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16/1-29 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.
    16/1-29 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
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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.
    16/1-29
    Seismic location
    Position of spud location on seismic survey lines. SP: shotpoint.
    LN12M02R14 Inline 4603 Xline 4141
    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.
    1691-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.
    43
    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,
    22.04.2018
    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.
    03.06.2018
    Plugged and abondon date
    Date when the P&A-operations of the wellbore was finished, as reported by the operator to the Norwegian Offshore Directorate throught DDRS (Daily Drilling Reporting System). Only applied once pr. wellhead/surface location.
    03.06.2018
    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.
    03.06.2020
    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.
    03.06.2020
    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
    Reentry
    Status whether the wellbore has been re-entered (YES) or not (NO). Re-entered wellbores are not included in the count when wellbores are presented in statistical overviews.
    NO
    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.
    EOCENE
    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.
    GRID FM
    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.
    PALEOCENE
    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.
    HEIMDAL FM
    3rd level with HC, age
    Age of lithostratigraphic unit, 3rd level, where hydrocarbons were encountered. Examples of legal values: CRETACEOUS, EARLY CRETACEOUS, LATE JURASSIC, EOCENE.
    PERMIAN
    3rd level with HC, formation
    Name of lithostartigraphic unit, 3rd 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.
    ZECHSTEIN GP
    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.
    114.0
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    2024.0
    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).
    2010.0
    Maximum inclination [°]
    Maximum deviation, in degrees, from a vertical well path.Shown only for released wells.
    12
    Bottom hole temperature [°C]
    Estimated temperature at final total depth of the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. See discription.
    100
    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.
    BASEMENT
    Geodetic datum
    Reference system for coordinates. Example of legal values: ED50.
    ED50
    NS degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, north-south degrees.
    58° 58' 22.21'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    2° 17' 44.19'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6537391.31
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    459497.66
    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.
    8383
  • Wellbore history

    General
    Well 16/1-29 S was drilled to test the Lille Prinsen prospect on the north-western part of the Utsira High in the North Sea. The exploration objective was to test the Lille Prinsen prospect, believed to mainly consist of Triassic sediments, with the possibility of (thin) transgressive Jurassic sands similar to Johan Sverdrup on top. In addition, the well was expected to penetrate Grid and Heimdal sands, which were found to contain oil and gas in the 16/1-6 S Verdandi well.
    Operations and results
    Wildcat well 16/1-29 S was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Deepsea Bergen on 22 April 2018. During the operation, the well (16/1-29 S) experienced unexpected heavy mud losses when drilling into the reservoir section, eventually leading to well collapse and stuck drill string. Consequently, a technical side-track (16/1-29 ST2) was kicked off at 1225 m and this was successfully drilled through the reservoir section. Continuous mud losses were also experienced in the reservoir section of the technical side-track, but these were controlled by lowering the mud weight. The well was finally drilled to planned TD at 2024 m (2010 m TVD) in Basement rock. The well was drilled with seawater and hi-vis pills down to 550  m, with KCl mud from 550 m to 1210 m, with Enviromul oil-based mud from 1210 m to 1863 m (mainwell and side-track) and with KCl/polymer/GEM mud from 1863 m to final TD.
    The Eocene Grid Formation and the Paleocene Heimdal Formation were encountered at 1419 m (1416 m TVD), and 1794 m (1785 m TVD), respectively. They both contained gas over oil. In the Grid formation a gas-oil contact was found at 1462.6 m (1459.9 m TVD) with a free water level at 1498.9 m (1495.8 m TVD). In the Heimdal Formation a gas-oil contact was found at 1808.1 m (1798.4 m TVD) with a thin oil leg down-to 1809.2 m (1799.5 m TVD). The oil-leg was confirmed by PVT analyses, which  found the fluid samples taken at 1808.5 m (1798.8 m TVD) to contain both gas-condensate and black oil.
    The well did not encounter any of the expected Jurassic/Triassic sands, but instead encountered 26.6 m of oil filled Permian Zechstein Group Dolostone carbonates with top at 1885 m (1874 m TVD), immediately below the Cretaceous Shetland Group. The Permian Carbonates show varying, but good reservoir quality, with an average net/gross of 0.91 and porosity of 23%. The core and thin sections show variations within the carbonate reservoir, with the better zones in the upper parts, which can be associated with vuggy porosity, low content of calcite cement and karst development.
    Poor shows were described from drilled cuttings in Grid sand at 1475 m and in Heimdal sand at 1800 m. Shows from drilled cuttings in Zechstein were described as patchy even brown oil stain, even yellow direct fluorescence, weak blooming cut and weak patchy yellow residual. Oil shows (direct and cut fluorescence and spots of oil stain) continued in basement down to TD.
    Two cores were cut in the technical side-track from 1888.2 to 1907.5 m in the Permian Zechstein Group. MDT fluid samples were taken at 1474.5 m (oil with 3% mud contamination), 1808.5 m (gas-condensate and oil with <1% mud contamination), 1892.5 m (oil, no mud contamination), and 1985.7 m (formation water and filtrate).
    The well was permanently abandoned on 3 June 2018 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]
    560.00
    1881.00
  • 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
    1888.3
    1892.0
    [m ]
    2
    1892.5
    1904.3
    [m ]
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Total core sample length [m]
    15.5
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores available for sampling?
    YES
  • Palynological slides at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate

