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  • General information
    General information
    Attribute Value
    Wellbore name
    Official name of wellbore based on Norwegian Offshore Directorate guidelines for designation of wells and wellbores.
    15/3-8
    Type
    Wellbore type. Legal values: EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, OTHER (see 'Purpose' for more information)
    EXPLORATION
    Purpose
    Final classification of the wellbore.

    Legal values for exploration wellbores:
    WILDCAT, APPRAISAL, WILDCAT-CCS, APPRAISAL-CCS.

    Legal values for development wellbores:
    OBSERVATION, PRODUCTION, INJECTION, INJECTION-CCS, OBSERVATION-CCS.

    Legal values for other wellbores:
    SOIL DRILLING (drilling in connection with track surveys and other subsurface surveys to investigate the soil conditions prior to placement of facilities),
    SHALLOW GAS (drilling to investigate shallow gas before the first 'real' drilling on the location),
    PILOT (drilling to investigate the geology and fluid connectors for location of the main wellbore),
    SCIENTIFIC (drilling according to Law of Scientific research and exploration),
    STRATIGRAPHIC (driling according to Law of Petroleum activities §2-1).
    APPRAISAL
    Status
    Status for the wellbore. Legal values are:

    BLOWOUT: A blowout has occurred in the well.
    CLOSED: A development wellbore that has been closed in a shorter or longer periode. Also applies to development wellbores where drilling is completed, but production/injection has not yet been reported.
    DRILLING: The well is in the drilling phase - can be active drilling, logging, testing or plugging,
    JUNKED: The drilling operation has been terminated due to technical problems.
    P&A: Exploration: The well is plugged and abandoned, and can not be reentered for further use. Development wells: The production/injection from/to the well is stopped and the well is plugged. The wellhead is removed or else made unavailable for further well operations.
    PLUGGED: The wellbore has been plugged, but the upper parts of the wellbore can be re-used. A sidetrack might be drilled at a later stage.
    PRODUCING: It was produced from the wellbore at the time of the operators last monthly report to the Norwegian Offshore Directorate.
    INJECTING: It was injected to the wellbore at the time of the operators last monthly report to the Norwegian Offshore Directorate.
    PREDRILLED: The upper part of the well has been drilled, usually as part of a batch-drilling campaign covering several wellbores.
    RE-CLASS TO DEV: Exploration wellbore that is reclassified to a development wellbore.
    RE-CLASS TO TEST: Exploration wellbore that is reclassified to test production.
    SUSPENDED: The drilling operation in the wellbore has been temporarily stopped. The current plan is to continue drilling later on.
    P&A
    Press release
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    Main area
    Name of the area on the Norwegian Continental Shelf where the wellbore is located. Legal values: BARENTS SEA, NORWEGIAN SEA, NORTH SEA.
    NORTH SEA
    Field
    Name of the field the wellbore is related to.
    Discovery
    Name of the discovery the wellbore is related to.
    Well name
    Official name of the parent well for the wellbore based on Norwegian Offshore Directorate guidelines for designation of wells and wellbores.
    15/3-8
    Seismic location
    Position of spud location on seismic survey lines. SP: shotpoint.
    ST0208-inline 2620 & crossline 2328
    Production licence
    Official designation of the production licence the wellbore was drilled or planned to be drilled from ( well head posistion).
    Drilling operator
    Name of the licensee starting the drilling operation on behalf of the active production license (well head position). This will usually equal the operator of the production license.
    Statoil ASA (old)
    Drill permit
    The drilling permit number together with the version of the drilling permit as stated in the drilling permit granted by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate.
    1096-L
    Drilling facility
    Norwegian Offshore Directorate's name of the facility which the wellbore was drilled from.
    Drilling days
    Number of days from wellbore entry to wellbore completion.
    160
    Entered date
    The date when he wellbore was spudded. For sidetracks: The date when new formation was drilled by kicking off from the mother-wellbore,
    03.11.2005
    Completed date
    Exploration wellbores from moveable facilities:
    For floating facilities - date when anchor handling is started. For jackups - date the jacking-down started. Exploration wellbores from fixed facilities and all development wellbores:
    Date when the wellbore is at total depth, and last casing, liner or screen is set. In case of immediate plugging of the wellbore, completed date equals the date the last plug i set in the wellbore.
    Date when the wellbore is at total depth, and last casing, liner or screen is set. In case of immediate plugging of the wellbore, completed date equals the date the last plug i set in the wellbore.
    11.04.2006
    Release date
    Date when raw data which has been reported to the authorities from the wellbore is not confidential any longer. Normally 2 years after finishing the drilling. May be earlier if the area of the production license is relinquished.
    11.04.2008
    Publication date
    Date quality control of the wellbore information was completed, so it can be published on the internet as a 'Well Data Summary Sheet' wellbore with more information available than other wellbores.
    15.08.2008
    Purpose - planned
    Pre-drill purpose of the wellbore. Legal values for exploration wellbores: WILDCAT, APPRAISAL, WILDCAT-CCS, APPRAISAL-CCS. Example of legal values for development wellbores: OBSERVATION, PRODUCTION, INJECTION.
    APPRAISAL
    Reentry
    Status whether the wellbore has been re-entered (YES) or not (NO). Re-entered wellbores are not included in the count when wellbores are presented in statistical overviews.
    NO
    Content
    For exploration wellbores, status of discovery.

