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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.
    15/6-12
    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.
    15/6-12
    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.
    1335-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.
    50
    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,
    22.12.2010
    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.
    09.02.2011
    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.
    09.02.2013
    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.
    09.02.2013
    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.
    MIDDLE 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.
    HUGIN FM
    Kelly bushing elevation [m]
    Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.
    23.5
    Water depth [m]
    Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.
    115.5
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    3930.0
    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).
    3930.0
    Maximum inclination [°]
    Maximum deviation, in degrees, from a vertical well path.Shown only for released wells.
    2.4
    Bottom hole temperature [°C]
    Estimated temperature at final total depth of the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. See discription.
    127
    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.
    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° 37' 48.51'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    1° 44' 15.47'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6499707.84
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    426696.78
    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.
    6518
  • Wellbore history

    General
    Well 15/6-12 was drilled on the McHenry prospect on the south-western tip of the Gudrun Terrace in the south Viking Graben. The main objective was to test the Hugin Formation. The secondary objectives were to test the Sleipner and
    Skagerrak formations. The Hugin Formation was also the main reservoir in the Dagny/Ermintrude discovery wells. The deep oil-water-contact observed in the 15/5-7 well on Dagny (3897 m TVD SS) indicated a possible spill from the Dagny/Ermintrude structure towards McHenry.
    Operations and results
    Wildcat well 15/6-12 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation on Transocean Leader on 22 December 2010 and drilled to TD at 3930 m in the Triassic Skagerrak Formation. Shallow gas was interpreted close to the well location and a 9 7/8" pilot hole was drilled from the 30" conductor shoe to 1060 m. No shallow gas was observed. Eighteen meter of drill string was lost in the hole prior to the logging job so loggers TD is 3914 m. Otherwise no significant problem occurred in the operations. The well was drilled with sea water and hi-vis pills down to 1104 m, with Performadrill WBM from 1104 m to 2768 m, and with Low-ECD XP-07 oil based mud from 2768 m to TD.
    The Hugin Formation was penetrated at 3798 m. It was only 12 m thick and held a 4 m thick oil filled sandstone. The Hugin sand was prognosed to be between 10 and 100 m thick. The pressure measured in the Hugin Formation indicated no communication with the Dagny/Ermintrude discoveries to the south of 15/6-12. Otherwise there were no hydrocarbon indications apart from a 2.5 m thick limestone stringer with top at 2975 m. This limestone showed a significant resistivity increase and a decrease in density and gave a gas peak of 4.2 %, but no fluorescence was described. The secondary targets, Sleipner Formation and Skagerrak Formation were water bearing.
    No cores were cut. An oil sample was collected with a MDT tool at 3806.0 m. The sample was estimated to be ca 11% contaminated with OBM.
    The well was permanently abandoned on 9 February 2011 as an 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]
    1110.00
    3930.00
  • 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
    1A-1B
    0.00
    0.00
    OIL
    29.01.2011 - 00:00
    YES
    MDT
    0.00
    3806.00
    OIL
    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
    199.0
    36
    203.0
    0.00
    LOT
    SURF.COND.
    20
    1092.0
    26
    1104.0
    2.00
    LOT
    INTERM.
    14
    2754.0
    17 1/2
    2768.0
    1.65
    LOT
    INTERM.
    9 5/8
    3629.0
    12 1/4
    3632.0
    2.02
    LOT
    OPEN HOLE
    3930.0
    8 1/2
    3930.0
    0.00
    LOT
  • Logs

    Logs
    Log type
    Log top depth [m]
    Log bottom depth [m]
    AIT GPIT PPC MSIP PPC PEX
    3388
    3914
    MDT
    3805
    3896
    MSCT
    3785
    3900
    MWD - ARCVRES PP
    203
    1100
    MWD - ARCVRES TELE PP PD STETH
    1100
    3930
    PPC MSIP PPC GPIT TLD
    2060
    3633
    VSI4 VSP
    1000
    3910
  • Lithostratigraphy

  • Drilling mud

    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    800
    1.41
    35.0
    Performadril
    900
    1.41
    36.0
    Performadril
    1100
    1.25
    26.0
    Performadril
    1336
    1.25
    29.0
    Performadril
    2362
    1.35
    39.0
    Performadril
    2406
    1.37
    36.0
    Performadril
    2525
    1.37
    34.0
    Performadril
    2684
    1.37
    42.0
    Performadril
    2696
    1.37
    42.0
    Performadril
    2765
    1.47
    19.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    2765
    1.37
    36.0
    Performadril
    2765
    1.37
    36.0
    Performadril
    3440
    1.45
    23.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    3629
    1.56
    25.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    3680
    1.89
    38.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    3786
    1.89
    43.0
    OBM-Low ECD
    3812
    1.89
    47.0
    OBM-Low ECD-HTHP
    3930
    1.75
    33.0
    OBM-Low ECD
  • Palynological slides at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate

    Palynological slides at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Sample depth
    Depth unit
    Sample type
    Laboratory
    3669.0
    [m]
    DC
    3675.0
    [m]
    DC
    3681.0
    [m]
    DC
    3687.0
    [m]
    DC
    3693.0
    [m]
    DC
    3699.0
    [m]
    DC
    3705.0
    [m]
    DC
    3711.0
    [m]
    DC
    3717.0
    [m]
    DC
    3723.0
    [m]
    DC
    3729.0
    [m]
    DC
    3735.0
    [m]
    DC
    3741.0
    [m]
    DC
    3747.0
    [m]
    DC
    3753.0
    [m]
    DC
    3759.0
    [m]
    DC
    3762.0
    [m]
    DC
    3765.0
    [m]
    DC
    3768.0
    [m]
    DC
    3771.0
    [m]
    DC
    3774.0
    [m]
    DC
    3777.0
    [m]
    DC
    3780.0
    [m]
    DC
    3783.0
    [m]
    DC
    3785.0
    [m]
    SWC
    3786.0
    [m]
    DC
    3789.0
    [m]
    DC
    3792.0
    [m]
    DC
    3792.5
    [m]
    SWC
    3795.0
    [m]
    DC
    3798.0
    [m]
    DC
    3798.5
    [m]
    SWC
    3801.0
    [m]
    DC
    3804.0
    [m]
    DC
    3807.0
    [m]
    DC
    3810.0
    [m]
    DC
    3816.0
    [m]
    DC
    3822.0
    [m]
    DC
    3830.0
    [m]
    DC
    3834.0
    [m]
    DC
    3840.0
    [m]
    DC
    3846.0
    [m]
    DC
    3852.0
    [m]
    DC
    3860.0
    [m]
    DC
    3866.0
    [m]
    DC
    3873.0
    [m]
    DC
    3879.0
    [m]
    DC
    3885.0
    [m]
    DC
    3891.0
    [m]
    DC