On 22 April 2018 Statoil (now Equinor) spudded exploration well 16/1-29 S on the Lille Prinsen prospect in PL 167 using the âDeepsea Bergenâ S/S. Potential recoverable reserves, according to partner Lundin, were 55 MMboe and the well had a 44% chance of success. The target was the Triassic / Lower Jurassic. The prospect lies between Hanz, Ivar Aasen and Johan Sverdrup and directly below the 2003 Verdandi oil and gas discovery. The well was cored at around 1,900 m and then had to be technically sidetracked before being drilled to TD at 2,024 m. On 3 June 2018 it was abandoned. Results are expected shortly.  Statoil had potential plans for a geological sidetrack - 16/1-29 A â which would have had a planned TD of 2,250 m.  Verdandi was drilled by Statoil with exploration well 16/1-6 S. Oil and gas were proven in the Eocene Grid Formation, gas was present in the Paleocene Heimdal Formation and the well reached TD at 1,997 m in the Ekofisk Formation. A sidetrack was drilled to further delineate the Heimdal Formation downdip but the reservoir was significantly deeper and thinner than expected and the well was abandoned as a dry hole.   Equinor Energy AS operates PL 167 with an 80% interest and is partnered by Lundin Norway AS (20%).
016/01-29 S (Lille Prinsen) (Equinor 80% op, Lundin 20%) in PL 167 P&A, the target was the Triassic / Lower Jurassic, results yet n/a.   