    Legal values:
    DRY, SHOWS (trace amounts of hydrocarbons), GAS, GAS/CONDENSATE, OIL or OIL/GAS.
    SHOWS (GAS SHOWS, OIL SHOWS or OIL/GAS SHOWS) are detected as fluorescent cut (organic extract), petroleum odour, or visual stain on cuttings or cores, or as increased gas reading on the mud-loggers gas detection equipment.
    Legal values for WILDCAT-CCS and APPRAISAL-CCS: WATER

    For development wellbores, type of produced/injected fluid.
    Legal values:
    WATER, CUTTINGS, NOT AVAILABLE, OIL, GAS/CONDENSATE, OIL/GAS, CO2, GAS, WATER/GAS, NOT APPLICABLE.
    OIL/GAS
    Discovery wellbore
    Indicator which tells if the wellbore made a new discovery. Legal values: YES, NO. Prior to press-release or other information regarding drilling results, the indicator will be “NO” as a default.
    NO
    1st level with HC, age
    Age of lithostratigraphic unit, 1st level, where hydrocarbons were encountered. Examples of legal values: CRETACEOUS, EARLY CRETACEOUS, LATE JURASSIC, EOCENE. See also Norwegian Offshore Directorate bulletins.
    LATE JURASSIC
    1st level with HC, formation
    Name of lithostartigraphic unit, 1st level, where hydrocarbons were encountered. Shown only for released wells. Examples of legal values: BASEMENT, COOK FM, EKOFISK FM, HEIMDAL FM, SANDNES FM, SOGNEFJORD FM, TARBERT FM, BRENT GP. See also Norwegian Offshore Directorate bulletins.
    INTRA DRAUPNE FM SS
    Kelly bushing elevation [m]
    Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.
    23.5
    Water depth [m]
    Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.
    109.0
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    4592.0
    Final vertical depth (TVD) [m RKB]
    Vertical elevation from total depth to kelly bushing. Shown only for released wells. Referred to as true vertical depth (TVD).
    4591.0
    Maximum inclination [°]
    Maximum deviation, in degrees, from a vertical well path.Shown only for released wells.
    2.2
    Bottom hole temperature [°C]
    Estimated temperature at final total depth of the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. See discription.
    145
    Oldest penetrated age
    Age (according to Geologic Time Scale 2004 by F. M. Gradstein, et al. (2004)) of the oldest penetrated formation. May differ from age at TD for example in deviated wellbores. Examples of legal values: CRETACEOUS, EARLY CRETACEOUS, LATE JURASSIC, EARLY PERMIAN, EARLY TRIASSIC, EOCENE.
    LATE JURASSIC
    Oldest penetrated formation
    Name of the oldest lithostratigraphic unit penetrated by the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. In most wellbores this is formation or group at total depth. May differ from formation or group at TD for example in wellbores drilled with high deviation or through faults. Examples of legal values: AMUNDSEN FM, BALDER FM, BASEMENT, BLODØKS FM, BRYNE FM, BURTON FM, COOK FM, DRAKE FM, DRAUPNE FM, EKOFISK FM, DUNLIN GP.
    DRAUPNE FM
    Geodetic datum
    Reference system for coordinates. Example of legal values: ED50.
    ED50
    NS degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, north-south degrees.
    58° 51' 27.89'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    1° 43' 16.67'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6525066.95
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    426231.96
    UTM zone
    Universal Transverse Mercator zone. Examples of legal values: 31, 32, 33, 34.
    31
    NPDID wellbore
    Norwegian Offshore Directorate's unique id for the wellbore.
    5175

