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In? ll O had done, but the jury’s still out at Skumnisse.

August seismic preceded the spud- ding of these, OKEA’s ? rst operated wells as a company. It is understood that 4D seismic had also been or- dered for In? ll O and Skumnisse. “We’re sure there’s oil there, but is it one meter thick or ? ve meters thick,” says OKEA VP of investor relations and communications, Staale Myhre.

Cramped into a Trondheim of? ce meeting room, he sounds as con- ? dent as his boss. “What we’re tar- geting is 24.3 million bbl (including 4.3 million bbl from in? ll drilling).

Skumnisse revealing 20 million bbl would be terri? c start to a Draugen drilling campaign that’ll run to year- end 2020.

That second appraisal well is of the discovery, Skumnisse, which “looks a lot like Draugen,” accord- ing to Hagene. A new pipeline from

Skumnisse to a revamped Draugen production system is understood to be planned. As part of its digitaliza- tion drive, and in an effort to boost the morale of workers and investors alike, OKEA is “broadcasting” the

Skumnisse well’s logs from aboard the Deepsea Nordkapp. “What dam- prize — the capture of migrating and the path to pro? t, the Odfjell Drilling age can it do,” Hagene asks with a trapped area oil — a number of things semisubmersible Deepsea Nordcapp smile.

The raw data from the drill crew will have to fall in place. in October 2019 began drilling a se- ries of wells: two this year, with at least won’t move markets, but partners and interested parties — like ConocoPhil-

Development three more planned for 2020.

The ? rst well, In? ll O, was pilot lips, with its own area interests — will

The trees and pipeline change- bene? t from knowing whether oil’s outs were part of preparing Draugen drilled toward an expected 2.5 m at- for the long-term, Hagene says. The tic oil layer in October, but instead migration at Skumnisse has drifted ? eld also got a safety and automation made contact with the 5 m main part past the in? ll drill area. (SAS) upgrade that included a digi- of the Rogn reservoir. The well was talized control system revamp.

drilled with a “highly cost-effective, FID

Meanwhile, the Draugen-area’s oth-

To provide the payback sought, slim design, and the top-hole section was batch-drilled with a well at the er Shell discovery, Hasselmus, looks

Draugen — which once broke a re- cord with a well that produced 72,000 Skumnisse discovery (underway as like it’s heading for development.

Hagene speaks only obliquely bpd — will have to be run cheaply, or of this writing), or well 6407/9-12. like a marginal ? eld. To get started on It took just ? ve days to learn what about that part of Draugen. He talks

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