Well is spudded from the De Ruyter platform

abarrelfull wrote on 30 Apr 2013 07:58
Tags: dana europe netherlands upstream

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The prospect is located immediately west and above the producing Volpriehausen and Hewett/Fringe compartments of the De Ruyter Field. If successful, Dana will drill a side track horizontal well to enable production to start immediately.

Dana’s Netherlands Managing Director Nick Dancer said: “This is the first in a five well campaign, as we seek to exploit the great potential in infrastructure-led exploration around our platforms in the southern North Sea. We have strong exploration expertise in our Dutch team and are confident we will be able to bring oil online quickly should we be successful.

Even though the Netherlands is mainly a natural gas country, there are currently a few interesting developments in oil exploration and production. In this years Focus on Dutch gas report, which will be published in the end of May, there will be special attention to oil production in the Netherlands.

• Well is spudded from the De Ruyter platform

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