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34/4-12 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.
    34/4-12 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).
    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
    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.
    34/4-12
    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 Petroleum 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.
    1289-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.
    38
    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,
    19.12.2009
    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.
    25.01.2010
    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.
    25.01.2012
    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.
    25.01.2012
    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.
    LATE 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.
    LUNDE FM
    Kelly bushing elevation [m]
    Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.
    22.0
    Water depth [m]
    Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.
    381.7
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    3066.0
    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).
    2962.0
    Maximum inclination [°]
    Maximum deviation, in degrees, from a vertical well path.Shown only for released wells.
    27.9
    Bottom hole temperature [°C]
    Estimated temperature at final total depth of the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. See discription.
    115
    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.
    LUNDE FM
    Geodetic datum
    Reference system for coordinates. Example of legal values: ED50.
    ED50
    NS degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, north-south degrees.
    61° 33' 8'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    2° 17' 37.7'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6824665.28
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    462468.37
    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.
    6283
  • Wellbore history

    General
    Well 34/4-12 S was drilled on the Omega Nord prospect on a down faulted terrace northeast of the Snorre Fault Block in the northern North Sea. The main well objective was to prove hydrocarbons in the Triassic Lunde Formation. The well path was positioned to verify the assumed oil water contacts and secure that no commercial resources were left up dip in the structure. In addition to this the well was positioned to serve as a donor well for sidetrack 34/4-12 A, which targeted a separate prospect in the Lunde Formation up-dip on the Snorre Fault block.
    Operations and results
    Wildcat well 34/4-12 S was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Ocean Vanguard on 19 December 2009 and drilled to TD at 3066 m (2962 m TVD) in Late Triassic sediments of the Lunde Formation. Operations went forth in rough weather and 11 days were spent waiting on weather. However, no significant operational problems were encountered. The well was drilled vertical down through the 12 1/4" section, and deviated from below the 13 3/8" section at 1890 m. It was drilled with seawater and bentonite sweeps down to 1253 m, with Performadril water based mud from 1253 m to 1858 m, and with XP-07 oil based mud from 1858 m to TD. No shallow gas was observed by the ROV at the wellhead or by the MWD while drilling the well.
    The well penetrated rocks of Quaternary, Tertiary, Cretaceous and Triassic age. The Jurassic was missing. Top Lunde Formation was encountered at 2738 m, 32 m deeper than prognosed. The first reservoir sand was encountered at 2751 m (2681 m TVD) with a small oil column. This was the first well on the Omega Nord structure and showed that the Inner Snorre Fault can hold a small hydrocarbon column. Due to sparse pressure information obtained in the oil leg, the uncertainty with regards to the depth of the OWC is large. Based on two pressure points only it can be from 2774 - 2796 m (2701 ? 2720 m TVD). Good oil shows were seen both in the cuttings and in the cores from 2757 m to 2792 m (2686 - 2717 m TVD), and described as weak HC odour, patchy light brown oil stains, bright yellow white direct fluorescence and a dull yellow cut fluorescence. Down to 2841m (2761 m TVD) the shows remained the same but became considerably weaker, until easing completely.
    One 54 m core was cut from 2757 to 2811 m in top Triassic with 95.4 % recovery. Due to the limited discovery a reduced wire line programme was carried out with the standard logs (gamma ray, resistivity, density, neutron, sonic). Formation pressures were measured with the MDT tool, and one set of oil samples was collected at 2763.7 m. The mobility at the sample depth was poor (estimated to 2.0 mD/cp). The sample was 25 % contaminated, with a GOR of 295 and density of 0.825 g/cm3.
    The well was plugged back for sidetracking on 25 January 2010. It is classified as a minor oil discovery.
    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]
    1260.00
    3066.00
  • 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
    2757.0
    2809.4
    [m ]
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Total core sample length [m]
    52.4
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores available for sampling?
    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
    468.0
    36
    468.0
    0.00
    LOT
    SURF.COND.
    20
    1248.0
    26
    1253.0
    1.64
    LOT
    INTERM.
    13 3/8
    1851.0
    17 1/2
    1855.0
    1.71
    LOT
    INTERM.
    9 5/8
    2595.0
    12 1/4
    2599.0
    1.84
    LOT
    OPEN HOLE
    3066.0
    8 1/2
    3066.0
    0.00
    LOT
  • Logs

    Logs
    Log type
    Log top depth [m]
    Log bottom depth [m]
    MDT
    2756
    3032
    MDT DP
    2763
    2763
    MWD LWD - ARCVRES8 VSON8 VADN8
    1855
    2599
    MWD LWD - ARCVRS9 TELE
    464
    1855
    MWD LWD - GVR6 ARCVRES6 TELE
    2599
    3066
    MWD LWD - TELE
    404
    464
    PEX AIT DSI
    2596
    3066
  • Lithostratigraphy

    Lithostratigraphy
    Top depth [mMD RKB]
    Lithostrat. unit
    404
    1105
    1130
    1197
    1695
    1695
    1713
    1791
    2737
    2737
    2738
    2738
  • Composite logs

    Composite logs
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    pdf
    0.39
  • Drilling mud

    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    1257
    1.41
    36.0
    Performadril
    1433
    1.48
    25.0
    Performadril
    1727
    1.50
    30.0
    XP-07 - #14
    1855
    1.47
    26.0
    Performadril
    1855
    1.49
    27.0
    Performadril
    2339
    1.60
    36.0
    XP-07 - #14
    2599
    1.55
    46.0
    XP-07 - #14
    2811
    1.60
    41.0
    XP-07 - #14
    2912
    1.65
    50.0
    XP-07 - #14
    3066
    1.60
    36.0
    XP-07 - #14