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30/3-7 B

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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.
    30/3-7 B
    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.
    RE-CLASS TO TEST
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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.
    30/3-7
    Seismic location
    Position of spud location on seismic survey lines. SP: shotpoint.
    LINE 229/CDP 753
    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.
    910-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.
    77
    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,
    20.05.1998
    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.
    04.08.1998
    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.
    04.08.2000
    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.
    07.11.2005
    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.
    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.
    BRENT GP
    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.
    EARLY JURASSIC
    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.
    COOK FM
    Kelly bushing elevation [m]
    Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.
    56.0
    Water depth [m]
    Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.
    175.0
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    5970.0
    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).
    4217.0
    Maximum inclination [°]
    Maximum deviation, in degrees, from a vertical well path.Shown only for released wells.
    67.2
    Bottom hole temperature [°C]
    Estimated temperature at final total depth of the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. See discription.
    153
    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.
    COOK FM
    Geodetic datum
    Reference system for coordinates. Example of legal values: ED50.
    ED50
    NS degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, north-south degrees.
    60° 46' 57.98'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    2° 53' 51.95'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6738755.54
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    494432.48
    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.
    3229

  • Wellbore history
    General
    Well 30/3-7 S was planned to drill the B-Prospect of the Veslefrikk field, but found hydrocarbons in various small fault segments on the edge of the Veslefrikk horst, and never reached the B-Prospect. Well 30/3-7 A, that was plugged back, was the first well to penetrate the Brent Group in the B-Prospect as a pilot hole for 30/3-7 B. Well 30/3-7 B was the first well to be drilled through the C-segment, and into the B-prospect west of the Main Veslefrikk Field.
    The main objectives for well 30/3-7 B were to explore the sand potential and possible hydrocarbons in the C-segment, and in the B-prospect. The well would be utilized as a producer if sufficient amount of hydrocarbons were found. Because of total depth deeper than 4000 m TVD the well was classified as a HPHT well.
    Operations and results
    Wildcat well 30/3-7 B was drilled from the fixed surface installation Veslefrikk A as a sidetrack from well 30/3-7 S higher up than 30/3-7A (2066 m TVD/2780 m MD versus 2397 m TVD/ 3336 m MD). It was kicked off on 20 May 1998. The well was drilled to 5970 m MD/4217 m TVD RKB in the Dunlin Group. The mud used, from kick-off to TD, was Interdrill, a pseudo-oil based mud system.
    The base Cretaceous/top Viking Group was penetrated at 4259 m MD/3100 m TVD, 10 m shallow. Hydrocarbon filled Brent Group slump blocks (approximately 40 m reservoir sandstone) was encountered just below base Cretaceous at 4271.5 m MD/3107.7 m TVD. The lower 20 m is recognized as the Oseberg informal Formation B2A/B.
    Two cores were cut (7 and 4 m) just above the main slump plane. They consisted of brittle Drake Formation shales that caused frequent jamming and very short cores. The slump plane was penetrated only 5 m shallower than prognosed.
    The C-segment contains hydrocarbon filled Intra Dunlin Sand (IDS), which came in 32 m shallow. The reservoir quality in this location is poor. Three major faults have been observed between the C-segment and the B-prospect. The throws are approximately 400, 150 and 400 meters.
    The fault block VF west 1 (produced in well 30/3-7S) was encountered close to prognosis, but the stratigraphy came in deeper, with unexpected 24 m TVD of sandy Ness Fm. The main fault to the B-prospect came in 80 m further to the west than prognosed, giving a total width of the VF west 1 block of 200 m. Two cores were cut from 4346 m to 4358.5 m in the L-prospect, just above the main slump plane. One oriented core was cut from 5715 m to 5740 m in the Oseberg Informal Formation in the B-prospect. Two MDT runs were made in the interval 4290 m to 5917 m, for pressure points and fluid sampling. Fluid samples were taken at 4290.5 m (mud filtrate and gas), 4674.9 m, and 5902.8 m.
    The well was completed on 4 August 1998 as an oil/gas discovery. In January 1999 it was perforated over the intervals 5139 -5145 and 5163 - 5179 m MD and reclassified to production test well 30/3-T-7 B.
    Testing
    No drill stem test was performed.

  • 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
    4346.0
    4353.2
    [m ]
    2
    4354.0
    4358.5
    [m ]
    3
    5715.0
    5740.2
    [m ]
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Total core sample length [m]
    37.0
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores available for sampling?
    YES

  • Core photos
    Core photos
    Core photo at depth: 4346-4351m
    Core photo at depth: 4351-4356m
    Core photo at depth: 4356-4358m
    Core photo at depth: 5715-5720m
    Core photo at depth: 5720-5725m
    4346-4351m
    4351-4356m
    4356-4358m
    5715-5720m
    5720-5725m
    Core photo at depth: 5725-5730m
    Core photo at depth: 5730-5735m
    Core photo at depth: 5735-5740m
    Core photo at depth: 5740-5741m
    Core photo at depth:  
    5725-5730m
    5730-5735m
    5735-5740m
    5740-5741m

  • Lithostratigraphy

  • Composite logs
    Composite logs
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    pdf
    0.49

  • Geochemical information
    Geochemical information
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    pdf
    0.57

  • 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
    2.14
    .pdf
    22.98

  • Logs
    Logs
    Log type
    Log top depth [m]
    Log bottom depth [m]
    AMS CNT LDL BHC CMR GR
    4208
    5960
    MDT CMR GR
    5131
    5355
    MDT GR
    4290
    4396
    MDTCMR GR
    4301
    5903
    MWD - GR RES DIR
    2784
    5970
    UIB AIT
    0
    0

  • 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
    4287.0
    12 1/4
    4290.0
    1.65
    LOT
    LINER
    5
    5962.0
    8 3/8
    5962.0
    0.00
    LOT

  • Drilling mud
    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    2780
    1.60
    46.0
    INTERDRILL NT
    4292
    1.53
    41.0
    INTERDRILL NT
    4778
    1.53
    46.0
    INTERDRILL NT
    5125
    1.53
    45.0
    INTERDRILL NT
    5170
    1.53
    40.0
    INTERDRILL NT
    5272
    1.50
    41.0
    INTERDRILL NT
    5320
    1.53
    42.0
    INTERDRILL NT
    5377
    1.53
    43.0
    INTERDRILL NT
    5757
    1.53
    48.0
    INTERDRILL NT
    5970
    1.53
    48.0
    INTERDRILL NT

  • Thin sections at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Thin sections at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Depth
    Unit
    4346.40
    [m ]
    4351.65
    [m ]

  • 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
    0.23