康菲石油公司在挪威海域发现少量天然气

据OFFSHORE ENERGY网站6月16日报道，美国能源巨头康菲石油公司（ConocoPhillips）的挪威子公司康菲石油斯堪的纳维亚（ConocoPhillips Skandinavia）在位于挪威海Skarv油田西南部的一口井中发现了少量天然气。

康菲石油公司于2022年4月从挪威当局获得了6507/4-3 S井的钻井许可证。这口井位于挪威海Skrv油田西南约30公里处和Brnnysund以西约240公里处。

在周四的更新中，挪威石油局（NPD）通知康菲石油公司作为1064号生产许可证的运营商，有效期至2026年2月14日，已完成对野探井6507/4-3 S的钻探。这是该生产许可证的第一口勘探井，该生产许可证于2019年APA授予。

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia拥有该许可证40%的所有权权益，而其他被许可人是PGNiG Upstream Norway拥有30%、Aker BP拥有20%以及挪威国有巨头Equinor持有剩余10%的权益。

NPD解释道，6507/4-3 S井的目标是证明Lange组晚白垩世储层中存在石油。在钻井过程中，Lange地层的砂岩层厚度约为55米，储层质量较差。

据NPD称，该井在砂岩层的最浅部分遇到了大约1米长的气柱，但无法证实有接触。

NPD指出，初步估计表明，该发现的规模不到10万Sm3可采油当量。有鉴于此，该井的结果将由被许可人考虑，以进一步获得许可。

根据NPD的声明，虽然该井没有进行地层测试，但进行了大量的数据采集和采样。此外，挪威石油管理局证实，该井的垂直深度为3914米，位于晚白垩纪的Lange地层。

此外，该地点的水深为436米，该井现在将被永久封堵并废弃。该井由Transocean公司的Transocean Norge半潜式钻井平台钻井，该钻井平台最初于2021年6月签订了4口井的合同，其中有5口井可供选择。

据NPD透露，Transocean Norge钻井平台将在挪威海域钻探6306/3-2 S油井，该油井的生产许可证为935号，ConocoPhillips Skandinavia也是该海域的运营商。

黎泱 编译自 OFFSHORE ENERGY

原文如下：

Minor gas find for ConocoPhillips off Norway

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, a Norwegian subsidiary of the U.S. energy giant, ConocoPhillips, has made a minor gas discovery in a well located southwest of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea.

ConocoPhillips received a drilling permit for the well 6507/4-3 S from the Norwegian authorities in April 2022. This well was drilled about 30 kilometres southwest of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea and about 240 kilometres west of Brnnysund.

In an update on Thursday, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) informed that ConocoPhillips as the operator of production licence 1064, valid until 14 February 2026, has concluded the drilling of the wildcat well 6507/4-3 S. This is the first exploration well in this production licence, which was awarded in APA 2019.

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia has an ownership interest of 40 per cent interest in this licence while other licensees are PGNiG Upstream Norway with 30 per cent, Aker BP with 20 per cent, and the Norwegian state-owned giant Equinor, which holds the remaining 10 per cent interest.

The NPD explained that the objective of the well 6507/4-3 S was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Late Cretaceous in the Lange Formation. During the drilling of the well, sandstone layers were encountered in the Lange Formation totalling about 55 metres with poor reservoir quality.

According to the NPD, the well encountered an approximately 1-metre gas column in the shallowest part of the sandstone layers, but no contacts could be proven.

The NPD pointed out that the preliminary estimates indicate the size of the discovery is less than 0.1 million Sm3 of recoverable oil equivalent. In light of this, the result from this well will be considered by the licensees for further prospectivity in the licence.

While the well was not formation-tested, extensive data acquisition and sampling were carried out, based on the NPD’s statement. In addition, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate confirmed that the well was drilled to a vertical depth of 3914 metres below sea level, and was terminated in the Lange Formation from the Late Cretaceous.

Furthermore, the water depth at the site is 436 metres and the well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. This well was drilled by Transocean’s Transocean Norge semi-submersible rig, which was originally contracted in June 2021 for four wells with five one-well options.

As disclosed by the NPD, the Transocean Norge rig will now drill wildcat well 6306/3-2 S in production licence 935 in the Norwegian Sea, where ConocoPhillips Skandinavia is also the operator.