UK

At the end of August there were eight active E&A wells in the UK (6E and 2A); one in each of the West of Shetlands and Northern North Sea, two in the Southern North Sea, and four in the Central North Sea. A total of 18 E&A wells have spudded to date this year (13E and 5A), equalling the number for the whole of 2016 with four months of the year remaining.

West of Shetlands

Nexen continues drilling the Craster exploration Well 205/15-1 with the West Phoenix rig west of the Clair Field. Next in this region will be BP’s Achmelvich exploration well to the southeast of Clair.

Northern North Sea

Apache has completed operations on the Skene Northern Terrace exploration programme, with sidetrack 9/19c-S6Z completing in August. The rig, WilPhoenix, then moved a short distance to the southwest to drill appraisal Well 9/19b-22 on the Callater Field, which spudded on August 12. Statoil’s Jock Scott exploration Well 9/27-5 was abandoned around August 10 after a shorter than expected duration of just 14 days, with results pending

Central North Sea ........

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