World drilling first for Statoil

摘要

Statoil reports that it recently completed what it claims is the world's longest well drilled from a floating installation,on its Visund field in the Norwegian North Sea.Also ranked as the longest well so far drilled by the group,the A-6 producer reached a total measured length of 9,082 metres.The Visund operation was carried out in cooperation with Odfjell Drilling and Schlumberger,which served as the directional drilling company.Work on the Visund gas project means that the A-6 producer will not come onstream until October.Its potential is seen as very high as it penetrates 800 metres of hydrocarbon sands.