Carna

Blocks 42/52b, 43/16 and 43/21b were awarded to Ithaca in the 22nd Licencing Round in 2004. Block 43/22c contains the eastern extension of Carna discovery and was awarded to Ithaca in the 23rd Round.

The Carna discovery straddles blocks 43/21b and 43/22c in the Southern North Sea and lies between two producing fields Garrow and Kilmar, which together constitute the Tors Development.

The Carna exploration well, 43/21b-5, was drilled in 2008. The well encountered dry gas bearing Carboniferous reservoir formations. The section was cored and a well test was carried out which flowed at a stabilised rate of 9 million standard cubic feet per day.

The structure comprises an elongate NW-SE 'pop-up' with over 1,000 feet of closure at the Carboniferous level.

Engineering and development options are being assessed by the operator. It is possible that the field will be subsea tied back to the Kilmar platform, lying approximately 11 km to the NE of Carna, and produce from two high angle or horizontal wells

Block(s)	Licence	Operator		Partners
42/25b, 43/16 and 43/21b	P.1013	Centrica (40%)		Dyas (30%), Ithaca (20%) and Hess (10%)
Carna Unit Area	P.1388	Centrica (56%)		Dyas (24%), Ithaca (16%) and EWE (4%)

Carna Location map