GE drill2 May 2023 08:23
Central North Sea
The CNOOC-operated 14/26a-N4, Z, Y well was spudded on 8 September 2022 from the Golden Eagle Northern Drill Centre with the COSLInnovator semi-sub. The initial appraisal well was targeting the northern part of the Golden Eagle Punt Member Channel to the WSW of the top-hole location.
This well is understood to have failed to find reservoir so was sidetracked on 1 November 2022. A further appraisal sidetrack, 14/26a-N4Y, was kicked off on 8 January 2023 and is currently completing or has been completed as a discovery. The wells were appraising the Punt Sandstone Member in the northern part of the field.