Neptune Energy and its partners have started drilling on the Hamlet exploration well in the Norwegian North Sea.
HAMLET
The Hamlet prospect is at a water depth of 358m and 7km north of the Gjøa field within the Neptune-operated PL153 licence. It lies 58km west of Florø in Norway.
The reservoir target is the Lower Cretaceous Agat Formation which the partners expect to reach at a depth of approximately 2,600m.
PROGRAMME
Odfjell Drilling is drilling well (35/9-16S) with the CIMC-owned semi-submersible rig, Deepsea Yantai.
The programme comprises a main-bore (35/9-16S) with an optional side-track (35/9-16A) based on the outcome of the exploration well.
Neptune’s director of subsurface in Norway, Steinar Meland, said that Hamlet was in keeping with the company’s exploration strategy of focusing on opportunities within core areas near existing infrastructure.
“This can offer a short lead time from discovery to production, reduce costs and carbon emissions and help mature and replenish our current licences.”
EMISSIONS
In a statement Neptune added that, in the event of a commercial discovery, Hamlet could be tied back to the Neptune-operated Gjøa platform.
The prospect could produce with less than half the average CO2 emissions on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
The project partners are operator Neptune Energy (30%), Petoro (30%), Wintershall Dea (28%) and OKEA (12%).
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