Barents Sea field delineated
Norwegian energy company StatoilHydro has completed the drilling of an exploration well on the Nucula discovery in the Barent Sea. Calculations indicate that resouces are less than first suggested, the company says.
It is too early to reach a conclusion on the size of Nucula. Preliminary calculations would suggest that the resource basis lies in the lower region of the original estimation which was 6-12 million standard cubic metres of oil equivalent, the company reports in a press release.
-We will now evaluate the size of the find and further development opportunities for Nucula, says StatoilHydro’s head of exploration activities in the far north, Geir Richardsen.
The drilling was carried out by the semi-submersible Polar Pioneer drilling rig. Nucula is located about 110 km east-northeast of the Goliat discovery in the Barents Sea