  • Wellbore history
    General
    The Gudrun structure is situated on the east flank of the South Viking Graben and west of the Utsira High in the North Sea. Well 15/3-8 was drilled on the western flank of the structure, approximately 9 km east of the UK border. New seismic data and results from well 15/3-7 had revealed uncertainties regarding the Late Jurassic reservoir section in the Gudrun structure. The main purpose of well 15/3-8 was to gather the necessary information required to ascertain whether the Intra-Draupne Formation reservoir rocks of the Gudrun Discovery could be developed commercially. This included reservoir pressure data, petrophysical data including taking cores, fluid sampling for fluid characteristics, and production properties by drill stem testing.
    Operations and results
    Appraisal well 15/3-8 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Transocean Leader on 11 April 2006 and drilled to TD at 4592 m in Late Jurassic Intra-Draupne Formation sandstone. No significant technical problems were encountered in the operations and the well was completed within planned time frame. The well was drilled with seawater/bentonite/hi-vis pills down to 1010 m, with Glydril mud from 1010 m to 2765 m, and with Paratherm oil based mud (paraffin base) from 2765 m to TD.
    Top Viking Group was encountered at 3932.5 m and consisted of the interbedded lithologies of sandstone, claystone and limestone, with varying thicknesses from laminas to stringers and massive layers. The first 140 m was Draupne Formation claystone. The target reservoir section, Intra Draupne Formation sands, was encountered at 4072.5 m, 38.9 m deeper than expected. Three intra Draupne Formation sandstone units were identified, SST1 from 4072.5 m to 4212.5 m, SST2 from 4212.5 m to 4346 m, and SST3 from 4474.5 m to TD. The sand quality was significantly better than observed in the neighbouring wells. When correlated with neighbouring wells well 15/3-8 showed significant lateral reservoir variations over small distances within the structure. SST1 contained a high-shrinkage volatile oil down to a contact at 4208 m, the SST2 pressure gradient proved a water bearing sandstone, although oil was sampled at 4332.9 m, while SST3 contained a near-critical gas-condensate down to a contact at 4485.4 m.
    Good shows were seen in the cores from the reservoir section as they were recovered on deck. It was no possible to give a reliable evaluation of the shows on cuttings during drilling due to background fluorescence from the oil based mud. In addition, some of the most marginal shows described from the cored section were hampered by the existence of formation derived kerogens in the mud. Some of the cores were also bleeding HC from very tight zones at surface and seepages from these zones might have contaminated better sandstone sections below. From the general fluorescence picture there seem to be a presence of heavier HC in the tight zones than in the more porous zones.
    A total of 158 m core was recovered in 7 cores from the interval 4167 to 4505 m in various Intra-Draupne Formation sandstone sections in the Late Jurassic. MDT fluid samples were taken at 4514.5 m (water), 4479.1 m (hydrocarbons), 4332.9 m (hydrocarbons), 4213.5 m (water), 4182.1 m (hydrocarbons), and at 4074 m (hydrocarbons).
    The well was permanently abandoned on 11 April 2006 as an oil and gas appraisal well.
    Testing
    Two drill stem test was performed in Intra-Draupne Formation sandstones.
    DST 1 tested the interval 4141 - 4183 m. The well was opened to flow for a total of 28 hours. The main flow duration was 14 hours with an approximate oil rate of 739 m3/day a gas rate of 346600 Sm3 gas/day and a GOR of 469 m3/m3 through a 32/64" choke. This was followed by a 96 hours build up period. Maximum bottom hole temperature recorded in the test was 133 deg C.
    DST 2 tested the interval 4073 - 4087 m. The well was open to flow for a total of 26 hours. The main flow duration was 10 hours with an approximate oil rate of 650m3/day, a gas rate of 342400 Sm3 gas/day and a GOR of 500 m3/m3 through a 28/64" choke. This was followed by a 96 hours build up period. Maximum bottom hole temperature recorded in the test was 130 deg C.

