Fossil Energy
Equinor and Aker BP have discovered gas/condensate in the Linga prospect.
Exploration well 25/7-13 was drilled in production licence 782 S, 16 kilometres northwest of the Balder field and 205 kilometres west of Stavanger.
Preliminary estimates indicate the size of the discovery is between 0.1 and 2.1 million standard cubic metres (Sm3) of recoverable oil equivalent (o.e.).
This is the third well drilled in production licence 782 S, which was awarded in 2015 (APA 2014).
The licensees are now reviewing the results from well 25/7-13 and the other wells to consider further prospectivity (exploration potential) in the production licence.
Exploration well 25/7-13 was drilled by the COSL Innovator drilling rig, which is now moving on to production licence 50 HS in the northern part of the North Sea, where it will drill wildcat well 34/10-56 S, also operated by Equinor.
Water depth at the site is 126 metres, and the well has been permanently plugged and abandoned.
