Risk reduction and accelerating drill or drop decisions using DHI and AVO anomalies: A case study from the Nyk High, NCS

Abstract

In 2016, Wintershall Norge AS and PL847 partners were awarded a production license covering blocks 6706/5 and 6706/6 of the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The area is located in the Vøring Basin on the Nagflar Dome, north of the Hel Graben. The Aasta Hansteen gas development is located approximately 60 kilometres to the South. Four Upper Cretaceous prospects have been identified in addition to the Hvitveis discovery. Hvitveis is a faulted 4way dip closure. Marisko, and the three other prospects are tilted fault blocks. The proven reservoir in Hvitveis and the targeted reservoir in the prospects are sands of the Upper Cretaceous Nise Fm level (Figure 1).