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MEILE MBR (INFORMAL)

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  • General information
    General information
    Attribute Value
    Lithostrat. unit
    The lithostratigraphic unit's official name.
    MEILE MBR (INFORMAL)
    NPDID lithostrat. unit
    Norwegian Offshore Directorate's unique id for lithostratigraphic units.
    103
    Level
    Indicates the lithostratigraphic unit's level. Legal values: GROUP, FORMATION, MEMBER.
    MEMBER
    Lithostrat. unit, parent
    The parent lithostratigraphic unit's official name. See also level. Will be empty if Level = GROUP.

  • Description
    Meile Member (informal)

     Name
    Meile was a son of the Norse god Odin. Little is told about him except that he was one of 3 messengers from the gods to save Balder from Hel (hell in Norse mythology).
    Well reference section
    Norwegian well 15/9-11 from 2526 m to 2386 m, coordinates N 58°24'02.53", E 01°53'41.79" (Fig 5.51) .
    Thickness
    The Meile Member is 140 m thick in the reference well. It has a relatively constant thickness.
    Lithology
    The Meile Member consists of clean, well-sorted sandstones, which are very fine to fine grained, friable to hard, and clear to white.
    Basal stratotype
    The lower boundary of the Meile Member is defined by the transition from the marly claystones of the Våle Formation . The gamma and sonic logs change from an erratic pattern in the Våle Formation to a smooth pattern with low gamma-ray readings when passing into the Meile Member (Fig 5.57) . Where the Våle Formation is absent the Meile Member rests directly on the calcareous deposits of the chalk facies of the Shetland Group . This boundary is characterised by upward increasing gamma-ray readings and decreasing velocity (Fig 5.51) .
    Characteristics of the upper boundary
    The upper boundary is identified by a transition from clean sandstones into the shales of the Lista Formation . On the logs the upper boundary is seen as an increase in gamma-ray values and a change to a more erratic log pattern on both gamma and sonic logs (Fig 5.51) .
    Distribution
    The Meile Member is found in a narrow belt extending north-northeastwards from the eastern part of quadrant 15. Its approximate distribution on the Norwegian continental shelf is shown in (Fig 5.47) .
    Age
    Paleocene.
    Depositional environment
    The clean sandstones of the Meile Member may have been derived by winnowing of the Heimdal Formation sands by submarine currents acting along highs. The formation can also be interpreted in terms of high-density turbidites which source from well-sorted shelf sand.
    Remarks
    The Meile Member has earlier informally been referred to as the “Gamma sand on Sleipner”. The Meile Member is defined informally.
    Source
    Isaksen, D. and Tonstad, K. (eds.) 1989: A revised Cretaceous and Tertiary lithostratigraphic nomenclature for the Norwegian North Sea. NPD-Bulletin No. 5, 59 pp.

  • Wellbores penetrating
    Wellbores penetrating
    Wellbore name
    Wellbore completion date
    Top depth [m]
    Bottom depth [m]
    27.09.1982
    2423
    2458
    28.05.2004
    2327
    2400

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    Wellbores with cores
    Wellbore name
    Wellbore completion date
    Core length [m]