  • Cuttings at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cuttings at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cuttings available for sampling?
    YES
    Cuttings at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cutting sample, top depth [m]
    Cutting samples, bottom depth [m]
    1020.00
    4590.00

  • Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Core sample number
    Core sample - top depth
    Core sample - bottom depth
    Core sample depth - uom
    1
    4167.0
    4179.6
    [m ]
    2
    4179.6
    4200.5
    [m ]
    3
    4202.0
    4238.5
    [m ]
    4
    4238.5
    4275.2
    [m ]
    5
    4275.2
    4302.5
    [m ]
    6
    4478.5
    4492.5
    [m ]
    7
    4494.0
    4505.1
    [m ]
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Total core sample length [m]
    158.9
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores available for sampling?
    YES

  • Oil samples at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Oil samples at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Test type
    Bottle number
    Top depth
    MD [m]
    Bottom depth
    MD [m]
    Fluid type
    Test time
    Samples available
    DST
    4141.00
    4183.00
    OIL
    04.03.2006 - 08:17
    YES

  • Lithostratigraphy

  • Drill stem tests (DST)
    Drill stem tests (DST)
    Test number
    From depth MD
    [m]
    To depth MD
    [m]
    Choke size
    [mm]
    1.0
    4141
    4183
    12.7
    2.0
    4073
    4087
    11.0
    Drill stem tests (DST)
    Test number
    Final shut-in pressure
    [MPa]
    Final flow pressure
    [MPa]
    Bottom hole pressure
    [MPa]
    Downhole temperature
    [°C]
    1.0
    3.500
    7.000
    133
    2.0
    4.000
    7.500
    130
    Drill stem tests (DST)
    Test number
    Oil
    [Sm3/day]
    Gas
    [Sm3/day]
    Oil density
    [g/cm3]
    Gas grav. rel.air
    GOR
    [m3/m3]
    1.0
    733
    473
    2.0
    670
    500

  • Logs
    Logs
    Log type
    Log top depth [m]
    Log bottom depth [m]
    AIT DSI EMS GR
    2750
    4590
    MDT
    4074
    4514
    MDT MINI DST SAMPLE
    3946
    4514
    MDT PT
    3946
    4519
    MDT SAMPLE
    4332
    4479
    MFC 80
    129
    2007
    MSCT
    3945
    4581
    MWD - GR RES DIR PWD ECD
    182
    2765
    MWD - GR RES DIR PWD ECD
    3910
    4590
    MWD - GR RES DIR PWD ECD BCPM AP
    2765
    3908
    OBMI-2 GR
    3900
    4590
    VSP
    129
    4474
    VSP WAZO
    130
    3300
    VSP ZO
    1000
    3901

  • Casing and leak–off tests
    Casing and leak–off tests
    Casing type
    Casing diam.
    [inch]
    Casing depth
    [m]
    Hole diam.
    [inch]
    Hole depth
    [m]
    LOT/FIT mud eqv.
    [g/cm3]
    Formation test type
    CONDUCTOR
    30
    179.0
    36
    179.0
    0.00
    LOT
    SURF.COND.
    20
    1001.0
    26
    1010.0
    1.50
    LOT
    INTERM.
    14
    2754.0
    17 1/2
    2765.0
    1.71
    LOT
    INTERM.
    9 7/8
    3910.0
    12 1/4
    3910.0
    2.12
    LOT
    LINER
    7
    4298.0
    8 1/2
    4590.0
    0.00
    LOT

  • Drilling mud
    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    151
    1.05
    SW / BENTONITE 1
    182
    1.05
    SW / BENTONITE 1
    955
    1.03
    SW / BENTONITE 1
    1010
    1.30
    SW / BENTONITE 1
    1617
    1.35
    18.0
    GLYDRIL 12
    1995
    1.36
    22.0
    GLYDRIL 12
    2800
    1.39
    29.0
    PARATHERM
    3217
    1.45
    27.0
    PARATHERM
    3510
    1.62
    40.0
    PARATHERM
    3908
    1.62
    37.0
    PARATHERM
    3910
    1.61
    40.0
    PARATHERM
    3931
    1.03
    PARATHERM

  • Thin sections at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Thin sections at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Depth
    Unit
    4170.25
    [m ]
    4176.50
    [m ]
    4180.30
    [m ]
    4205.44
    [m ]
    4209.20
    [m ]
    4211.75
    [m ]
    4218.50
    [m ]
    4223.00
    [m ]
    4228.75
    [m ]
    4236.50
    [m ]
    4244.00
    [m ]
    4247.50
    [m ]
    4254.50
    [m ]
    4268.50
    [m ]
    4270.60
    [m ]
    4285.75
    [m ]
    4292.00
    [m ]
    4298.75
    [m ]
    4483.54
    [m ]
    4488.00
    [m ]
    4501.25
    [m ]

  • Pressure plots
    Pressure plots
    The pore pressure data is sourced from well logs if no other source is specified. In some wells where pore pressure logs do not exist, information from Drill stem tests and kicks have been used. The data has been reported to the NPD, and further processed and quality controlled by IHS Markit.
    Pressure plots
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    pdf
    0.21