Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has said its Hayah-1 exploration well in Oman’s onshore Block 36 failed to encounter hydrocarbons, other than minor gas shows, and will be plugged and abandoned.
‘The well, drilled in the Rub al Khali basin in the south-western part of the country, reached a total depth of 3,010m and penetrated the three target reservoirs, of which two had good reservoir quality’, DNO said in its second quarter report released last week.
The company, which is focussed on the Middle East and North Africa region, said its Oman production averaged 5,900 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day during Q2 2016.
The company’s working interest production, it said, totalled 2,940 boe per day during the second quarter compared with 2,645 boe per day in the previous quarter.
DNO said offshore at Block 8 in Oman, the Bukha and West Bukha fields produced an average 5,900 boe per day during second quarter of 2016, of which output was roughly split equally between oil and gas.
DNO added that it plans to re-drill and restore oil production at the West Bukha-5 well in December.
