2009-04-15
As operator for the companies in Licence 9/95 Mærsk Olie og Gas AS has drilled the Gita-1X (5604/22-5) exploration well about 10 kilometres south of the Harald field in the Danish part of the North Sea.
Gita-1X was drilled as a vertical well and reached its total depth at 5162 metres below mean sea level in layers of Middle Jurassic age. The well encountered Middle Jurassic sandstone layers containing hydrocarbons. A number of measurements were carried out for further evaluation of the result of the well.
The well was spudded 16 December 2008 with the jack-up rig ENSCO 101 at the position 56°15'42.26" N; 4°17'14.83" E (UTM zone 31; 6,236,094.31 N; 579,753.43 E), where the water depth is 49 metres. The well is now being plugged and abandoned.
The well was drilled in cooperation between the Licensees in licence 9/95 and the adjoining licence 9/06. The two groups participated with 50 pct. each. The table below shows the companies’ shares in the two licences.
| Company |
Licence 9/95
(%)
|
Licence 9/06
(%)
|
| A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S |
31.2
|
31.2
|
| PA Resources AB |
26.8
|
26.8
|
| DONG E&P A/S |
20.0
|
-
|
| Altinex Oil Denmark A/S (Noreco) |
12.0
|
12.0
|
| Danoil Exploration A/S |
10.0
|
10.0
|
| Nordsøfonden |
-
|
20.0
|
The jack-up ENSCO 101 will subsequently leave the Danish sector.
See
attached map.