Dry well in the North Sea (34/8-20 S)

The wildcat well was drilled by the COSL Innovator rig. (Photo: Cosl)

The wildcat well was drilled by the COSL Innovator rig. (Photo: Cosl)

9/19/2025 Equinor and its partners Vår Energi and Aker BP have drilled a dry well about 130 kilometres west of Florø.

Wildcat well 34/8-20 S was drilled in the "Narvi nord" prospect. This prospect is located in production licence 554 E, which was awarded in 2023 through APA 2022 (Awards in pre-defined areas).

This is the first well drilled in this production licence.

The wildcat well was drilled by the COSL Innovator rig.

Geological information

The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks in the Brent Group from the Middle Jurassic.

The well encountered the Brent Group with a vertical thickness of 148 metres, 74 metres of which was sandstone with moderate to good reservoir quality. The reservoir was aquiferous, and the well is classified as dry.

Well 34/8-20 S was drilled to respective vertical and measured depths of 3435 and 3280 metres below sea level, and was terminated in the Drake Formation from the Early Jurassic.

Water depth at the site is 375 metres. The well has been permanently plugged and abandoned.

Map showing the location of well 34/8-20 S.

 

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Updated: 9/19/2025

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