The Maersk Resolve drilling rig has arrived at the Luna location, jacked up out of the water and made ready for drilling operations. Noreco has advised that the well was spudded on Sunday 12th February.
The Luna well, located in in license 1/11, offshore Denmark, will be drilled to a depth of 2,250 metres with a reservoir sandstone thickness prognosis of c. 90m. The Luna prospect is targeting between 35mmbbls – 153mmbbls net resources to Xtract. The Luna drilling program is expected to take approximately one month.
The Luna prospect is located in a small half graben with the pinch out edge to the south east of the structure. The Rotliegendes reservoir is thought to have a high probability of being present at this location based on the seismic interpretation. Uncertainty still exists however on which seismic event represents the top reservoir and where the pinch out occurs.
In addition to the uncertainty on the pinch out position, there is a possibility that the Rotliegendes does not, in fact, pinch out but continues up dip into Lead A. It is therefore possible that Luna and Lead A are connected and represent one feature. The current well location which targets the Luna prospect was picked in order to maximize the information gathered by the well and is designed to address this uncertainty. The Luna well intends to test the overall Rotliegendes play concept.
The partners in license 1/11 are Noreco (operator, 47 percent), Elko Energy (33 percent) and the Danish North Sea Fund (20 percent).
Maersk Resolve is the third in a series of four High Efficiency 350 ft jack-up rigs in Maersk Drilling’s fleet. Since its delivery in 2009 the rig has been consistently employed in the Danish North Sea.
[mappress] Offshore Energy Today Staff, February 13, 2012: Image: Maersk