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Brent Gp

Brent Gp is a group on the Norwegian shelf. 405 wellbores have a top filed in it, at a median of 3,065 m along the wellbore, and 196 were cored in it for 16,090.2 m of core.

405: wellbores with a top
3,065: m median top · 2,198 to 4,393 for the middle 80%
196: wellbores cored in it
16,090.2: m of core

SODIR FACTPAGES · DEPTHS ALONG THE WELLBORE · NORTH SEA 405

Every wellbore with a top in Brent Gp →Cores from wellbores cored in Brent Gp →

Units within it

Ness Fm → 294 wellbores · 5,406.6 m core
Etive Fm → 245 wellbores · 2,086.3 m core
Rannoch Fm → 233 wellbores · 2,334.6 m core
Tarbert Fm → 233 wellbores · 4,340.8 m core
Oseberg Fm → 74 wellbores · 915.7 m core
Broom Fm → 42 wellbores · 39.1 m core

Most core

TOP 100 OF 196 · BY METRES CORED IN THE UNIT

Wellbore	Core here, m	Operator	Entered	Core samples available
34/10-17	279.3	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Feb 22, 1983	Yes
34/10-16	272.6	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Dec 14, 1982	Yes
34/10-34	272.3	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Apr 10, 1991	Yes
34/10-33	231.3	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Sep 25, 1988	Yes
30/9-3	223	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Dec 31, 1983	Yes
34/10-23	216.6	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	May 6, 1985	Yes
34/7-14	212.7	Saga Petroleum ASA	Sep 28, 1989	Yes
30/11-14	201.2	Statoil Petroleum AS	Jun 7, 2016	Yes
34/7-19	199.1	Saga Petroleum ASA	Sep 24, 1991	Yes
30/9-14	197.6	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Mar 16, 1993	Yes
30/9-3 A	196	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Feb 26, 1984	Yes
30/8-1 S	194.1	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Nov 1, 1994	Yes
34/8-1	194	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Nov 11, 1985	Yes
35/11-6	186.8	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	Jan 30, 1992	Yes
35/4-1	180.2	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Dec 23, 1996	Yes
30/2-3	179.4	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jun 11, 1992	Yes
35/8-1	178.4	Norwegian Gulf Exploration Company AS	Jul 27, 1980	Yes
35/10-1	172.5	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Aug 1, 1991	Yes
30/6-30	169	Faroe Petroleum Norge AS	Oct 19, 2018	Yes
30/9-2	166.9	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Apr 1, 1983	Yes
34/7-12	165.4	Saga Petroleum ASA	Oct 11, 1987	Yes
30/11-9 A	162	Statoil Petroleum AS	Nov 14, 2013	Yes
30/9-13 S	161.2	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jul 5, 1991	Yes
34/10-54 S	157.7	Statoil Petroleum AS	Sep 2, 2013	Yes
34/8-5	156.1	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Feb 18, 1991	Yes
30/6-9	156.1	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Aug 28, 1982	Yes
34/11-2 S	153.5	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jan 16, 1996	Yes
30/2-2	153.5	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Dec 19, 1984	Yes
34/8-8	152.8	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jun 30, 1992	Yes
35/10-10 A	152.6	Wellesley Petroleum AS	Jun 13, 2023	Yes
35/10-7 S	141.3	Equinor Energy AS	Nov 2, 2021	Yes
35/10-10 S	138.9	Wellesley Petroleum AS	Apr 4, 2023	Yes
34/10-1	135.7	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jun 20, 1978	Yes
30/3-5 S	135.5	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	May 1, 1992	Yes
30/3-6 S	135	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Dec 26, 1993	Yes
35/11-21 S	134.6	Wellesley Petroleum AS	Jul 26, 2018	Yes
30/9-8 R	134.2	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Aug 15, 1989	Yes
34/11-1	134.1	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jul 7, 1994	Yes
33/9-3	133.1	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	Sep 15, 1974	Yes
30/9-4 S	130.3	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Nov 22, 1984	Yes
30/6-7	127.7	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	May 20, 1982	Yes
35/11-5	124.6	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	Jun 27, 1991	Yes
34/10-8	123.8	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Mar 3, 1980	Yes
