The Shell plc-operated 48/8b-3Z well reached its total depth of 11,614 feet (3,540 meters) True Vertical Depth Sub Sea (TVDSS) and proved a 524.9-foot (160-meter) thick section of Leman Sandstone.

More information: Irit Ittner, Political dynamics around transboundary gas extraction in the Dutch and German North Sea, Maritime Studies (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s40152-025-00434-z ...

DNO noted in the statement that the Kjøttkake exploration well encountered a 41 meter (134.5 foot) oil column and a nine meter 9 (29.5 foot) gas column.

Almost all UK volume comes from the North Sea oil and gas basin. Production here reached 1.09 million barrels per day last year, but is forecast to drop sharply by the end of the decade to 620,000 ...