Wintershall makes oil discovery in the Dutch North Sea

摘要

Wintershall discovered an oil well in the Dutch North Sea, about 120 kilometres north of Den Helder. Exploration well F17-10 found a Late Cretaceous Chalk reservoir of good quality crude oil, which was first produced during a production test. 'Ihe well was spudded on 18 September 2012 with jack-up rig GSP Saturn in a water depth of 44 metres. It took 1,490 metre drilling activities to get into the top of the salt dome. Measurements taken in the well showed the presence of a significant amount of oil and preliminary resource estimates indicate a potential of at least 30 million barrels of recoverable crude oil with a more than significant upside. Appraisal drilling will confirm if drilling will be commercial viable.