![]() Even though plenty of sands are being interpreted in the area of the prospect that is now being targeted, only drilling will ultimately proof how thick the reservoir unit in Ginny actually is. ![]() Some 500-800 cubic metres of oil had leaked to the sea around Draugen just four months after the previous hydrocarbon escape on the field. This was the third-largest crude spill on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) at the time. As appraisal drilling on Fenja has however shown, the distribution and architecture of the sandstones shed from the Frøya High can be more complex than anticipated. An oil slick about one nautical mile in circumference was observed late in the evening of. The Upper Jurassic Ginny prospect bears similarities to the Neptune-operated Fenja field towards the southwest in the sense that it is situated in a comparable structural setting. As the Longboat document already describes, fault sealing – especially towards the Hasselmus structure – has been identified as a key risk. It can be seen that in case of a discovery in Hermine, it is likely that Hermine and Galtvort form part of the same accumulation. FEED is under way and FID should follow before mid-year, followed by first gas in 2023. Currently the company is working on plans for a tieback to the Draugen platform of the Hasselmus gas field, 7.5 km (4.6 mi) to the northwest. The cross-section above – also from a Longboat document – shows the two prospects, which are situated in between the Hasselmus discovery in the south and Galtvort in the north. OKEA’s main producing asset is Draugen in the Norwegian Sea. NW-SE striking cross-section through the Ginny and underlying Hermine prospects. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea with a sea depth of 250 metres (800 ft). Partner Longboat, through a published company presentation, estimates that the gross mean volume of the Ginny prospect amounts to 41 MMboe, whilst the underlying Hermine prospect could yield 27 MMboe gross mean. “This type of exploration is core to OKEA’s strategy of identifying upside potential for our producing assets and a discovery in this area could be developed rapidly through use of existing infrastructure’’, Mr McCann added. ![]() ‘’This is the first of three exploration wells we will be drilling the coming year, all focussed on near-field exploration near our Draugen and Gjøa producing fields.’’ says Andrew McCann, SVP Subsurface & Wells in OKEA in a press release issued today. The field was named after Draugen, a fearsome sea figure of Norse fairy tales. With the backdrop of the Norwegian coastline around Trndelag and north Norway, draugen was a creature they lived with most days, as fishing was a more treacherous job in those days. Located about 65 km northeast of the Fenja field, Equinor (31%) and partners OKEA (40%), Harbour (20%) and Longboat (9%) have now spudded well 6407/9-13 targeting the Upper Jurassic Ginny and Middle Jurassic Hermine prospects.Įven though the well is operated by Equinor, it is of key importance to OKEA as the operator of the Draugen field situated just a few kilometres to the southeast. The Draugen oil field is located in Block 6407/9, offshore Mid-Norway. The old folklore attributed to the name draugen, was purely a creature of the sea in some areas.
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