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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.
    35/9-10 A
    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).
    APPRAISAL
    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.
    35/9-10
    Seismic location
    Position of spud location on seismic survey lines. SP: shotpoint.
    RD1201.inline 2306 & crossline 872
    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.
    Wintershall 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.
    1499-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.
    53
    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,
    26.11.2013
    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.
    16.01.2014
    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.
    16.01.2016
    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.
    16.01.2016
    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.
    APPRAISAL
    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.
    NO
    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 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.
    INTRA HEATHER FM SS
    Kelly bushing elevation [m]
    Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.
    24.0
    Water depth [m]
    Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.
    365.0
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    3203.0
    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).
    2862.0
    Maximum inclination [°]
    Maximum deviation, in degrees, from a vertical well path.Shown only for released wells.
    48
    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.
    MIDDLE 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.
    RANNOCH FM
    Geodetic datum
    Reference system for coordinates. Example of legal values: ED50.
    ED50
    NS degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, north-south degrees.
    61° 15' 7.1'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    3° 41' 3.9'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6791207.55
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    536725.04
    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.
    7321
  • Wellbore history

    General
    Well 35/9-10 A is a geologic sidetrack to 35/9-10 S. Sidetrack 35/9-10 was drilled to appraise the southwest flank of the 35/9-7 Skarfjell discovery. The Skarfjell discovery is situated on the Uer Terrace between the Fram and the Gjøa Fields in the North Sea. The primary objective was to prove additional reserves in the Late Jurassic Intra Heather Sandstones. Two such sandstones were expected.
    Operations and results
    Wildcat well 35/9-10 A was drilled with the semi-submersible installation Transocean Arctic. It was kicked off from 930 m in the primary well bore on 26 November 2013 and drilled to 976 m where it was observed that the BHA did not follow the planned well path. A new kick-off plug was placed and a second kick-off from 878.5 m was made. This well path is termed 35/9-10 AT2. It was drilled successfully to TD at 3203 m (2862 m TVD) m in the Middle Jurassic Rannoch Formation. The well was drilled deviated down to ca 2700 m and vertical from there to TD. The deviated section had a sail angle of ca 47 °. No significant problem was encountered in the operations. The well was drilled with seawater XP-07 oil based mud from kick-off to TD.
    Sidetrack 35/9-10 A, drilled near the top of the structure in the southwest, found a 59-meter gross gas column in the Intra Heather Sandstone 2 (IHS 2). The IHS 2 was penetrated from 2734.5 to 2793 m (2393 to 2451.5 m TVD). It had better reservoir properties than expected with a 66% N/G and an average porosity of 25%. Pressure data indicate that the gas cap is in communication with the oil proven in the 35/9-7 & -8 wells in the northern part of Skarfjell. The Intra Heather Sandstone 1 (IHS 1) was penetrated from 2932.5 to 2936.5 m (2590.9 to 2594.1 m TVD). It contained oil and had reservoir quality lower than expected: 53% N/G and an average porosity of 12%. Only one pressure point could be taken in the IHS 1, so no reliable gradient can be constructed, but the IHS 1 at 35/9-10 A does not seem to be in communication with the rest of Skarfjell. No oil shows were described other than in the Intra Heather sandstones.
    Four cores were cut. Core 1 was cut from 2776 to 2779 m, but recovered only 1.6 m (53% recovery). Cores 2 and 3 were cut from 2779 m to 2851 m with 100% recovery. Core 4 was cut from 2885 to 2921 m with 100% recovery.  RCX fluid samples were taken at 2753.1 m (IHS 2; gas/condensate), 2772.8 m (IHS 2; gas/condensate), 2826.4 m (IHS 2; gas/condensate), and 2934.5 m (oil).
    The well was permanently abandoned on 16 January 2014 as a gas and oil appraisal well.
    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]
    940.00
    3203.00
  • Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate

    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Comments
    Kjerneintervall 2833-2903 ikke tilgjengelig hos OD
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Core sample number
    Core sample - top depth
    Core sample - bottom depth
    Core sample depth - uom
    1
    2776.0
    2777.6
    [m ]
    2
    2779.0
    2814.8
    [m ]
    3
    2815.0
    2850.7
    [m ]
    4
    2885.0
    2922.0
    [m ]
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Total core sample length [m]
    110.1
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores available for sampling?
    YES
  • Lithostratigraphy

  • Logs

    Logs
    Log type
    Log top depth [m]
    Log bottom depth [m]
    DSL CN ZDL ORIT XMAC HDIL
    389
    3202
    GR CCL SBT VDL
    2225
    2721
    GR GEOWAVES
    501
    3203
    GR GXPL ORIT UXPL
    2720
    3194
    GR MREX FLEX
    2723
    2974
    GR PCOR
    2735
    2936
    GR R6TC IFX RCX SNLT
    2735
    3167
    LWD - DIR PWD
    389
    976
    LWD - DIR PWD GR RES
    454
    898
    LWD - DIR PWD GR RES SON
    976
    2733
    LWD - DIR PWD GR RES SON DEN NEU
    2733
    2766
    AAC ABR CAL DEN GR NEU REMP
    2851
    3203
  • 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
    INTERM.
    9 5/8
    2727.0
    12 1/4
    2733.0
    1.90
    OPEN HOLE
    3203.0
    8 1/2
    3203.0
    0.00
  • Drilling mud

    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    667
    1.02
    Sea water
    844
    1.36
    29.0
    Yellow XPO7
    973
    1.29
    23.0
    Yellow XP-07
    1266
    1.31
    23.0
    Yellow XP-07
    1625
    1.33
    24.0
    Yellow XP-07
    2453
    1.28
    35.0
    Yellow XPO7
    2733
    1.36
    30.0
    Yellow XP-07
    2776
    1.28
    22.0
    Yellow XPO7
    3203
    1.28
    23.0
    Yellow XPO7