Important appraisals completed at Johan Sverdrup
Statoil has as operator completed important appraisal wells in the western part of the Johan Sverdrup field. This also marks the completion of the appraisal program in the central parts of the field.This is the tenth, and the eleventh well in the 265 license. The tenth well, 16/2-17S is an appraisal well, bordering the field’s main western boundary fault. Well 16/2-17B is a sidetrack, drilled in the Cliffhanger south prospect.Ready for decision on development conceptThe appraisal well encountered an 82 meter gross oil column in Jurassic sandstones, the upper 39 meters with a very high