Total abandons Danish shale gas well
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – French energy giant Total has been left disappointed by a shale exploration well in Denmark.
Total E&P Denmark, the operator of license 1/10, drilled the Vendsyssel-1 well in the northern part of Jytland close to Dybvad, Denmark. It was drilled as a vertical data acquisition well with the Alum shales as its target.
According to the Danish Energy Agency, the well confirmed the presence of gas in the Alum shales of Upper Cambrium to Lower Ordovicien age, but the thickness of the layer was smaller than expected.
The results didn’t fulfill the partnerships expectations as regards reservoir properties and thickness of layers, the agency added. No further work will be performed in the well, which is being permanently plugged and abandoned.
Total E&P Denmark holds an 80% interest in license 1/10; the remaining 20% is held by Nordsøfonden, Denmark's state oil company.
