Equinor has made a minor oil discovery with its Bergand prospect exploration well 35/11-22 S located in PL 248 C. The well, which was spudded on 12 December 2018 using the âDeepsea Bergenâ S/S, had objectives in the Middle Jurassic Tarbert, Ness, Etive, Rannoch and Oseberg formations and the Lower Jurassic Cook and Statfjord formations. On 20 January 2019 Equinor kicked off a technical sidetrack - 35/11-22 ST2. The well was drilled to TD at 3,882 m in the Statfjord Group. The primary Brent Group and Cook Formation objectives were both water-wet with gross thicknesses of 190 m and 70 m respectively (90 m and 50 m net). Reservoir quality was moderate. The secondary Statfjord Group objective was also water-wet. A gross thickness of 130 m (60 m net) was penetrated. Oil was proven in a 30 m gross section (15 m net) of the Heather Formation. The OWC was not encountered and reservoir rocks were of moderate reservoir quality. Estimated recoverable reserves are 1.25-4.4 MMbo. The well was abandoned on 2 February 2019.   PL 248 C is located to the west of Equinorâs Fram field where the operator recently (25 May 2018) reported additional investment to drill new wells, resulting in an extra 70 MMboe of recoverable reserves (almost doubling the total remaining reserves). New seismic acquired in the Fram area is being worked up for new exploration opportunities and QA of existing prospects.    The Fram field system consists of Fram West, Fram East, Fram H-North and Byrding. West and East each have two four-slot templates tied-back to Troll C. H- North has a further template daisy-chained to Fram West and the Byrding field also uses these facilities. The reservoirs are the Upper Jurassic Draupne, Heather and Sognefjord sandstones and the Middle Jurassic Brent Group.    Interest in PL 248 C is divided between Equinor Energy AS (30% + operator), Petoro AS (40%) and Wellesley Petroleum AS (30%).
035/11-22 S (Bergand) (Equinor 30% + Op, Wellesley Petrol. 30%, Petoro 40%) in PL 248 C block, near the Fram field  - P&A, minor oil discovery. Brent Group with a thickness of about 190m, of which 90m of effective reservoir rocks with moderate reservoir quality. The thickness of the Cook Fm is about 70m, of which 50m of effective reservoir rocks with poor to moderate reservoir quality. Both primary targets are aquiferous. The secondary exploration target, in the Statfjord group, has a thickness of about 130m, of which 60m of aquiferous reservoir rocks with poor reservoir quality.