15/12-23
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Wellbore history
GeneralWell 15/12-23 was drilled to appraise the Grevling Discovery in the Southern Viking Graben in the North Sea. The objective was to seek a deeper oil reservoir, or an oil water contact, within the Sleipner Formation, while addressing reservoir distribution and quality along with oil type and to prove up additional reserves in the Grevling discovery in the Hugin, Sleipner and Skagerrak formations sandstones.Operations and resultsAppraisal well 15/12-23 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Transocean Winner on 1 April 2010 and drilled to TD at 3485 m in the Late Triassic Skagerrak Formation. No significant problem was encountered in the operations. The well was drilled with Hi-Vis Bentonite Sweeps down to 176 m, with KCl/GEM mud from 176 m to 1200 m, and with ENVIROMUL oil based mud from 1200 m to TD.The prognosed top reservoir Hugin Formation was absent. Instead a silty Intra Heather Formation Sandstone was found directly on the Sleipner Formation. The Sleipner Formation came in at 3164 m and proved to be the main reservoir with coals and massive sandstones interbedded with siltstone. The top of the Sleipner was picked on the log response of coals present at the top of the Formation, and coals seen in the samples. Top reservoir sandstones came in at 3179 m only 1 m deep to prognosis. The reservoir comprises the Sleipner and Skagerrak Formations at this well location. The Skagerrak Formation came in at 3192 m 56 m shallower than the prognosis. Top Skagerrak was picked 54 m shallower from core biostratigraphy than from seismic and petrophysical logs. An OWC, possibly ODT, was picked at 3251 m in the Skagerrak Formation. Shows were observed on cuttings in the Sleipner sandstones and varied from no show to very good show in clean sands before pulling out to cut core at 3187 m. Shows from top cored interval in the Sleipner Formation at 3187 m continued into the Skagerrak Formation and down to 3230m.Two cores were cut, core 1 from 3187 m to 3241.5 m and core 2 from 3241.5 m to 3296 m, giving a total of 109 m of core. Cores must be depth shifted down 4.6 meter to match the logs. The MDT was run and 18 good pressure points were obtained. Fluid samples were taken at 3191 (oil), 3232 m (oil), 3264 (water), 3285 (water), and 3336 (water).The well was permanently abandoned on 29 May 2012 as an oil appraisal.TestingOne drill stem test was performed from the interval 3181.5 - 3233 m in the Sleipner and Skagerrak Formations. The test produced at maximum 103 Sm3 oil/day through a 16/64" choke in the main flow. The gas measuring equipment did not work properly. In the succeeding sampling flow the well produced 84 Sm3 oil and 4159 Sm3 gas/day through a 12/64" choke. The GOR was 50 Sm3/Sm3.l> -
Cuttings at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
Cuttings at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate Cuttings available for sampling?YESCuttings at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate Cutting sample, top depth [m]Cutting samples, bottom depth [m]1200.003485.00 -
Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate Core sample numberCore sample - top depthCore sample - bottom depthCore sample depth - uom13187.03241.5[m ]23241.53295.8[m ]Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate Total core sample length [m]108.8Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate Cores available for sampling?YES -
Lithostratigraphy
Lithostratigraphy Top depth [mMD RKB]Lithostrat. unit1139161111111612121283234423442365243625262532253225432731281328462907290729212924295229662966301331173164316431923192 -
Drill stem tests (DST)
Drill stem tests (DST) Test numberFrom depth MD
[m]To depth MD
[m]Choke size
[mm]1.0318132336.3Drill stem tests (DST) Test numberFinal shut-in pressure
[MPa]Final flow pressure
[MPa]Bottom hole pressure
[MPa]Downhole temperature
[°C]1.0Drill stem tests (DST) Test numberOil
[Sm3/day]Gas
[Sm3/day]Oil density
[g/cm3]Gas grav. rel.airGOR
[m3/m3]1.084415950 -
Logs
Logs Log typeLog top depth [m]Log bottom depth [m]MDT ECTS ECRD31853397MRS SGT ACTS ECRD31503485MWD - GR DIR112176MWD - GR RES DEN POR PWD DIR SON30083485MWD - GR RES PWD DIR1761184MWD - GR RES SON DEN POR PWD DIR11843008OBMI PPC MSIP PPC ACTS ECRD SGT19003485RTS TLD APS HNGS ECS ACTS ERCD29503485 -
Casing and leak–off tests
Casing and leak–off tests Casing typeCasing diam.
[inch]Casing depth
[m]Hole diam.
[inch]Hole depth
[m]LOT/FIT mud eqv.
[g/cm3]Formation test typeCONDUCTOR30173.036173.00.00LOTSURF.COND.13 3/81178.017 1/21184.01.70LOTINTERM.9 5/82998.012 1/43008.01.95LOTOPEN HOLE3485.08 1/23485.00.00LOT -
Drilling mud
Drilling mud Depth MD [m]Mud weight [g/cm3]Visc. [mPa.s]Yield point [Pa]Mud typeDate measured11411.4737.0Enviromul11411.4737.0Enviromul12301.4737.0Enviromul28001.4739.0Enviromul30081.4742.0Enviromul30601.4739.0Enviromul31861.4837.0Enviromul32411.4737.0Enviromul34851.4840.0Enviromul