The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Hugin formation), as well as to place relevant volumes in production via the production facility on the Sleipner B platform. The well encountered gas-condensate in the Hugin formation. Preliminary estimates indicate the size of the discovery at between six and ten million standard cubic meters (Sm3) of recoverable oil equivalents. The well was not formation-tested, but data acquisition and sampling have been carried out. The licensees will produce the discovery via the Sleipner Vest field.
Production license 029 was awarded in the second licensing round in 1969, and production license 046 was awarded in the third licensing round in 1976. The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 3,760 meters below the sea surface, and was terminated in the Hugin formation in the Middle Jurassic. The water depth is 108 meters. The well will now be readied for production.
Well 15/9-B-1 was drilled by the West Epsilon drilling facility, which is connected to the Sleipner B platform. West Epsilon will now drill a new development well, 15/9-B-2, on the field.
