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Title: First drilling in Norwegian sea off Norway yields encouraging results

Journal Article · · Oil Gas J.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5714730

Three exploratory wells drilled in the Norwegian Sea penetrated Jurassic sandstones with excellent reservoir qualities, rich source rock, and some evidence of hydrocarbons. Constituting the first wells drilled north of the 62nd parallel off Norway, they produced encouraging evidence of prospective structures. The Norwegian continental shelf north of the North Sea contains areas of thick sedimentary basins having an areal extent 8-9 times that of the Norwegian North Sea.

OSTI ID:
5714730
Journal Information:
Oil Gas J.; (United States), Vol. 79
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English