Maersk Drilling given one-well exploration contract by OMV
The contract is for drilling a well in the Oswig prospect in Block 30/5C of the Northern North Sea basin offshore Norway.
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The contract is for drilling a well in the Oswig prospect in Block 30/5C of the Northern North Sea basin offshore Norway.
Drilling is scheduled to commence in March/April 2022 following the rig relocating from nearby activities on Australia's North West Shelf.
The Merlin-2 appraisal well is targeting 652 million barrels of oil in the highly prospective N18, N19 and N20 targets.
According to preliminary estimates, the initial oil in place at the discovery in Block 12 reaches 250 million barrels.
Start-up is expected in 2Q22, and the project will run for approximately 1 month.
The data collected from Licence P2428 will now be processed by ION Geophysical to pre-stack depth migration with the final results expected to be delivered in 2Q22.
Borr Drilling's Prospector-1 jack-up drilling rig has spudded the Q11-B appraisal well.
Start-up is expected in 1Q22, and the project will run for approximately 5 months.
The harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Resolute will be deployed to drill the IJssel and Clover exploration wells in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.
Phase 1 includes 11 100 square kilometers of new 3D seismic data acquisition and 3000 square kilometers of 3D seismic data reprocessing.
The well was drilled about 17 km southwest of the Bøyla field in the North Sea, and 230 km west of Stavanger.
CNOOC EnerTech will a number of critical pre-drilling permitting and logistical requirements for the LH 17-2-1 exploration well at the Jade prospect on Block 29/11, offshore China, due to be spudded in December 2021.