30/6-22	122.3	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	May 21, 1988	Yes
30/8-3	121	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Nov 13, 1997	Yes
34/10-14	120.3	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Dec 24, 1981	Yes
35/11-2	120.2	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	Jul 20, 1987	Yes
29/6-1	120.1	BP Norway Limited U.A.	Oct 12, 1981	Yes
30/4-2	120	BP Norway Limited U.A.	Nov 16, 1979	Yes
30/9-12	118	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Apr 7, 1991	Yes
34/7-16	117.8	Saga Petroleum ASA	Jun 28, 1990	Yes
34/8-3	117.6	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jul 14, 1988	Yes
30/12-3 S	117.3	Aker BP ASA	Oct 24, 2023	Yes
34/7-17	115.7	Saga Petroleum ASA	Feb 25, 1991	Yes
34/8-11	113.5	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Dec 10, 1993	Yes
34/8-3 A	111.9	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Sep 14, 1988	Yes
30/3-4	110.6	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Feb 5, 1985	Yes
35/11-7	109.5	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	Jul 23, 1992	Yes
30/9-10	109.4	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jul 31, 1990	Yes
35/11-21 A	108.5	Wellesley Petroleum AS	Sep 6, 2018	Yes
30/6-23	107.5	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Apr 29, 1990	Yes
34/10-3	105.2	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Mar 14, 1979	Yes
34/7-5	105.1	Saga Petroleum ASA	Jan 17, 1985	Yes
30/6-10 A	104.1	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Dec 2, 1982	Yes
30/6-10	103.9	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Oct 4, 1982	Yes
33/9-7	103.5	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	Sep 11, 1976	Yes
30/11-6 S	103	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jun 3, 2004	Yes
30/5-2	101	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Oct 4, 1996	Yes
34/7-22	98.2	Saga Petroleum ASA	Aug 15, 1993	Yes
34/4-16 S	96.3	Neptune Energy Norge AS	Feb 27, 2021	Yes
30/6-19	95.7	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Apr 9, 1986	Yes
33/9-14	93.5	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Feb 17, 1988	Yes
35/11-10	93.5	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	May 19, 1997	Yes
30/7-8 R	93.2	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Sep 23, 1981	Yes
34/11-3	93	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Aug 1, 1996	Yes
30/6-21	92.6	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Feb 22, 1987	Yes
30/2-1	91.7	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	May 17, 1982	Yes
33/9-12	91.3	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jun 19, 1987	Yes
34/7-13	91.1	Saga Petroleum ASA	Feb 19, 1988	Yes
30/5-4 S	89.1	OMV (Norge) AS	Aug 1, 2022	Yes
34/10-21	88.5	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jul 26, 1984	Yes
30/9-1	87.8	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Oct 24, 1982	Yes
30/6-5	87.7	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jun 11, 1981	Yes
35/8-2	86.7	Norwegian Gulf Exploration Company AS	Aug 30, 1981	Yes
30/11-7 A	85.5	StatoilHydro Petroleum AS	Apr 2, 2009	Yes
30/3-2 R	84.4	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Sep 2, 1980	Yes
30/9-22	82.6	StatoilHydro Petroleum AS	Jan 29, 2009	Yes
35/10-2	82	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Apr 16, 1996	Yes
34/4-15 S	81.2	Neptune Energy Norge AS	Jun 18, 2020	Yes
33/9-13 S	80.2	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Oct 14, 1987	Yes
30/10-6	80.2	Elf Petroleum Norge AS	Jan 13, 1992	Yes
30/9-19	78.7	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Sep 9, 1998	Yes
30/9-16	78.2	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jun 14, 1994	Yes
30/3-7 S	78.2	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Sep 21, 1995	Yes
33/9-9	78.1	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	Jul 27, 1977	Yes
34/10-4	78.1	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Aug 12, 1979	Yes
30/8-4 S	75.1	StatoilHydro Petroleum AS	Nov 29, 2008	Yes
35/12-4 S	73.3	Wintershall Norge ASA	Apr 23, 2011	Yes
35/11-25 A	72.5	Equinor Energy AS	May 15, 2021	Yes
35/11-27 S	72.3	Wintershall Dea Norge AS	Apr 28, 2024	Yes

