Azinor Catalyst spudded the 14/11a-2 well on the Partridge Prospect today (15 August), with plans to immediately follow with the drilling of an appraisal well at Agar, offshore the UK.
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Map of Partridge, from Azinor. |
The 14/11a-2 well is being drilled with the Ocean Guardian semisubmersible drilling rig, and is expected to take about 30 days to complete and will be drilled to a depth of 2450m TVDSS.
The Partridge Prospect’s pre-drill recoverable volumes have been estimated at 119 MMboe in the mid case, with an upside case of 260 MMboe.
Following completion, Azinor intends to immediately mobilize the Ocean Guardian to the Viking Graben where preparations will begin to drill a second well, which will appraise the Agar Discovery and includes a sidetrack to test the Plantain Prospect.
“This is an extremely exciting time for Azinor Catalyst as we commence our operated drilling campaign this summer. The high impact Partridge well is our first operated exploration well and a significant milestone for the company,” says Nick Terrell, managing director of Azinor Catalyst. “Our focus is now on delivering a safe and efficient operation, working closely with our drilling and service contractors. Once our Partridge well has been completed, we hope to move the Ocean Guardian drilling rig to our Agar discovery where an appraisal well is planned to delineate this high potential accumulation.”
“Both of these wells and plays have huge prospectivity and we look forward to providing further updates on operations in due course.,” add Terrell.
The Partridge Prospect
Catalyst acquired a 100% operated interest in blocks 14/11a, 14/12a and 14/16a, which contain the Partridge Prospect, in December 2015.
The prospect has a relatively shallow and normally pressured reservoir and is located within the Jura Sub-Basin of the Outer Moray Firth, adjacent to prolific oil fields including the Scapa, Claymore and Athena oil fields.
The Prospect is a large, structurally controlled, stratigraphic trap comprising deep-water mass flow sands of the Lower Cretaceous Scapa Sandstone Member and has an associated direct hydrocarbon indicator. This seismic signature is directly analogous to the one observed in the Lower Cretaceous sands at the producing Scapa and Claymore Fields.
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