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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.
    25/5-5
    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
    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.
    25/5-5
    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.
    Elf Petroleum Norge 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.
    827-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.
    28
    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,
    27.10.1995
    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.
    23.11.1995
    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.
    23.11.1997
    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.
    15.02.2006
    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
    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.
    PALEOCENE
    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.
    HEIMDAL FM
    Kelly bushing elevation [m]
    Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.
    25.0
    Water depth [m]
    Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.
    122.0
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    2600.0
    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).
    2596.0
    Maximum inclination [°]
    Maximum deviation, in degrees, from a vertical well path.Shown only for released wells.
    8.3
    Bottom hole temperature [°C]
    Estimated temperature at final total depth of the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. See discription.
    89
    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.
    PALEOCENE
    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.
    VÅLE FM
    Geodetic datum
    Reference system for coordinates. Example of legal values: ED50.
    ED50
    NS degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, north-south degrees.
    59° 33' 16.17'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    2° 20' 40.46'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6602133.73
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    462949.90
    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.
    2661
  • Wellbore history

    General
    Exploration well 25/5-5 is located a few km east-southeast of the Heimdal field. The objective was the turbiditic sands of the Heimdal Formation, which is the reservoir for the Heimdal gas field. The Jotun oil discovery (8 km south) and a minor oil discovery on 25/4-2 (5 km north-northwest) are also in Heimdal turbiditic sands. The prognosed TD of the well was 2600 m in the Ty / Våle Formations in case of a discovery, or 2250 m in the Heimdal Formation, in case of a dry well. The chosen location was on the highest structural point of the 25/5-5 closure. Oil with a possible gas cap was the anticipated reservoir fluid
    Operations and results
    Wildcat well 25/5-5 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Vildkat Explorer on 27 October 1995 and drilled to TD at 2600 m in the Paleocene Våle Formation. No significant operational problems were encountered in this well and TD was reached in less than 9 days after spud. The well was drilled with seawater and hi-vis pills down to 1206 m and with Safemul oil based mud from 1206 m to TD. Due to the choice of OBM system, the 8 1/2" diameter was drilled in preference to 12 1/4" to minimize mud and cuttings volumes.
    Top Heimdal Formation was found at 2158.5 m, 13 m above prognosis. The formation was 334 m thick. The reservoir was oil-bearing, with an OWC at 2176.3 m. There was no recognised gas cap. As prognosed, the reservoir properties were very good. Two cores were cut from 2162.5 m to 2199.75 m in sandstone of the Heimdal Formation. The cored interval was hydrocarbon bearing, with the OWC clearly defined on the lower core. The MDT tool was run to obtain pressure and fluid samples from the reservoir. Pressure depletion from production of the Heimdal Field was confirmed. From the pressure plot some vertical barrier effects were evident in the deeper part of the aquifer zone, below 2206 m. In the upper part of the Heimdal Sand, however, no pressure barriers could be seen. Four sample bottles from 2172.1 m were transported onshore for transfer to PVT bottles. It was confirmed that the sample quality was satisfactory. Two samples from 2160.5 and 2161.6 m plugged during filling, probably due to sand production. To check for hydrocarbon fluid the samples were drained on the rig.
    The well was permanently abandoned on 23 November 1995 as an oil discovery.
    Testing
    One test was performed in the interval 2158.50 - 2169.50 m in the reservoir. The test produced 428 m3 / day of oil and 15578 m3 /day of gas on 96/64" choke. The GOR was 36.4 m3/m3 with a wellhead pressure of 8.9 bars. The API gravity was near 35 deg.
  • 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]
    1220.00
    2600.00
  • 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
    2162.5
    2172.3
    [m ]
    2
    2172.3
    2199.8
    [m ]
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Total core sample length [m]
    37.3
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores available for sampling?
    YES
  • Core photos

    Core photos
    Core photo at depth: 2162-2167m
    Core photo at depth: 2167-2172m
    Core photo at depth: 2172-2172m
    Core photo at depth: 2172-2177m
    Core photo at depth: 2177-2182m
    2162-2167m
    2167-2172m
    2172-2172m
    2172-2177m
    2177-2182m
    Core photo at depth: 2182-2187m
    Core photo at depth: 2187-2192m
    Core photo at depth: 2192-2197m
    Core photo at depth: 2197-2199m
    Core photo at depth:  
    2182-2187m
    2187-2192m
    2192-2197m
    2197-2199m
  • 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
    2169.50
    2158.80
    15.11.1995 - 00:00
    YES
  • 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
    208.0
    36
    210.0
    0.00
    LOT
    SURF.COND.
    13 3/8
    1198.0
    17 1/2
    1200.0
    0.00
    LOT
    OPEN HOLE
    2600.0
    8 1/2
    2600.0
    1.81
    LOT
  • Drill stem tests (DST)

    Drill stem tests (DST)
    Test number
    From depth MD
    [m]
    To depth MD
    [m]
    Choke size
    [mm]
    1.0
    2170
    2159
    38.1
    Drill stem tests (DST)
    Test number
    Final shut-in pressure
    [MPa]
    Final flow pressure
    [MPa]
    Bottom hole pressure
    [MPa]
    Downhole temperature
    [°C]
    1.0
    2.000
    1.000
    20.000
    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
    428
    15578
    0.880
    0.700
    36
  • Logs

    Logs
    Log type
    Log top depth [m]
    Log bottom depth [m]
    AIT DSI GR
    1198
    2596
    CBL VDL CCL GR
    1586
    2206
    CCL GR
    2045
    2145
    CCL GR
    2045
    2145
    IPL CNL EPT
    1198
    2599
    MDT GR
    2158
    2275
    MWD LWD - DGR EWR
    213
    1206
    MWD LWD - DGR EWR 4
    1209
    2600
    SWC GR
    2040
    2555
    UIB GR
    1198
    2580
    VSP
    490
    2580
  • Lithostratigraphy

  • Composite logs

    Composite logs
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    pdf
    0.34
  • Geochemical information

    Geochemical information
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    pdf
    1.57
  • 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
    45.37
  • Drilling mud

    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    145
    1.02
    WATER BASED
    212
    1.02
    WATER BASED
    693
    1.02
    WATER BASED
    920
    1.03
    WATER BASED
    2160
    1.26
    35.0
    OIL BASED
    2217
    1.03
    WATER BASED
    2600
    1.26
    39.0
    OIL BASED