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16/7-8 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.
    16/7-8 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
    Well name
    Official name of the parent well for the wellbore based on Norwegian Offshore Directorate guidelines for designation of wells and wellbores.
    16/7-8
    Seismic location
    Position of spud location on seismic survey lines. SP: shotpoint.
    Es9401 R99- inline 1039 & crossline6364
    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.
    Esso Exploration and Production Norway 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.
    1043-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.
    33
    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,
    17.12.2002
    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.
    19.01.2003
    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.
    19.01.2005
    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.
    11.02.2005
    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.
    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.
    23.0
    Water depth [m]
    Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.
    79.5
    Total depth (MD) [m RKB]
    Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).
    2900.0
    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).
    2645.3
    Maximum inclination [°]
    Maximum deviation, in degrees, from a vertical well path.Shown only for released wells.
    37.8
    Bottom hole temperature [°C]
    Estimated temperature at final total depth of the wellbore. Shown only for released wells. See discription.
    104
    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.
    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.
    SKAGERRAK FM
    Geodetic datum
    Reference system for coordinates. Example of legal values: ED50.
    ED50
    NS degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, north-south degrees.
    58° 20' 22.06'' N
    EW degrees
    Geographic coordinate of the wellhead, east-west degrees.
    2° 0' 35.15'' E
    NS UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, north-south.
    6467078.59
    EW UTM [m]
    Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate of the wellhead, east-west.
    442021.30
    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.
    4612

  • Wellbore history
    General
    Wildcat well 16/7-8 S was drilled in a water depth of 79.5 m in PL072B to test the hydrocarbon potential of the Beta West prospect 3km north of the Sigyn field, 3km east of the Sleipner East Field.
    The Beta West prospect is located in the Ling Graben, south of the Utsira High, on the eastern margin of the South Viking Graben. The primary reservoir and the main target of the well were continental, fluvial sandstones (red beds) of the Skagerrak Formation with thin Upper Jurassic shallow marine sandstone, overlaying the Skagerrak Formation. The Beta West structure is defined by a 4-way dip closure.
    Operations and results
    The well was spudded with the semi-submersible installation "Deepsea Bergen" on 17 December 2002 and drilled deviated to a total depth of 2900 m MD (2645.5 mTVD) in the Triassic Skagerrak Formation. The well was drilled as a deviated well due to shallow gas concerns on the vertical well location. The well was drilled using sea water/high viscosity sweeps down to 445 m, with Glydril (KCl/Glycol WBM) from 445 m to 1319 m and Versavert OBM from 1319 m to TD. Shallow gas was expected at 234 m TVD and at 634 m TVD. Sandstones were observed in both intervals but proved to be water wet. The top of the reservoir was penetrated at 2585 m TVD, 25 m deeper than prognosed. The reservoir consists of approx. 21 m (vertical thickness) with Jurassic sandstone above the Skagerrak Formation. The base of the Skagerrak Formation was not penetrated in this well. The reservoirs proved to be water bearing without any indications of hydrocarbons.
    No wireline logs were run in this well. MWD logs were run as follows: gamma ray and resistivity in all sections from the 30" casing shoe to TD. Pressure while drilling was recorded in the 9 7/8" pilot hole and in the 8 1/2" section. Neutron and density were logged in the 8 1/2" hole. One oriented core was cut in the interval 2827 - 2874.5 m MD, but only 2.9 m out of 47.5 m were recovered. The recovered interval (2827 - 2829.9 m MD) represents the Hugin Formation. The low core recovery (6.1%) was due to jamming of the bit when the drillstring was rotated without circulation with the bit at bottom. This is not according to procedures and should be avoided. Acquisition of the orientation data proved to be trouble-free. No fluid sample was collected. No formation pressure data was measured in this well. The pore pressure evaluation is based on MWD log data and drilling parameters. A normal pore pressure gradient is estimated down to approximately 1400 m TVD RKB where an increase starts and continues through the Hordaland Group. The highest pore pressure is assumed at 2000 m TVD RKB, in the Balder Formation, with a gradient of 1.20 g/cm3. A decrease of the gradient is calculated through the Sele and Lista formations. A low gradient is assumed through the Ekofisk Formation, and a slight increase is assumed in the Cromer Knoll shale sequence. At the top of the Upper Jurassic/Skagerrak sandstone a pore pressure gradient of 1.16 g/cm3 is estimated in the water filled reservoir. At TD a pore pressure of 1.14 g/cm3 is assumed. No pressure points were conducted so the pore pressure in the reservoir is based on prognosis.
    The well was permanently plugged and abandoned on 19 January 2003 as a dry 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]
    460.00
    2900.00

  • 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
    2827.0
    2829.9
    [m ]
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Total core sample length [m]
    2.9
    Cores at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
    Cores available for sampling?
    YES

  • Core photos
    Core photos
    Core photo at depth: 2827-2829m
    Core photo at depth:  
    Core photo at depth:  
    Core photo at depth:  
    Core photo at depth:  
    2827-2829m

  • Lithostratigraphy

  • Composite logs
    Composite logs
    Document name
    Document format
    Document size [MB]
    pdf
    0.51

  • 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
    6.39
    .pdf
    4.12

  • 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
    SURF.COND.
    30
    149.0
    36
    150.0
    0.00
    LOT
    INTERM.
    13 3/8
    442.0
    17 1/2
    444.0
    1.51
    LOT
    INTERM.
    9 7/8
    1316.0
    12 1/4
    1317.0
    1.58
    LOT
    OPEN HOLE
    2900.0
    8 1/2
    2900.0
    0.00
    LOT

  • Drilling mud
    Drilling mud
    Depth MD [m]
    Mud weight [g/cm3]
    Visc. [mPa.s]
    Yield point [Pa]
    Mud type
    Date measured
    805
    1.13
    12.0
    GLYDRIL 10
    1319
    1.18
    12.0
    GLYDRIL 10
    1492
    1.42
    38.0
    VERSAVERT 41
    2143
    1.45
    34.0
    VERSAVERT 41
    2605
    1.45
    31.0
    VERSAVERT 41
    2801
    1.45
    36.0
    VERSAVERT 41
    2827
    1.45
    36.0
    VERSAVERT 41
    2875
    1.45
    33.0
    VERSAVERT 41
    2900
    1.45
    34.0
    VERSAVERT 41