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Latest wellbores to meet it

BY ENTRY DATE

Wellbore	Top, m	Base, m	Operator	Field	Entered
35/10-14 S	4,503	4,695	Equinor Energy AS	—	Sep 8, 2024
35/11-29 S	3,331	3,544	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	May 9, 2024
35/11-27 S	3,798	3,986	Wintershall Dea Norge AS	—	Apr 28, 2024
30/12-3 A	4,239	4,550	Aker BP ASA	—	Nov 11, 2023
30/12-3 S	3,327	3,683	Aker BP ASA	—	Oct 24, 2023
35/10-10 A	4,186	4,391	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Jun 13, 2023
30/11-15	3,265	3,770	Aker BP ASA	—	Jun 4, 2023
30/6-C-2 A	5,182	5,232	Equinor Energy AS	Oseberg	May 19, 2023
31/2-23 S	2,136	2,275	Equinor Energy AS	—	May 9, 2023
31/2-24	2,402	2,538	Equinor Energy AS	—	May 7, 2023
35/10-10 S	3,711	3,922	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Apr 4, 2023
34/6-6 S	3,541	3,707	Equinor Energy AS	—	Feb 3, 2023
31/1-3 A	3,603	3,780	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jan 12, 2023
31/1-3 S	3,148	3,315	Equinor Energy AS	—	Dec 1, 2022
30/5-4 S	4,654	5,068	OMV (Norge) AS	—	Aug 1, 2022
30/3-11 S	4,396	4,612	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jun 21, 2022
31/4-A-13 C	7,010	7,225	Wintershall Dea Norge AS	—	Jun 10, 2022
35/4-3	4,277	4,427	Aker BP ASA	—	Apr 8, 2022
25/2-23 S	4,578	4,860	Aker BP ASA	—	Dec 24, 2021
36/1-4 S	3,150	3,228	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Dec 18, 2021
35/10-7 A	3,341	3,561	Equinor Energy AS	—	Dec 12, 2021
35/10-7 S	3,248.3	3,464.3	Equinor Energy AS	—	Nov 2, 2021
33/6-5 S	3,349.5	3,515	Neptune Energy Norge AS	—	Aug 26, 2021
35/11-25 A	3,543	3,741	Equinor Energy AS	—	May 15, 2021
31/11-1 S	2,758	2,827	Equinor Energy AS	—	Apr 20, 2021
34/4-16 S	3,457	3,603	Neptune Energy Norge AS	—	Feb 27, 2021
31/1-2 A	3,586	3,761	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jan 13, 2021
31/1-2 S	3,205	3,364	Equinor Energy AS	—	Dec 12, 2020
34/4-15 A	3,689.4	3,801.7	Neptune Energy Norge AS	—	Jul 16, 2020
34/4-15 S	3,410.4	3,570	Neptune Energy Norge AS	—	Jun 18, 2020
34/7-E-4 AH	4,366	4,455	Equinor Energy AS	Vigdis	Jun 8, 2020
30/2-5 S	4,203	4,370	Equinor Energy AS	—	May 13, 2020
30/6-31 S	2,812	2,852	Equinor Energy AS	—	Apr 4, 2020
31/5-7	2,424	2,510	Northern Lights JV DA	—	Dec 2, 2019
35/11-23	2,722	2,894	Equinor Energy AS	Fram	Oct 6, 2019
32/4-3 S	1,645	1,669	Equinor Energy AS	—	Sep 23, 2019
30/12-2	3,040	3,203	Aker BP ASA	—	Aug 14, 2019
35/11-22 S	3,250	3,417	Equinor Energy AS	—	Dec 12, 2018
30/6-30	3,260	3,447	Faroe Petroleum Norge AS	—	Oct 19, 2018
35/11-21 A	2,724.9	2,874	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Sep 6, 2018
35/10-4 S	3,625	3,834	Equinor Energy AS	—	Aug 14, 2018
35/11-21 S	2,595.2	2,757.5	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Jul 26, 2018
35/12-7	2,597.1	2,750	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Jul 1, 2018
34/8-19 S	3,112	3,199	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jun 12, 2018
34/8-19 S	3,986	5,472	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jun 12, 2018
34/5-2 S	3,481	3,499	A/S Norske Shell	—	May 31, 2018
31/7-2 S	2,377	2,450	Faroe Petroleum Norge AS	Bestla	May 24, 2017
34/10-55 S	7,204.8	7,214.2	Statoil Petroleum AS	Gimle	Feb 8, 2017
34/11-6 S	6,837	7,105	Statoil Petroleum AS	Valemon	Nov 1, 2016
35/11-20 B	4,596	4,862	Wintershall Norge AS	—	Aug 7, 2016

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Description

WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE

Name Named by Deegan and Scull (1977). According to Norwegian usage, the unit earlier had formation status and the type well was UK well 211/29-3 (Shell). In this report the unit is given group status, also in the Norwegian sector.

Type area The type area is the East Shetland Basin. The following wells are used to illustrate the Brent Group: UK well 211/29-3 (Shell), Norwegian wells 33/9-1 (Mobil), 30/6-7 (Norsk Hydro) and 31/4-4 (Norsk Hydro).

Thickness The thickness of the group varies considerably. In UK well 211/29-3 (Brent Field) it is 226.5 m, while the Norwegian well 33/9-1 in the <a href="javascript:void(window.open('https://factpages.sodir.no/factpages/Default.aspx?nav1=field&nav2=PageView|All&nav3=43658&menu=No','popup','width=700,height=800,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes')

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About this data

Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir) FactPages, mirrored nightly and used under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). Tops and cored lengths are the Directorate's, per wellbore and unit; the percentiles are computed from those tops and are depths along the wellbore, not true vertical depth.

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