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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.
    34/7-34
    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).
    WILDCAT
    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.
    34/7-34
    Seismic location
    Position of spud location on seismic survey lines. SP: shotpoint.
    inline 3210 & crossline 5806(3D survey SG9701STR05 PSDM)
    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.
    StatoilHydro Petroleum AS
    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.
    1210-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.
    25
    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,
    14.02.2009
    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.
    10.03.2009
    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.
    10.03.2011
    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.
    10.03.2011
    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.
    WILDCAT
    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
    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.
    YES
    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.
    EARLY 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.
    STATFJORD GP
    Kelly bushing elevation [m]
    Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.
    31.0
    Water depth [m]
    Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.
    292.0
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    2701.0
    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).
    2701.0
    Maximum inclination [°]
    Maximum deviation, in degrees, from a vertical well path.Shown only for released wells.
    0.35
    Bottom hole temperature [°C]
    Estimated temperature at final total depth of the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. See discription.
    95
    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 TRIASSIC
    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.
    LUNDE FM
    Geodetic datum
    Reference system for coordinates. Example of legal values: ED50.
    ED50
    NS degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, north-south degrees.
    61° 23' 22.5'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    2° 8' 32.3'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6806645.48
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    454178.72
    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.
    5973
  • Wellbore history

    General
    Well 34/7-34 was drilled on the Vigdis Nordøst prospect located centrally in Block 34/7 on the Tampen Spur in the northern North Sea. The primary objective was to prove commercial volumes of oil in the Early Jurassic Statfjord Formation. In addition, the Late Jurassic Draupne Formation was listed as a possible secondary target as Intra-Draupne sandstone was encountered in the 34/7-8 discovery well on the Vigdis øst Field.
    Operations and results
    A 9 7/8" pilot hole, well 34/7-U-18, was drilled to evaluate for shallow gas, as two potential shallow gas warnings, class 1, were given to the well. Based on MWD/LWD logs water filled sands were encountered at the following depths: 377 m, 452 m, 562 m, 597 m, and 602 m. No indication of shallow gas at seabed was verified with the ROV. Neither were any indications of shallow gas observed at surface or measured while drilling the 36" and 17 1/2" hole in well 34/7-34.
    Wildcat well 34/7-34 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Borgland Dolphin on 14 February 2009 and drilled to TD at 2701 m in the Late Triassic Lunde Formation. No significant technical problems were encountered in the operations. The well was drilled with seawater and pre-hydrated bentonite sweeps down to 1189 m and with XP-07 oil based mud from 1189 m to TD.
    The well penetrated rocks of Quaternary, Tertiary, Cretaceous, Jurassic, and Triassic age. It penetrated the southern local high of the Vigdis Nordøst structure in a downflank position. The well indicated the presence of hydrocarbons in the Shetland and shows were described from 2210 m to 2290 m in thin sandstone beds. Surprisingly, neither the Cromer Knoll, nor any Viking Group was present in the well; the well penetrated directly from the Shetland Group and into the Amundsen shale of the Dunlin Group. The well penetrated oil-bearing Statfjord Formation sandstones at 2460.5 m. Oil was present down to 2514 m. No oil/water contact could be seen, and a sidetrack was decided. No shows were described below 2514 m.
    One core was cut from 2473 m to 2502 m in the Statfjord Formation. MDT oil samples were collected in the Statfjord Formation at 2470.5 m (good quality, 8 bar draw-down) and 2502.5 m (86 bar draw-down and 6 - 8% mud contamination).
    The well bore was permanently plugged back and abandoned on 10 March 2009 as an oil discovery.
    Testing
    No drill stem test was performed.
  • 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]
    1200.00
    2700.00
  • 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
    2473.0
    2502.2
    [m ]
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Total core sample length [m]
    29.2
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores available for sampling?
    YES
  • Lithostratigraphy

    Lithostratigraphy
    Top depth [mMD RKB]
    Lithostrat. unit
    323
    1080
    1095
    1680
    1680
    1719
    1860
    2349
    2349
    2461
    2584
    2584
  • Geochemical information

    Geochemical information
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    txt
    0.00
    txt
    0.10
  • Logs

    Logs
    Log type
    Log top depth [m]
    Log bottom depth [m]
    AIT PEX MSIP
    2050
    2690
    MDT PRESS & SAMPLE
    2461
    2661
    MWD - ARCVRES8 POWERPULSE
    1189
    2111
    MWD - ARCVRES9 POWERPULSE
    386
    1189
    MWD - GVR6 ARCVRES6 STET TELE
    2111
    2701
    MWD - POWERPULSE
    323
    385
    VSP
    267
    2626
  • 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
    383.0
    36
    386.0
    0.00
    LOT
    SURF.COND.
    13 3/8
    1184.0
    17 1/2
    1189.0
    1.57
    LOT
    INTERM.
    9 5/8
    2106.0
    12 1/4
    2111.0
    1.78
    LOT
    OPEN HOLE
    2701.0
    8 1/2
    2701.0
    0.00
    LOT
  • Drilling mud

    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    1189
    1.30
    20.0
    KCl/Polymer/GEM
    1300
    1.39
    15.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    1400
    1.42
    15.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    1757
    1.46
    19.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    1878
    1.66
    20.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    2001
    1.62
    20.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    2106
    1.55
    18.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    2111
    1.48
    20.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    2473
    1.58
    18.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    2499
    1.58
    17.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    2701
    1.66
    21.0
    OBM-Low ECD