据海上能源10月25日报道，石油巨头壳牌公司正准备在英国北海的彭萨科拉（Pensacola）天然气勘探区进行钻井作业，计划于2022年11月中旬开钻该井。
壳牌是P2252许可区的运营商，该许可区包含Pensacola远景区，Deltic Energy是其合作伙伴。2021年3月，双方为彭萨科拉做出了积极的油井投资决定。在此承诺之后，活动的重点转移到了该井的规划上。今年4月，该井计划于2022年第3季度末开始钻探。
2022年6月，现已成为来宝公司一部分的Maersk Drilling公司被选定为Pensacola井钻探提供马士基弹性恶劣环境自升式钻机。铺设钻井平台的海底作业原定于7月底开始。
Deltic Energy周二透露，壳牌表示，目前正在准备将马士基弹性钻机(现在被称为来宝弹性)转移到Pensacola，并计划在11月初进行调试。该井预计将于11月中旬开始钻探。
Deltic Energy表示，当钻机在Pensacola现场并开始钻探时，公司期待提供进一步的更新。
彭萨科拉是位于北海南部布雷（Breagh）气田西北部的一个泽克斯坦礁（Zechstein Reef）勘探区。据估计，该勘探区的P50勘探区资源总量为3090亿立方英尺，地质成功率为55%，这将使彭萨科拉成为“近年来在该天然气盆地钻探的最具影响力的勘探目标之一”。
Gusto设计的MSC CJ 50高效自升式钻机于2008年交付，该钻机将为壳牌公司在北海钻井。
郝芬 译自 海上能源
原文如下：
Shell approaching spud date for North Sea exploration target
Oil major Shell is preparing for drilling operations on the Pensacola gas prospect in the UK North Sea with plans to spud the well in mid-November 2022.
Shell is the operator of Licence P2252, which contains the Pensacola prospect, with Deltic Energy as its partner. The two made a positive well investment decision for Pensacola in March 2021. Following this commitment, the focus of activity moved to the well planning. In April this year, the well was scheduled to begin towards the end of 3Q 2022.
In June 2022, Maersk Drilling, now part of Noble Corp., was selected to provide the Maersk Resilient harsh-environment jack-up rig for the drilling of the Pensacola well. Seabed operations for the placing of the rig were due to start towards the end of July.
Deltic Energy revealed on Tuesday that Shell has indicated that the preparations are now underway to move the Maersk Resilient drilling rig, now known as Noble Resilient, to the Pensacola location and mobilisation is planned to occur in early November. The well is expected to begin drilling in mid-November.
“The company looks forward to providing a further update when the rig is on-site at Pensacola and drilling has started,” Deltic Energy said.
Pensacola is a Zechstein Reef prospect located to the northwest of the Breagh gas field in the Southern North Sea. This prospect is estimated to contain gross P50 prospective resources of 309 BCF, with a 55 per cent geological chance of success, which will rank Pensacola as “one of the highest impact exploration targets to be drilled in the gas basin in recent years.”
The Gusto-engineered MSC CJ 50 high-efficiency jack-up rig that will drill this North Sea well for Shell was delivered in 2008.
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