The Transocean Leader drilling rig
Well 16/2-9S was drilled some 12 kilometres north of the Aldous Major South oil discovery (16/2-8). Aldous Major North and Aldous Major South are two independent structures in the PL 265 licence and there was higher uncertainty related to well 16/2-9S in the northern part of the licence.
âStatoil has previously communicated that the combined Aldous Major South and Avaldsnes discoveries may constitute an oil structure of between 500 and 1200 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalents, and we stand firm on this estimate,â says Gro G. Haatvedt, Statoilâs senior vice president for exploration on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Gro G. Haatvedt, Statoilâs senior vice president for exploration on the Norwegian continental shelf
âAn appraisal well on Aldous Major South demonstrates that we have great faith in the areaâs potential and that the partnership would like to see speedy clarification of the total resource potential in order to secure the rapid development of this discovery,â says Haatvedt.
Aldous Major North and Aldous Major South are located in production licence 265, where Statoil is operator (40%) along with partners Petoro (30%), Det norske oljeselskap (20%) and Lundin (10%).