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Exploration wellbore: 2/6-3

General information

NPDID wellbore: 64
Well name: 2/6-3
Drilling operator name: Elf Petroleum Norge AS
Geodetic datum: ED50
Coordinates: 56° 31` 49.32`` N 3° 49` 25.38`` E
UTM coordinates: 6265553.75 N 550669.46 E
UTM zone: 31
Drilled in production licence: 008
Area: NORTH SEA
Drill permit: 352-L
Drilling facility:BYFORD DOLPHIN
Drilling days: 109
Wellbore entry date: 09.11.1982
Wellbore completion date: 25.02.1983
Original wellbore purpose: WILDCAT
Wellbore purpose: WILDCAT
Wellbore status: P&A
Wellbore contents: DRY
Discovery wellbore: NO
Seismic location: 8180 223 SP 84,5 & 980 401 SP 267
Kelly bushing elevation (KB) [m]: 25
Water depth [m]: 71
Total Depth (MD) [m]: 4060
Final vertical depth (TVD) [m]: 4060
Max inclination [°]:
Bottom hole temperature [°C]: 134
Oldest penetrated age: PRE-DEVONIAN
Oldest penetrated formation: BASEMENT
Note: All depths, except the water depth, are relative to kelly bushing (RKB)

Wellbore history

General

Well 2/6-3 is located on the north western flank of the Mandal High between the Søgne Basin and the Central Graben in the North Sea.It was drilled to test possible hydrocarbon accumulations in Late and Middle Jurassic sandstones. A third objective was to reconnoitre below base Permian.

Operations and results

Wildcat well 2/6-3 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Byford Dolphin on 9 November 1982 and drilled to TD at 4060 m, 270 meter into pre-Late Devonian basement rock. Technical problems occurred in the 12 1/4" section due to twist-off of Kelly saver, loss of 2700 m logging cable in hole, and 9 5/8" casing hanger collapse, causing a total of 203 hrs lost time. In the 8 1/2" section an anchor chain parted during a storm and four days were lost waiting on weather and re-anchoring. The well was drilled with water based mud.

In the Late Jurassic only marine shales were encountered. At 3545 m, 200 m higher than prognosed a Middle Jurassic, fluvial sandstone of Bajocian age (Bryne Formation) was found water bearing. A sequence of anhydrite, dolomite and pure anhydrite was found below the Triassic red-shales, but no salt or Rotliegendes reservoir rocks were encountered. The Permian anhydrite was followed by a series of slated shales and phyllitic rocks, getting progressively more and more deformed, and with an introduction of metamorphism towards TD. Rb-Sr dating on 1-micron fraction material from 3875 m gave an age of 376 Ma in the Late Devonian. No oil shows were reported from the well. Background gas was recorded down to top Permian. No gas was recorded below top Permian.

Three cores were cut. K1was cut at 3551 - 3560 m in Bryne Formation sandstone with 85% recovery. K2 was cut at 3886 - 3895 m in basement rock with 11% recovery (one meter, presumed to be from the top of the interval), and K3 was cut in basement at TD with 58% recovery. RFT pressure points were obtained but no wire line fluid samples were taken.

The well was permanently abandoned on 25 February 1983 as a dry well.

Testing

No drill stem test was performed.

Cuttings available at the NPD

Interval [m]: 180.00 - 4053.00

Cores available at the NPD

Core length [m]: 12.60

Core number Interval
1 3551-3558.7
2 3886-3887
3 4053-4056.9

Scanned core photos

No scanned core photos available

Palynological slides available at the NPD

Oil samples available at the NPD

No oil samples available.

Casing and leak-off tests

Type Casing diam. [inch] Depth below KB [m] Hole diam. [inch] Hole depth below KB [m] Lot mud eqv. [g/cm3]
CONDUCTOR 30 155.0 36
SURF.COND. 20 793.0 26 803.0 1.75
INTERM. 13 3/8 2494.0 17 1/2 2504.0 1.70
INTERM. 9 5/8 3435.0 12 1/4 3449.0 1.95
LINER 7 3910.0 8 1/2 4060.0

Mud

Depth MD [m] Mud weight [g/cm3] Visc. [MPa.s] Yield [pnt Pa.] Mud type Date measured
100 1.06 waterbased
350 1.11 waterbased
820 1.14 waterbased
1350 1.18 waterbased
1700 1.24 waterbased
2545 1.34 waterbased
3160 1.52 waterbased
3520 1.61 waterbased
3780 1.57 waterbased

Drill stem test

No drill stem test in this wellbore.

Available logs

Log type Intervals logged [m]
ISF SLS GR 157 - 4061
LDL CAL GR 157 - 2503
LDL CNL CAL GR 2417 - 4062
HDT 2417 - 3450
HDT 3437 - 4062
CBL VDL 91 - 2497
CST GR 2505 - 3443
CST GR 3452 - 4025
CST GR 3464 - 3850
NGS 3437 - 4052
VELOCITY 840 - 3889
RFT 3602 - 3548

Lithostratigraphy

Top depth [m] Litostratigraphic unit
96 NORDLAND GP
1530 HORDALAND GP
2818 ROGALAND GP
2818 BALDER FM
2827 SELE FM
2870 LISTA FM
2918 VÅLE FM
2940 SHETLAND GP
2940 EKOFISK FM
3020 TOR FM
3225 HOD FM
3391 TYNE GP
3391 MANDAL FM
3427 FARSUND FM
3545 VESTLAND GP
3545 BRYNE FM
3638 NO GROUP DEFINED
3638 SMITH BANK FM
3729 ZECHSTEIN GP
3790 NO FORMAL NAME
3918 BASEMENT

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)

2_6_3_Completion_Report_Geological (Format:PDF. Size: 15.622 Mb )
2_6_3_Completion_log (Format:PDF. Size: 1.920 Mb )
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Old NPD WDSS reports, NPD papers and other related documents

WDSS_General_Information (Format:PDF. Size: 0.159 Mb )
WDSS_completion_log (Format:PDF. Size: 0.331 Mb )
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