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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.
    15/12-19
    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
    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
    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.
    15/12-19
    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.
    BG 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.
    1164-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.
    93
    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,
    18.02.2008
    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.
    20.05.2008
    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.
    20.05.2010
    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.
    20.05.2010
    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/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.
    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.
    TRIASSIC
    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.
    SKAGERRAK FM
    Kelly bushing elevation [m]
    Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.
    43.0
    Water depth [m]
    Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.
    85.0
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    3212.0
    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).
    3211.0
    Maximum inclination [°]
    Maximum deviation, in degrees, from a vertical well path.Shown only for released wells.
    3.5
    Bottom hole temperature [°C]
    Estimated temperature at final total depth of the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. See discription.
    134
    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° 0' 13.64'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    1° 55' 16.36'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6429787.22
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    436238.87
    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.
    5705
  • Wellbore history

    General
    The Pi North well 15/12-19 was drilled on the northern lobe of the Maureen Terrace in the North Sea. The prospect is adjacent to the UK Armada complex of Fields (Fleming, Drake and Hawkins) and the Seymour Fields to the West and the Varg and Rev Fields to the North. The main objective of the well was to test the hydrocarbon potential in Sleipner/Skagerrak sandstone formations in the Pi North structure.
    Operations and results
    Well was spudded with the jack-up installation Mærsk Guardian on18 February 2008 and drilled to TD at 3212 m in Triassic rocks of the Skagerrak Formation. A 9 7/8" shallow gas pilot hole was drilled from TD in the 36" section at 203.5 m to 672 m. No shallow gas was seen. No significant problem was encountered in the operations. The well was drilled with sea water and pre-hydrated bentonite down to 672 m, with Aquadrill mud from 672 m to 1364 m, and with Carbo SEA oil based mud from 1364 m to TD.
    Top Jurassic was encountered at 2969 m and consisted of only 4 m Draupne Formation directly overlying the Triassic Skagerrak Formation. No sediments of the Jurassic Sleipner Formation were encountered. The Skagerrak Formation was hydrocarbon bearing. The sandstones had an average porosity of 17% net when using an 11.8% cut off in the oil case and 8.1% in the gas case. The reservoir system was complex with an upper reservoir with gas down to 2986.8 m (13.8 m TVD gross gas column, 9.21m net pay) and an underlying oil column of 35.7 m TVD gross (13.11m net pay). A lower reservoir with a 16.5 m TVD gross oil-leg (3.81 m net pay) was encountered at 3044.5 m. The two oil zones were separated by a 22 m thick zone of movable water (confirmed by RCI water samples). Pressure data in the different reservoir zones indicated different pressure regimes and varying pressure depletion caused by production from neighbouring fields. No oil shows were observed in the well other than in the Skagerrak reservoir sections.
    Three cores totalling 156.69 m were cut with 100% core recovery from 2975.0 to 3131.7 m in the Skagerrak Formation.
    RCI wire line fluid samples were taken at 2973.5 m (gas), 2983 m (gas), 2994.5 (oil), 3023.5 m (water/oil mix), 3056.2 m (oil), 3030.1 m (water), 3015 m (oil), and 3117.5 m (water).
    The well was permanently abandoned on 20 May as an oil and gas discovery.
    Testing
    Three drill stem test were conducted in the Skagerrak Formation.
    DST 1A tested the interval 3088 - 3102 m. It produced 318 Sm3 oil and 29450 Sm3 gas /day through a 28/64" choke in the main flow. The GOR was 93 Sm3/Sm3. The bottom hole temperature was 130.8 deg C.
    DST 1B tested the intervals 3088 - 3102 m and 3036.5 - 3064 m. It produced 657 Sm3 oil and 156620 Sm3 gas /day through a 44/64" choke in the main flow. The GOR was 239 Sm3/Sm3. The bottom hole temperature was 130.0 deg C.
    DST 1C tested the interval 3088 - 3102 m, 3036.5 - 3064 m, and 3023 - 3029 m. It produced 396 Sm3 oil and 831297 Sm3 gas /day through a 56/64" choke in the main flow. The GOR was 2102 Sm3/Sm3. The bottom hole temperature was 127.8 deg C.
  • 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]
    200.00
    3212.00
  • 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
    2975.0
    3002.5
    [m ]
    2
    3002.5
    3066.9
    [m ]
    3
    3067.1
    3131.6
    [m ]
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Total core sample length [m]
    156.3
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores available for sampling?
    YES
  • 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
    0.00
    0.00
    OIL
    YES
    DST
    0.00
    0.00
    WATER
    YES
    DST
    1 C
    3058.00
    2980.00
    OIL
    10.05.2008 - 02:26
    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
    194.0
    36
    203.0
    0.00
    LOT
    SURF.COND.
    20
    661.0
    24
    672.0
    1.56
    LOT
    INTERM.
    13 3/8
    1360.0
    17 1/2
    1364.0
    1.56
    LOT
    INTERM.
    9 5/8
    2905.0
    12 1/4
    2911.0
    1.56
    LOT
    OPEN HOLE
    3212.0
    8 1/2
    3212.0
    0.00
    LOT
  • Drill stem tests (DST)

