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 3 June 2019 Equinor was abandoning the well. The primary target was the Upper Cretaceous Lysing Formation and there was a secondary target in the Cretaceous Lange Formation named Black Vulture. A sidetrack was potentially planned but it is believed that this will not be drilled.   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%).
6507/03-13 (Snadd Outer Outer) (Equinor 53% op, DNO 32%, INEOS 15%) in PL 159 B, P&A, results n/a. The primary target was the Upper Cretaceous Lysing Fm and there was a secondary target in the Cretaceous Lange Fm named Black Vulture. A sidetrack was potentially planned but it is believed that this will not be drilled.