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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.
    34/4-2
    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
    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
    Well name
    Official name of the parent well for the wellbore based on Norwegian Offshore Directorate guidelines for designation of wells and wellbores.
    34/4-2
    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.
    Saga Petroleum ASA
    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.
    242-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.
    80
    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,
    06.03.1980
    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.
    24.05.1980
    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.
    24.05.1982
    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.
    28.06.2007
    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.
    DRY
    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
    Kelly bushing elevation [m]
    Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.
    25.0
    Water depth [m]
    Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.
    322.0
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    3599.0
    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).
    3571.0
    Maximum inclination [°]
    Maximum deviation, in degrees, from a vertical well path.Shown only for released wells.
    20
    Bottom hole temperature [°C]
    Estimated temperature at final total depth of the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. See discription.
    120
    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.
    LUNDE FM
    Geodetic datum
    Reference system for coordinates. Example of legal values: ED50.
    ED50
    NS degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, north-south degrees.
    61° 30' 30.93'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    2° 4' 17.04'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6819953.53
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    450579.59
    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.
    228

  • Wellbore history
    General
    Well 34/4-2 is located in the northern North Sea, approximately 5 km west of the Snorre Field. The purpose of the well was to test the stratigraphic sequence below the Base Cretaceous Unconformity. The primary target was the Statfjord Formation, which was known from the license 037 area to contain porous sandstones of appreciable thicknesses.
    The secondary target was possible Brent Group / Late Jurassic sands immediately below the Base Cretaceous unconformity. Thirdly, well 34/4-2 was a stratigraphic test of the Triassic deposits between the Statfjord Formation and the Middle to Late Triassic sequence penetrated in well 34/4-1.
    Operations and results
    Wildcat well 34/4-2 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Byford Dolphin on 6 March 1980 and drilled to TD at 3599 m in the Late Triassic Lunde Formation. No significant incidents occurred during operations, but the well developed as much as 20 deg deviation towards TD, giving a TVD RKB of 3571 m, 28 m less than measured depth. The well was drilled with spud mud down to 816 m, with gypsum/lignosulphonate mud from 816 m to 1975 m, and with lignosulphonate mud from 1975 m to TD.
    The well penetrated Tertiary, Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic strata as required in the work programme for License 057. More than 900 m of Triassic deposits were penetrated in order to obtain stratigraphic information. The Statfjord Formation was eroded and the reservoir characteristics here were on large negative. The exception was the upper seven meter thick Eiriksson Member with a net/gross-value of 1.00 and an average porosity of 24.3%. The underlying Raude Member had a high clay content, which reduced prospectiveness to a N/G value of 0.18 and porosities only rarely exceeding 20%. The Jurassic sequence proved to be different from the expected with Dunlin Group claystones directly underlying Barremian limestones. Hence, no Brent/Late Jurassic sands were present.
    No significant indications of hydrocarbons were established during the drilling of the well. Coriband processing of the Jurassic/Triassic sequences indicated a varying amount of residual hydrocarbons to be present from 2990 m, but geochemical study of these intervals showed that these readings most likely were incorrect. Oil shows were reported in limestone and sandstone stringers of the Shetland Group, giving yellow to white fluorescence, moderately fast streaming bluish white cut, occasionally crush cut. In the Jurassic to Triassic sequence, the only reported show was from a few limestone grains, in the interval 3249 - 3256 m, with golden yellow fluorescence and slow streaming, milky white cut.
    One core was cut from the Dunlin Group and into the Eiriksson Member. No wire line fluid samples were taken. The bottom hole temperature at TD, from Horner corrected wire line temperatures, was 120 deg C.
    The well was permanently abandoned on 24 May 1980 as a dry well.
    Testing
    No production tests were performed as no significant hydrocarbon shows were encountered.

  • 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]
    480.00
    3600.00

  • 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
    2595.6
    2602.6
    [m ]
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Total core sample length [m]
    7.0
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores available for sampling?
    YES

  • Core photos
    Core photos
    Core photo at depth: 2595-2598m
    Core photo at depth: 2598-2600m
    Core photo at depth: 2600-2603m
    Core photo at depth:  
    Core photo at depth:  
    2595-2598m
    2598-2600m
    2600-2603m

  • 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
    451.0
    36
    451.0
    0.00
    LOT
    CONDUCTOR
    30
    461.0
    36
    451.0
    0.00
    LOT
    SURF.COND.
    20
    776.0
    26
    791.0
    1.47
    LOT
    INTERM.
    13 3/8
    1940.0
    17 1/2
    1950.0
    1.76
    LOT
    INTERM.
    9 5/8
    2785.0
    12 1/4
    2798.0
    1.87
    LOT
    LINER
    7
    3575.0
    8 1/2
    3575.0
    0.00
    LOT

  • Logs
    Logs
    Log type
    Log top depth [m]
    Log bottom depth [m]
    CBL VDL
    340
    2800
    CBL VDL
    340
    2800
    CST
    2811
    3595
    FDC CNL GR
    1963
    3598
    HDT
    1963
    3597
    ISF BHC GR
    477
    1972
    ISF BHC MSFL SP GR CAL
    1963
    3597
    RFT
    2599
    3517
    VELOCITY
    347
    3599

  • Lithostratigraphy

  • Geochemical information
    Geochemical information
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    pdf
    0.05
    pdf
    1.90

  • 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
    13.03

  • Drilling mud
    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    756
    1.08
    35.0
    seawater
    1975
    1.38
    68.0
    waterbased
    2405
    1.50
    48.0
    waterbased
    2610
    1.61
    67.0
    waterbased
    3010
    1.67
    48.0
    waterbased
    3600
    1.63
    54.0
    waterbased

  • Palynological slides at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Palynological slides at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Sample depth
    Depth unit
    Sample type
    Laboratory
    1110.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1140.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1170.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1200.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1230.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1260.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1290.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1320.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1350.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1380.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1410.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1440.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1470.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1500.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1530.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1560.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1590.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1620.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1650.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1670.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1690.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1720.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1750.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1780.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1800.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1810.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1820.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH
    1850.0
    [m]
    DC
    GEOCH