Apache spudded well 9/18e-42 on the Solar prospect in licence P2335 on 17 December 2019. However, the well was re-spudded as 9/18e-42A on 23 December 2019 and it drilled down to 2,073 m (1,981 m TVDSS). The well was targeting the Eocene Frigg Sandstone Member and it was required to be drilled to a depth of 1,646 m or to the Sele Formation (whichever was shallower). On 26 January 2020 sidetrack 9/18e-42Z was kicked-off and it reached TD on 1 February 2020 at 2,140 m (1,982 m TVDSS). In early-July 2020 it was understood that the well had encountered oil and gas in the 26 m thick (TVD) Frigg Sandstone Member. The sidetrack also encountered oil in the 58 m thick (TVD) Frigg Sandstone Member. The well was plugged and abandoned on 26 February 2020. The company used the âOcean Patriotâ for the operations.  Apache has had a number of exploration successes south of the Beryl field in recent years. In 2015 it was successful with the Callater and Corona discoveries. The Corona discovery was made in 2015 when 9/18a-39A encountered oil in the Frigg Sandstone Member, the hydrocarbon column was 362 ft gross thickness (225 ft net). Corona reserves are thought to be in the region of 14 to 20 MMboe (Pmean). The Callater field is onstream after discovering hydrocarbons in three Triassic to Jurassic reservoir sandstones. In 2018 Apache also discovered oil in the Beryl Sandstone Member at the Garten field. Garten is a downthrown structural closure north of Buckland. The well encountered more than 213 m of net pay in high quality stacked Jurassic sands.   Interest in the licence is held by Apache Beryl I limited (100% + operator).
UK (Viking Graben), 9/18e-42Z (Solar) expl, op. by  Apache (60,6%), Chrysaor (39,4%), in P2335 block, TMD 2,073m (1,981m TVD), o&g in 2 frig intervals, one of 26m and another of 58m in the Frigg target.