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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.
    30/3-9
    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
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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.
    30/3-9
    Seismic location
    Position of spud location on seismic survey lines. SP: shotpoint.
    Crossline 1515- Inline 877 St98M7
    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.
    Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s
    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.
    972-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.
    69
    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,
    24.04.2000
    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.
    01.07.2000
    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.
    01.07.2002
    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.
    18.12.2002
    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.
    GAS/CONDENSATE
    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.
    NESS FM
    Kelly bushing elevation [m]
    Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.
    18.0
    Water depth [m]
    Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.
    123.0
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    4015.0
    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).
    4010.0
    Maximum inclination [°]
    Maximum deviation, in degrees, from a vertical well path.Shown only for released wells.
    10.74
    Bottom hole temperature [°C]
    Estimated temperature at final total depth of the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. See discription.
    142
    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.
    EARLY JURASSIC
    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.
    DRAKE FM
    Geodetic datum
    Reference system for coordinates. Example of legal values: ED50.
    ED50
    NS degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, north-south degrees.
    60° 47' 34.27'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    2° 41' 43.29'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6739912.52
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    483415.22
    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.
    4053

  • Wellbore history
    General
    The purpose of well 30/3-9 was to prove minimum economical volumes of hydrocarbons in the Brent Group within the C-prospect, and to possibly identify a down flank hydrocarbon/water contact within the Brent Group. The C-prospect is situated within an easterly dipping terrace, north of the Oseberg platform. The 30/3-9 well was the first well drilled on this structural segment.
    Operations and results
    Wildcat well 30/3-9 was spudded on 24 April 2000 with the semi-submersible installation "West Alpha" and drilled to a total depth of 4015 m in the Early Jurassic Drake Formation. No shallow gas was encountered. The well was drilled with seawater with hi-vis pills and bentonite mud down to 1027 m, and with KCl/polymer/glycol mud ("Glydril" with 3.5 % glycol) from 1027 m to 2466 m. The well was then displaced to oil based "VersaPro" mud and drilled with this mud through the 12 1/4" section to 3712 m. Circulation was lost at 3644 m and 294 m3 "VersaPro" was lost to the formation. The 8 1/2" section (3712 m to TD) was drilled with KCl/polymer/glycol mud ("Glydril" with 2.5 % glycol). Thin gas-charged stringers were encountered at 2113 m (sandstone in the Lista Formation), 2526 m and 2541 m (limestone in the Jorsalfare Formation). The reservoir of the Brent Group was expected to comprise a complete set of formations. However, only the Ness and Oseberg Formations were conclusively present. The absence of the Tarbert Formation is due to erosion. From the image log (FMI), a fault zone was recognized within the Brent Group in the interval between 3900 m and 3909 m. The absence of the Etive/Rannoch Formations (and possibly, the upper part of the Oseberg Formation) is due to faulting. It is possible that the uppermost 3 m of the 19 m thick lower sand (from 3904 to 3907 m) in the reservoir represents the Etive Formation. However, this is not conclusive and the sands are thus assigned to the Oseberg Formation in this report.
    The uppermost sandstone layer in the Ness Formation, from 3815 m to 3819 m, contained gas/condensate. This was confirmed by MDT sampling. The remaining sandstones in Ness/Oseberg Formations were water wet. MDT fluid sampling gave water in the Oseberg Formation (3909.3 m), water in the Ness Formation (3838.5 m), and gas/condensate in the Ness Formation (3816.0 m). One core was cut from 3899 m in the Ness Formation. The core jammed after 1 m. 30/3-9 was permanently abandoned on July 1 2000 as a gas/condensate 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]
    1040.00
    4015.00

  • 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
    3899.0
    3900.0
    [m ]
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Total core sample length [m]
    1.0
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores available for sampling?
    YES

  • Core photos
    Core photos
    Core photo at depth: 3899-3900m
    Core photo at depth:  
    Core photo at depth:  
    Core photo at depth:  
    Core photo at depth:  
    3899-3900m

  • Palynological slides at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Palynological slides at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Sample depth
    Depth unit
    Sample type
    Laboratory
    3807.0
    [m]
    SWC
    WESTLB
    3807.0
    [m]
    SWC
    WESTLB
    3813.0
    [m]
    SWC
    WESTLB
    3824.0
    [m]
    SWC
    WESTLB
    3925.0
    [m]
    SWC
    WESTLB

  • 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
    CONDENSATE
    YES

  • Lithostratigraphy

  • Composite logs
    Composite logs
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    pdf
    0.54

  • Geochemical information
    Geochemical information
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    pdf
    1.45

  • 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
    64.73
    .PDF
    52.50

  • Logs
    Logs
    Log type
    Log top depth [m]
    Log bottom depth [m]
    DITE DSI LDT ACTS GR
    2452
    3719
    DLT MSFL LDT CNT GR
    3712
    4023
    DSI CSI (VSP) GR
    1816
    3925
    DSI LDL LEH QT GR
    1020
    2459
    FMI GR
    3687
    3949
    MDT GR
    3809
    3919
    MSCT GR
    3807
    3925
    MWD - ARC
    3712
    4015
    MWD - CDR
    203
    3712
    VSP
    1860
    4000

  • 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
    201.0
    36
    201.0
    0.00
    LOT
    INTERM.
    20
    1019.0
    26
    1019.0
    1.60
    LOT
    INTERM.
    13 3/8
    2452.0
    17 1/2
    2454.0
    1.91
    LOT
    INTERM.
    9 5/8
    3707.0
    12 1/4
    3707.0
    2.05
    LOT
    OPEN HOLE
    4015.0
    8 1/2
    4015.0
    0.00
    LOT

  • Drilling mud
    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    180
    1.03
    DUMMY
    730
    1.60
    15.0
    GLYDRILL
    737
    1.82
    22.0
    GLYDRILL
    748
    1.60
    16.0
    GLYDRILL
    905
    1.82
    23.0
    GLYDRILL
    950
    1.82
    25.0
    GLYDRILL
    1027
    1.20
    DUMMY
    1328
    1.24
    12.0
    GLYDRILL
    1879
    1.45
    18.0
    GLYDRILL
    2113
    1.60
    26.0
    GLYDRILL
    2123
    1.60
    24.0
    GLYDRILL
    2159
    1.58
    19.0
    GLYDRILL
    2460
    1.60
    24.0
    GLYDRILL
    2463
    1.61
    21.0
    GLYDRILL
    2542
    1.75
    50.0
    VERSAPRO
    2542
    1.78
    50.0
    VERSAPRO
    2885
    1.75
    50.0
    VERSAPRO
    3438
    1.78
    51.0
    VERSAPRO
    3457
    1.78
    50.0
    VERSAPRO
    3536
    1.81
    53.0
    VERSAPRO
    3707
    1.82
    48.0
    VERSAPRO
    3712
    1.82
    48.0
    VERSAPRO
    3718
    1.89
    26.0
    VERSAPRO
    3808
    1.91
    31.0
    GLYDRILL
    3810
    1.91
    26.0
    GLYDRILL
    3899
    1.91
    28.0
    GLYDRILL
    3909
    1.91
    32.0
    GLYDRILL
    3926
    1.91
    29.0
    GLYDRILL
    3975
    1.91
    30.0
    GLYDRILL
    4015
    1.91
    28.0
    GLYDRILL

  • Pressure plots
    Pressure plots
    The pore pressure data is sourced from well logs if no other source is specified. In some wells where pore pressure logs do not exist, information from Drill stem tests and kicks have been used. The data has been reported to the NPD, and further processed and quality controlled by IHS Markit.
    Pressure plots
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    pdf
    0.22