ENGIE's Cara prospect proves pay offshore Norway
LONDON -- Tullow Oil announced Friday that the drilling and testing of the Cara prospect, in license 636 in the Norwegian North Sea, has been completed. The well was drilled to a total depth of 2,702 m in 349 m of water, 6 km northeast of Gjøa field.
The well encountered a gas column of 51 m and an oil column of 60 m with the operator, ENGIE E&P Norge, estimating between 25 MMboe and 70 MMboe have been discovered.
Extensive data acquisition was undertaken. The partners will now evaluate the possibility of linking this discovery to existing infrastructure at Gjøa field.
ENGIE E&P Norge is the operator of licence 636 with a 30% stake. The other partners are Tullow Oil Norge (20%), Idemitsu Petroleum Norge (30%) and Wellesley Petroleum (20%).
