TAQA spudded the P15-20 (G2) exploration well on 22 October 2019 using the âMaersk Resoluteâ J/U to drill the exploration well in block P15a. The top hole is located at the P15-13 field (the P15-G platform) but since this is classified as an exploration well it is assumed that it will deviate to a new target. On 26 November 2019 TAQA was drilling the 8-1/2" hole at 4,300 m. On 13 December 2019 operations were complete and the well was reported as gas bearing.  The P15-13 well was drilled in 1990, making a new discovery in the Triassic Bunter Sandstone. The well was converted to a producer (and renamed P15-G1) and the field was brought onstream in October 1993 through this single well. P15-G is a wellhead platform which is tied-back to the P15-D processing platform at Rijn to the northeast.  Interest in the permit is divided between TAQA Offshore BV (25% + operator), One-Dyas BV (14.2%), Dana Petroleum Netherlands BV (10.7%), RockRose (NL) CS1 BV, Wintershall Noordzee BV (1.1%) and Energie Beheer Nederland BV (40%).
P15-20 (G2) exploration well operations complete, gas