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Exploration wellbore: 25/11-19 SR

General information

NPDID wellbore: 3117
Well name: 25/11-19
Drilling operator name: Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S
Geodetic datum: ED50
Coordinates: 59° 12` 48.48`` N 2° 24` 06.88`` E
UTM coordinates: 6564126.95 N 465849.93 E
UTM zone: 31
Drilled in production licence: 001
Area: NORTH SEA
Discovery:25/11-1 BALDER
Field:BALDER
Drill permit: 811-L2
Drilling facility:WEST ALPHA
Drilling days: 6
Wellbore entry date: 01.05.1997
Wellbore completion date: 06.05.1997
Reentry activity:PLUGGING
Original wellbore purpose: APPRAISAL
Wellbore purpose: APPRAISAL
Wellbore status: P&A
Wellbore contents: OIL/GAS
Discovery wellbore: NO
Formation/age with hydrocarbons 1:INTRA BALDER FM SS / EOCENE
Formation/age with hydrocarbons 2:HERMOD FM / PALEOCENE
Seismic location: B88 Inline 207 Xline 687
Kelly bushing elevation (KB) [m]: 25
Water depth [m]: 129
Total Depth (MD) [m]: 2250
Final vertical depth (TVD) [m]: 2044
Max inclination [°]: 39.16
Bottom hole temperature [°C]:
Oldest penetrated age: LATE TRIASSIC
Oldest penetrated formation: STATFJORD FM
Note: All depths, except the water depth, are relative to kelly bushing (RKB)

Wellbore history

General

Well 25/11-19 S was drilled on Licence 001, awarded in the first licence round in 1965. It was the last appraisal well on the Balder Field before it was decided to go ahead with Plan for Development in 1995. The well was located to penetrate the top reservoir of " Balder Mound 6" in a well-defined structurally high position. The primary target was a massive sand in the Hermod Formation; the secondary target was the Eocene Balder Formation Sand. The general objective of well 25/11-19 S was to reduce the range of uncertainty associated with the reserve basis for Balder Mound 6. The well was drilled as a directional well for potential re-entry as a future horizontal producer.

Operations and results

Appraisal well 25/11-19 S was spudded with the semi-submersible installation "Vildkat Explorer" on 24 April 1995 and drilled to TD at 2250 m (2019 m TVD SS) in Triassic (Late Rhaetian) sediments of the Statfjord Formation. The well was drilled with seawater spud mud down to 1015 m and with oil based "Safemul" mud from 1015 m to TD. Shallow gas was neither prognosed nor observed. The well was drilled vertically down to 1032 m before starting to build angle and at top of the primary target, the Hermod sand, the deviation was 38.2deg. at an azimuth of 170.4deg. An 8 1/2" inch hole was drilled to an intermediate depth of 2096 m where an extensive wire line logging program was performed. Then an 8 1/2" hole was drilled to TD of 2250 m and final logging was performed. The 25/11-19 S confirmed oil in the Hermod sand. A good oil water contact was defined by wire line logs, extensive MDT sampling and pressures at 1922.5 m (1760.5 m TVD SS) in the Hermod reservoir sand. Furthermore, gas reserves were proved in the secondary target, the Balder Formation sand, and pressure data indicated a potential GOC at 1839.2 m (1694.8 m TVD SS). Three cores were cut in the Sele and Hermod Formations from 1871 to 1937 m. Wire line fluid samples were taken at 9 different depths using the MDT tool: gas was sampled at 1815.5 m, 1815.6 m, 1816.1 m, and 1834.1 m in the Balder Formation; oil was sampled at 1898 m, 1901.9 m, and 1920 m in the Hermod Formation; and water was sampled at 1182.7 m& in the Skade Formation and at 1961.6 m in the Hermod Formation. The well was plugged below the 13 3/8" casing and temporarily abandoned for possible re-entry as a horizontal oil producer. The well (25/11-19 S R) was re-entered and plugged using the semi-submersible installation "West Alpha" on 1 May 1997. It was permanently abandoned as an oil and gas appraisal well on 6 May 1997.

Testing

No drill stem test was performed.

Cuttings available at the NPD

No cuttings in this wellbore.

Cores available at the NPD

No cores in this wellbore.

Scanned core photos

No scanned core photos available

Palynological slides available at the NPD

No palynological slides in this wellbore.

Oil samples available at the NPD

No oil samples available.

Casing and leak-off tests

No data available.

Mud

No mud data available.

Drill stem test

No drill stem test in this wellbore.

Available logs

No logs available.

Lithostratigraphy

Top depth [m] Litostratigraphic unit
154 NORDLAND GP
597 UTSIRA FM
713 NO FORMAL NAME
763 HORDALAND GP
763 SKADE FM
953 NO FORMAL NAME
1077 SKADE FM
1087 NO FORMAL NAME
1169 SKADE FM
1190 NO FORMAL NAME
1792 ROGALAND GP
1792 BALDER FM
1823 INTRA BALDER FM SS
1833 BALDER FM
1865 SELE FM
1891 HERMOD FM
1893 SELE FM
1897 HERMOD FM
1985 SELE FM
1996 LISTA FM
2045 SHETLAND GP
2045 EKOFISK FM
2050 TOR FM
2085 HOD FM
2137 CROMER KNOLL GP
2168 VIKING GP
2168 DRAUPNE FM
2200 NO GROUP DEFINED
2200 STATFJORD FM

Composite log

No composite log presently available.

Geochemical information available at the NPD

No geochemical data presently available. Regional geochemical studies which include data from this well may however be filed on a different well.

Documents reported by the licencees (period for duty of secrecy expired)

No documents presently available.



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