On 15 November 2018 it was announced that Azinor Catalyst has been successful with operations on its Plantain prospect and appraisal of its Agar discovery. Following two re-spuds of initial wellbore 9/14a-17 (A & B), the well 9/14a-17B targeting Plantain, was drilled to a depth of 2,254 m where it encountered the prospect at 2,066 m. A total of 27 m of high quality net reservoir sandstones in the Eocene Lower Frigg Formation were encountered and through logging-while-drilling and pressure analysis indicated a thin net oil pay zone with a significant underlying zone of residual hydrocarbons. Based on this result the sidetrack was kicked-off. Well 9/14a-17Z encountered the Upper Frigg Formation at 1,763 m and penetrated a gross reservoir of 20 m with a high net to gross ratio confirmed by log and pressure analysis and an average porosity of 30%. No Oil-Water contact was encountered. The sidetrack reached a depth of 1,962 m. It is thought recoverable resources from Agar are estimated at 15 to 50 MMboe. In terms of development the Beryl Bravo facilities are located 12 km to the north east of Agar-Plantain and the Alvheim FPSO is located approximately 14 km to the south east. The well was plugged and abandoned and the rig left location on 18 November 2018.  On 24 August 2018 Azinor Catalyst spudded an exploration / appraisal well, 9/14a-17, targeting the Plantain prospect located down-dip of the Agar discovery. On 4 September 2018 it was confirmed that the well had been re-spudded as 9/14a-17A. Then, on 23 September 2018, a second re-spud occurred as 9/14a-17B. On 31 October 2018 operations on well 9/14a-17B were completed and the company kicked-off sidetrack 9/14a-17Z. The company is used the Transocean âLeaderâ (S/S) for the well.   The Agar discovery was made in 2014 with well 9/14a-15A which encountered a 33 ft oil column in high quality Eocene Frigg Formation sands. The well was drilled by MPX which was primarily targeting the Upper Jurassic sands of the Aragon prospect. The Upper Jurassic sands were encountered in the well but were water bearing. The appraisal well is planned to delineate the down-dip element of the Agar discovery with the sidetrack aiming to test the Plantain prospect. Agar is thought to hold commercial 2C volumes of 15 MMboe and Plantain could hold up to 45 MMboe (Pmean) and 98 MMboe (P10). If the operations are successful then development options could be tie backs to Beryl Bravo, Alvheim FPSO or a standalone FPSO. On 14 August 2018 it was announced that Faroe Petroleum has farmed into the licence taking a 12.5% interest from AziNor.  Following completion of a deal interest in P1763 will be held by Apache Beryl Limited (50% + operator), Cairn subsidiary, Nautical Petroleum Limited (25%), AziNor Catalyst Limited (12.5%) and Faroe Petroleum (12.5%).
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