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15/6-9 S

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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.
    15/6-9 S
    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.
    15/6-9
    Seismic location
    Position of spud location on seismic survey lines. SP: shotpoint.
    ST04M01 & inline 2886 & crossline 5000
    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.
    1135-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.
    60
    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,
    29.03.2007
    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.
    27.05.2007
    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.
    27.05.2009
    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.
    27.05.2009
    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/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.
    MIOCENE
    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.
    UTSIRA FM
    2nd level with HC, age
    Age of lithostratigraphic unit, 2nd level, where hydrocarbons were encountered. Examples of legal values: CRETACEOUS, EARLY CRETACEOUS, LATE JURASSIC, EOCENE.
    MIDDLE JURASSIC
    2nd level with HC, formation
    Name of lithostartigraphic unit, 2nd 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.
    HUGIN FM
    Kelly bushing elevation [m]
    Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.
    48.0
    Water depth [m]
    Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.
    113.0
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    3940.0
    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).
    3910.0
    Maximum inclination [°]
    Maximum deviation, in degrees, from a vertical well path.Shown only for released wells.
    14.1
    Bottom hole temperature [°C]
    Estimated temperature at final total depth of the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. See discription.
    125
    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.
    SKAGERRAK FM
    Geodetic datum
    Reference system for coordinates. Example of legal values: ED50.
    ED50
    NS degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, north-south degrees.
    58° 35' 13.71'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    1° 44' 34.87'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6494914.51
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    426920.01
    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.
    5494
  • Wellbore history

    General
    Well 15/6-9 S was drilled on the Ermintrude prospect east of the Dagny discovery and north of the Sleipner Vest field. The prospect is located in the South Viking Graben on the northernmost extension of the Sleipner Terrace, with the Utsira High immediately to the east. The primary objective was to prove hydrocarbons in the Hugin Formation and to acquire data to understand the reservoir characteristics and fluid distribution, and how the Ermintrude structure is connected to the Dagny discovery. Potential targets in the Sleipner and Skagerrak Formation were also investigated by this drilling.
    Operations and results
    Well 15/6-9 S was spudded with the jack-up installation West Epsilon on 29 March 2007 and drilled to TD at 3940 m in the Late Triassic Skagerrak Formation. The well was drilled vertical down to 1050 m and continued in a slightly deviated S-shaped trajectory towards TD. The well was drilled with seawater and hi-vis sweeps down to 277 m, with seawater and CMC EHV sweeps from 277 to 762 m, with a KCl/glycol/polymer mud from 762 to 2797 m, and with low-sulphate KCl/glycol/polymer mud from 2797 m to TD. No shallow gas was observed while drilling the 36" hole, 12 1/4" pilot hole or in the 24" hole opening run. However, 6.3% gas (98% Methane) was observed at top Utsira Formation, 39 m below the 20" casing shoe. MDT pressures and sampling confirmed a normally pressured gas accumulation.
    The well penetrated rocks of Quaternary, Tertiary, Cretaceous, Jurassic, and Triassic age. The well penetrated the Hugin reservoir at 3741 m, slightly shallower than prognosed. Pressure points and fluid samples were taken with the MDT and a hydrocarbon discovery was proven in the Hugin Formation. The MDT results and wire line logs proved this to be light oil in an oil-down-to situation at ca 3790 m (3714 m TVD MSL). There were no shows or other hydrocarbon indications below 3790 m.
    One conventional core was cut at 3761.3 - 3811 m in the Hugin Formation. Shows on the core verified the oil-down-to contact at 3793 m. A total of 26 sidewall cores were drilled with the MSCT in Draupne, Heather, Hugin, Sleipner and Skagerrak Formation. High quality oil samples were acquired in the Hugin Formation at 3763 m and 3791 m. A water sample was taken at 3804 m in the Sleipner Formation. The quality of the water sample was low with 40% mud contamination measured at the rig site. In the Utsira Formation, gas samples were taken by dual packer MDT at 793 m.
    Well 15/6-9 S was plugged back to 2838 m in the 8 1/2" section on 26 May 2007. The well is classified as a gas and oil appraisal well. The geologic sidetrack 15/6-9 A was kicked off on the same day to prove communication with the Dagny discovery and to appraise gas above the oil-leg in the Hugin Formation.
    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]
    280.00
    3940.00
  • 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
    3761.3
    3810.7
    [m ]
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Total core sample length [m]
    49.4
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores available for sampling?
    YES
  • Lithostratigraphy

  • Logs

    Logs
    Log type
    Log top depth [m]
    Log bottom depth [m]
    MDT
    3758
    3851
    MDT
    3761
    3791
    MDT
    3763
    3804
    MSCT
    2899
    3940
    MWD - ARC VISION
    768
    2797
    MWD - DIR
    161
    2775
    MWD - GEO VISION SEISMIC
    2797
    3940
    PEX HRLA DSI ACTS ECRD
    2786
    3940
    VSP VSI-4
    800
    3940
  • 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
    268.0
    36
    275.0
    0.00
    LOT
    SURF.COND.
    20
    753.0
    24
    768.0
    1.59
    LOT
    INTERM.
    13 3/8
    2786.0
    17 1/2
    2797.0
    1.60
    LOT
    OPEN HOLE
    3940.0
    8 1/2
    3940.0
    0.00
    LOT
  • Drilling mud

    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    320
    1.05
    SPUD MUD
    610
    1.09
    SPUD MUD
    768
    1.12
    4.0
    KILL FLUID- SW/BENTONITE
    771
    1.12
    5.0
    KILL FLUID- SW/BENTONITE
    1158
    1.35
    17.0
    KCL/POLYMER/GLYCOL
    1725
    1.35
    18.0
    KCL/POLYMER/GLYCOL
    2744
    1.35
    21.0
    KCL/POLYMER/GLYCOL
    2797
    1.35
    22.0
    KCL/POLYMER/GLYCOL
    2883
    1.46
    13.0
    KCL/POLYMER/GLYCOL
    3139
    1.46
    31.0
    KCL/POLYMER/GLYCOL
    3489
    1.46
    30.0
    KCL/POLYMER/GLYCOL
    3761
    1.46
    27.0
    KCL/POLYMER/GLYCOL
    3763
    1.46
    35.0
    KCL/POLYMER/GLYCOL
    3811
    1.46
    33.0
    KCL/POLYMER/GLYCOL
    3940
    1.46
    32.0
    KCL/POLYMER/GLYCOL
  • 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
    0.22