    Drill stem tests (DST)
    Test number
    From depth MD
    [m]
    To depth MD
    [m]
    Choke size
    [mm]
    1.0
    3088
    3102
    11.0
    2.0
    3036
    3102
    17.5
    3.0
    3023
    3102
    22.0
    Drill stem tests (DST)
    Test number
    Final shut-in pressure
    [MPa]
    Final flow pressure
    [MPa]
    Bottom hole pressure
    [MPa]
    Downhole temperature
    [°C]
    1.0
    131
    2.0
    131
    3.0
    127
    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
    318
    29450
    0.680
    93
    2.0
    657
    156621
    0.680
    239
    3.0
    396
    831297
    0.680
    2102
  • Logs

    Logs
    Log type
    Log top depth [m]
    Log bottom depth [m]
    MRCH TTRM GR EI
    2911
    3210
    MRCH TTRM GR RCI
    2973
    3190
    MRCH TTRM MREX
    2924
    3208
    MRT TTRM GR VSP MLR4+ARS
    275
    3200
    MWD - DIR
    127
    206
    MWD - DIR
    206
    669
    MWD - DIR GR RES PWD
    206
    672
    MWD - DIR GR RES PWD D/N
    2906
    3212
    MWD- DIR GR RES PWD
    1359
    2911
    TTRM GR CN CDL
    2880
    3212
    TTRM GR SW MT
    2973
    3117
    TTRM SGR HDIL XMAC F1
    128
    3212
  • Lithostratigraphy

  • Drilling mud

    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    447
    1.06
    9.0
    Spud Mud
    471
    0.00
    5.0
    Spud Mud
    606
    1.08
    5.0
    Spud Mud
    672
    1.25
    17.0
    KCl/Poly/Glycol
    893
    0.00
    13.0
    KCl/Poly/Glycol
    1282
    0.00
    17.0
    KCl/Poly/Glycol
    1364
    1.42
    17.0
    KCl/Poly/Glycol
    1364
    0.00
    16.0
    KCl/Poly/Glycol
    1400
    1.47
    37.0
    CarboSEA
    2160
    0.00
    35.0
    CarboSEA
    2737
    0.00
    31.0
    CarboSEA
    2911
    1.47
    29.0
    CarboSEA
    2955
    1.38
    29.0
    CarboSEA
    2975
    0.00
    29.0
    CarboSEA
    3001
    0.00
    29.0
    CarboSEA
    3131
    1.31
    27.0
    CarboSEA
    3175
    1.34
    Salt Base
    3212
    0.00
    Salt Base
    3212
    0.00
    32.0
    CarboSEA
    3212
    1.35
    29.0
    CarboSEA