    Palynological slides at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Sample depth
    Depth unit
    Sample type
    Laboratory
    1240.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1320.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1380.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1430.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1475.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1490.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1502.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1520.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1535.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1547.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1565.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1580.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1620.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1640.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1660.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1680.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1700.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1740.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1770.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1779.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1785.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1788.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1791.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1797.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1803.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1809.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1815.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1821.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1827.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1833.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1839.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1842.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1845.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1848.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1851.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1857.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1860.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1890.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1896.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1898.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1899.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1903.5
    [m]
    C
    APT
    1905.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1914.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1923.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
    1935.0
    [m]
    DC
    APT
  • Lithostratigraphy

  • Logs

    Logs
    Log type
    Log top depth [m]
    Log bottom depth [m]
    FMI HRLA
    1857
    2018
    LWD - GR RES
    550
    1201
    LWD - GR RES DIR ECD
    1201
    2024
    LWD - GR RES DIR ECD NBGR
    1250
    1860
    LWD - GR RES NEU DEN CAL NBGR
    1201
    1893
    MDT
    1419
    1616
    MDT
    1892
    2002
    MDT CMR
    1857
    2012
    MSCT
    1870
    1967
    MSIP UIB
    1857
    2015
    PEX AIT MSIP
    1200
    1860
    PEX HNGS ECS CMR
    1857
    2008
    ZO VSP
    130
    2019
  • 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
    187.0
    36
    187.0
    0.00
    INTERM.
    13 3/8
    540.0
    17 1/2
    550.0
    1.49
    FIT
    INTERM.
    9 5/8
    1200.0
    12 1/4
    1201.0
    1.71
    FIT
    LINER
    7
    1857.2
    8 1/2
    1860.0
    1.51
    FIT
    OPEN HOLE
    2024.0
    8 1/2
    2024.0
    0.00
  • Drilling mud

    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    325
    1.10
    21.0
    KCl/Polymer/GEM
    550
    1.21
    13.0
    KCl/Polymer/GEM
    930
    1.10
    22.0
    KCl/Polymer/GEM
    1054
    1.21
    15.0
    KCl/Polymer/GEM
    1150
    1.22
    19.0
    Enviromul
    1174
    1.21
    17.0
    KCl/Polymer/GEM
    1201
    1.28
    24.0
    Enviromul
    1201
    1.20
    13.0
    KCl/Polymer/GEM
    1210
    1.22
    21.0
    Enviromul
    1305
    1.10
    22.0
    KCl/Polymer/GEM
    1407
    1.28
    25.0
    Enviromul
    1600
    1.10
    21.0
    KCl/Polymer/GEM
    1610
    1.28
    25.0
    Enviromul
    1876
    1.23
    21.0
    Enviromul
    1876
    1.28
    27.0
    Enviromul
    1893
    1.22
    20.0
    Enviromul
    1893
    1.15
    15.0
    Enviromul
    2005
    1.10
    14.0
    KCl/Polymer/GEM
    2024
    1.10
    14.0
    KCl/Polymer/GEM