/4-BA-1H on the Solveig field in production licence 359 in the North Sea.