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Brugdan begins again
Posted 18.06.2012 07:48:53 av John Bradbury
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Drilling has commenced on a new deepwater well off the Faroe Islands which is targeting the Brugdan prospect again – six years after the first hole drilled on the same geological target..

Drilling of the 6104/21-2 Brugdan II well has kicked off with the COSL Pioneer semi-submersible operating in a water depth of 450 metres (1,476 feet) operated by Statoil.

Statoil previously targeted Brugdan back in 2006 but that first Brugdan well,  6104/21- , which was the first on the Faroes shelf aiming for a sub-basalt target, was been plugged and abandoned, Jarðfeingi, the Faroes’ Earth and Energy Directorate disclosed back in October 2006.

The new well is again being operated by Statoil, with 50% equity, partnered by ExxonMobil with 49%  and Faroes Islands-based Atlantic Petroleum has 1% equity in the drilling operation.

Atlantic says the earlier Brugdan well, which was targeting a four way Tertiary dip closure structure had to be abandoned due to mechanical issues, before it reached a Vaila sandstone target.

This new well is expected to take four to five months to complete. “Although the well is both geologically and technically challenging, it could, if successful, have a very big impact on Atlantic Petroleum and on the Faroese shelf in general,” stated Faroe Petroleum chief executive Ben Arabo.
“This well will be followed by the UK Spaniards well due to be drilled in the latter part of 2012,” he added.

Read more: http://www.offshore.no/international/news/article.aspx?id=6178
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