As of 25 March, Westwood International Power experiences that there’s one exploration nicely and one appraisal nicely energetic, each within the CNS. One exploration nicely accomplished because the final report.

West of Shetland

No E&A wells have been drilled within the WoS space because the 206/21-1 Howick nicely in 2019 and there aren’t any wells deliberate to be drilled in 2022 presently.

Northern North Sea

There was no E&A drilling within the Northern North Sea since 2020, with the 9/19b Gamma/Losgann nicely competing in December 2020. The following exploration nicely within the area is predicted to be on TotalEnergies’ Alwyn East prospect in Q2 2022.

Central North Sea

Shell spudded the 30/14a-5 Edinburgh nicely on 15 March 2022 with the Valaris 122 jack-up rig. The nicely is concentrating on excessive affect assets within the higher Jurassic Fulmar Formation and Triassic Skagerrak Formation, with a secondary goal within the Higher Jurassic Freshney Formation. The nicely will probably be difficult, because it should drill by way of the depleted Paleocene Balmoral Member oil leg within the Flyndre discipline, then drill on to the HPHT goal at c. 13,655ft (4,162m) TVDSS. The prospect lies on the border between UK and Norway, and the nicely is concentrating on a big fault block on the UKCS facet. Assets have been quoted by a JV accomplice as 100 – 675 mmboe (midpoint 387.5 mmboe). The nicely has a dry gap length estimate of 122 days.

The 22/19a-8 Birgitta East nicely continues to be working having been spudded by operator Petrogas on 30 January 2022. The goal of the nicely is to appraise the japanese fruits of the 22/19-1 Birgitta (beforehand Fiddich) Triassic Skagerrak Formation gas-condensate discovery.

Shell accomplished the 22/12d-13 Jaws nicely on 6 March 2022 with the Valaris 122 jack-up rig, after spudding on 28 November 2021. The nicely was a agency dedication on a thirtieth Spherical award, concentrating on an Higher Jurassic Fulmar Formation interpod play. Within the major Higher Jurassic goal, the nicely encountered 31m (102ft) of truthful to good high quality reservoir sandstone of the Fulmar Formation. The reservoir interval was water bearing, with no traces of hydrocarbons. The shortage of exhibits within the Fulmar reservoir means that the nicely failed attributable to lack of cost or migration into the entice, with hydrocarbons having failed to achieve the prospect.

Southern North Sea

There was no drilling within the Southern North Sea because the 2019. The following exploration wells anticipated to be drilled within the area are Shell and Deltic’s 41/5a-B Pensacola exploration nicely and IOG and CalEnergy’s 53/1b Kelham North and Central exploration nicely, each anticipated to be drilled in 2022.