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Dry well in the Norwegian Sea (6405/7-4)

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6/25/2025 Aker BP and its partners have drilled a dry well on the “Rondeslottet” prospect in the Norwegian Sea.

Wildcat well 6405/7-4 was drilled in production licence 1005, which was included in the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2018, with awards taking place in March 2019.

Well 6405/7-4 is located in the Møre Basin, around 80 kilometres north of the Ormen Lange field and 175 kilometres northwest of Kristiansund. 

Geological information

The primary exploration target for the well was to prove oil in Upper Cretaceous reservoir rocks in the Nise Formation.

6405/7-4 encountered the Nise Formation with a total thickness of 204 metres, of which 11 metres was sandstone layers with poor reservoir quality. The well is classified as dry.

Well 6405/7-4 was drilled to a vertical depth of 2897 metres below sea level, and was terminated in the Kvitnos Formation in the Upper Cretaceous. 

Water depth at the site is 1104 metres. The well has been permanently plugged and abandoned.

The wildcat well was drilled using the Scarabeo 8 drilling rig.

Map showing the location of well 6405/7-4.

 

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Updated: 6/25/2025

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