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development since 2009, was trialed for the ? rst time offshore this summer, on

Statoil’s Smørbukk South Extension ? eld, near the Asgard ? eld in the Norwegian

Drilling

Sea. It is a tight sandstone reservoir, esti-

Gone ? shing mated to contain 16.5 MMboe, but previ- ously deemed non-commercial Elaine Maslin due to the tight formation, low permeability and porosity speaks with OTC ranging from “bricks to tiles,” spotlight award according to Statoil.

A dual-lateral produc- winner Fishbones tion well with about 5200m about the company’s reservoir exposure was drilled, new Dreamliner targeting a 30m-thick oil bear- ing formation above a depleted technology aimed at gas reservoir. Horizontal increasing accuracy barriers exist within the sand formation, limiting vertical ? ow. One of the laterals and e