On 27 April 2019 Equinor used the âTransocean Spitsbergenâ S/S to spud exploration well 6507/3-13 on the Snadd Outer Outer prospect in PL 159 B. TD was reached at 3,420 m and on 7 June 2019 the well was abandoned. Results will be released shortly. The primary target was the Upper Cretaceous Lysing Formation and there was a secondary target in the Cretaceous Lange Formation named Black Vulture.   The Snadd Outer Outer prospect lies to the northeast of Snadd Outer which was drilled by BP with 6507/3-9 S in 2012. Snadd Outer has a Lysing Formation reservoir and recoverable reserves at the time of discovery were given as 42-81 Bcfg. The discovery will be brought onstream in Phase II of the Aerfugl development (planned for 2020 / 2021). Aerfugl, which was previously called Snadd, lies to the southwest of Snadd Outer. Aerfugl has estimated recoverable reserves of 975-1,653 Bcfg plus 31-48 MMbc in its Lysing Formation reservoir.  Interest in PL 159 B is divided between Equinor Energy AS (53% + operator), DNO through Faroe Petroleum Norge AS (32%) and INEOS E&P Norge AS (15%).
Equinor ASA PL 159 B - 6507/3-13 (Snadd Outer Outer) exploration - Abandoned, results awaited