Faroe Petroleum reports drilling of Brasse appraisal well in Norwegian North Sea
LONDON -- Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway, the UK and Atlantic Margin, is pleased to announce the commencement of the Faroe-operated Brasse appraisal well 31/7-2S in the Norwegian North Sea (Faroe 50%).
Faroe announced the Brasse oil and gas discovery in PL740 in July 2016. The main wellbore 31/7-1 encountered an 18 m gross gas column and a 21 m gross oil column, and the sidetrack well (31/7-1A) encountered a 6 m gross gas column and 25 m gross oil column, with both wells encountering good quality Jurassic reservoir. Total gross volumes of recoverable hydrocarbons have been estimated by the Company to be 28-54 MMbbl of oil and 89-158 Bcf of gas (43-80 MMboe gross in aggregate).
The main objectives of the appraisal well are to reduce the uncertainty in the reserves estimates and to provide important additional information for the development project. The Brasse appraisal well will target a seismic anomaly c. 2 km to the southeast of the main discovery well and has the potential to derisk further reserves upsides beyond the existing uncertainity range.
The Brasse discovery is located within tie-back distance to existing infrastructure: 13 km to the south of the Brage field platform, in which the Company holds a 14.3% working interest and 13 km to the south east of the Oseberg field Center.
Faroe, as operator, has entered into a contract with Odfjell Drilling for the use of the semisubmersible drilling rig, Deepsea Bergen, for the drilling operations.
Faroe, in cooperation with licence partner Point Resources AS (50%), will decide on a potential second appraisal on the Brasse discovery later this year, dependent upon the results of the 31/7-2S well. The well results will also be used for the ongoing evaluation of the prospectivity of the recently awarded Brasse Extension area (Faroe 50% and operator) ahead of a potential drill decision in 2018.
