Further to yesterdayâs DEA, PL 502, SW of Johan Sverdrup in the Viking Graben, WD 105m, TD 2,028m, now confirmed dry by the NPD, Transocean Spitsbergen SS. Equinor (op), Petoro + Aker BP.
016/05-07 (Klaff) nfw (Equinor 44,44% op, Petoro 33,33%, Aker BP 22,22%) in PL 502, SW of Johan Sverdrup, P&A, dry,  intersected about 110m of basement rock before being terminated. It noted that roughly 77m of this was weathered and fractured basement rock with poor to moderate reservoir properties. While the well did encounter traces of oil in a 19m zone in the upper part of the basement, it was impossible to determine whether the oil was producible or simply residual. Along with the basement rock, the well was also drilled to investigate potential reservoir rocks in several other levels including the Upper Jurassic intra Draupne formation sandstones, Upper Triassic Skagerrak formation and Upper Permian Zechstein group. TD=2028m.