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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.
    15/12-8 A
    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
    Multilateral
    Indicator telling if the parent well is multilateral, meaning it has more than one branch radiating from the main borehole. Example of legal values: YES, NO. See also Norwegian Offshore Directorate guidelines for designation of wells and wellbores.
    NO
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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
    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.
    15/12-8
    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.
    Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s
    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.
    691-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.
    16
    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,
    14.07.1991
    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.
    29.07.1991
    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.
    29.07.1993
    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.
    17.10.2007
    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
    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.
    GAS/CONDENSATE
    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.
    VESTLAND GP
    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.
    TRIASSIC
    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.
    SKAGERRAK FM
    Kelly bushing elevation [m]
    Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.
    23.0
    Water depth [m]
    Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.
    87.0
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    2940.0
    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).
    2939.0
    Bottom hole temperature [°C]
    Estimated temperature at final total depth of the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. See discription.
    123
    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.
    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° 3' 1.85'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    1° 58' 3.41'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6434946.27
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    439060.86
    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.
    1835

  • Wellbore history
    General
    Wildcat well 15/12-8 was drilled ca 3.5 km east of the 15/12-4 well, which made the Varg oil discovery in Jurassic and Triassic sandstones. The main objective of the well was to test the potential for hydrocarbons in sandstones of Oxfordian and Triassic age. Seismic anomalies at 437, 467, 479 and 803 m indicated possibility for shallow gas. Planned TD for the well was 3260 m.
    Operations and results
    Well 15/12-8 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Deepsea Bergen on 5 June 1991 and drilled to TD at 3054 m in the Triassic Skagerrak Formation. No significant problems occurred during operations. The well was drilled with seawater / hi-vis pills / CMC down to 615 m, with KCl/polymer mud from 615 m to 2855 m, and with Ancotemp/bentonite mud from 2855 m to TD. No shallow gas was encountered.
    Jurassic Vestland Group sandstone was encountered hydrocarbon-bearing at 2838 m. The hydrocarbon column extended 23 m into Triassic sandstone of the Skagerrak Formation. The gas/water contact was estimated to 2877 m, confirmed by FMT pressure gradients and wire line logs. The well was tested, and since no core was cut through the reservoir, the well was sidetracked at 2623 m with TD at 2940 m. The sidetrack was drilled with Ancotemp/bentonite mud. Three conventional cores were cut in the interval 2841 - 2902 m. The sidetrack was formally named 15/12-8 A.
    The FMT tool was run in well 15/12-8 and 15/12-8A. One segregated sample was taken at 2863 m in 15/12-8 (gas, condensate and mud filtrate) and another in the water zone at 2888 m in well 15/12-8 A (recovered mud only due to seal failure).
    Well 15/12-8 was permanently abandoned on 14 July 1991 as a gas/condensate discovery. The 15/12-8 A sidetrack was permanently abandoned on 29 July as a gas/condensate appraisal well.
    Testing
    One DST test was performed in 15/12-8 in the interval 2838 - 2869 m. The well produced gas-condensate with a dew point of 230 bar at the measured reservoir temperature, which was 123 deg C. The rates were 550 000 Sm3 gas and 420 Sm3 condensate /day through a 15.9 mm choke. The condensate/gas ratio was 1308 Sm3/Sm3, the condensate gravity was 61 deg API, and the gas gravity was 0.817 (air = 1).

  • 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]
    2630.00
    2940.00

  • 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
    2841.0
    2847.4
    [m ]
    2
    2847.4
    2874.9
    [m ]
    3
    2874.9
    2902.0
    [m ]
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Total core sample length [m]
    61.0
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores available for sampling?
    YES

  • Core photos
    Core photos
    Core photo at depth: 2841-2846m
    Core photo at depth: 2846-2847m
    Core photo at depth: 2847-2852m
    Core photo at depth: 2852-2857m
    Core photo at depth: 2857-2862m
    2841-2846m
    2846-2847m
    2847-2852m
    2852-2857m
    2857-2862m
    Core photo at depth: 2862-2867m
    Core photo at depth: 2867-2872m
    Core photo at depth: 2872-2874m
    Core photo at depth: 2874-2879m
    Core photo at depth: 2879-2884m
    2862-2867m
    2867-2872m
    2872-2874m
    2874-2879m
    2879-2884m
    Core photo at depth: 2884-2889m
    Core photo at depth: 2889-2894m
    Core photo at depth: 2894-2899m
    Core photo at depth: 2899-2902m
    Core photo at depth:  
    2884-2889m
    2889-2894m
    2894-2899m
    2899-2902m

  • 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
    OPEN HOLE
    2940.0
    8 1/2
    2940.0
    0.00
    LOT

  • Logs
    Logs
    Log type
    Log top depth [m]
    Log bottom depth [m]
    CDL CN GR
    2621
    2933
    DIFL AC MLL GR
    2621
    2933
    FMT GR
    2838
    2886

  • Lithostratigraphy

  • Geochemical information
    Geochemical information
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    pdf
    0.57
    pdf
    1.26

  • Documents – reported by the production licence (period for duty of secrecy expired)
    Documents – reported by the production licence (period for duty of secrecy expired)
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    pdf
    22.14

  • Drilling mud
    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    2628
    1.35
    20.0
    4.0
    WATER BASED
    23.07.1991
    2628
    1.35
    20.0
    3.5
    WATER BASED
    23.07.1991
    2628
    1.35
    20.0
    4.0
    WATER BASED
    24.07.1991
    2628
    1.35
    18.0
    3.5
    WATER BASED
    25.07.1991
    2630
    1.35
    21.0
    4.5
    WATER BASED
    23.07.1991
    2751
    1.35
    20.0
    4.0
    WATER BASED
    23.07.1991
    2841
    1.35
    20.0
    3.5
    WATER BASED
    23.07.1991
    2862
    1.35
    21.0
    4.5
    WATER BASED
    23.07.1991
    2902
    1.35
    20.0
    4.0
    WATER BASED
    24.07.1991
    2940
    1.35
    18.0
    3.5
    WATER BASED
    25.07.1991