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Article: Norway : Gas find sets water depth mark in Norwegian Sea.
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- Article date:
- July 7, 2009
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Byline: manish03
A/S Norske Shell has drilled a potentially large gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea in the deepest water of any find there, said the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
The 6603/12-1 well on the Gro prospect in 1,376 m of water cut a 16-m gas column in a reservoir of varying quality of Upper Cretaceous age.
In light of the variations in reservoir quality, the NPD estimated the range of recoverable gas at between 353 bcf and 3.5 tcf. The well was not formation tested, but the operator performed extensive sampling and data acquisition.
Further delineation drilling is needed in order to clarify the resource potential, ...