Premier Oil abandons North Sea well

Premier Oil said it was giving up on its 70 per cent-owned Cyclone well in the North Sea after it failed to strike oil.

Premier Oil said it was giving up on its 70 per cent-owned Cyclone well in the North Sea after it failed to strike oil.

The firm said that after drilling 6,076ft it hit 105ft of Palaeocene Cromarty sands but the well logs identified only residual oil.

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