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Sandnes Fm

Part of the Vestland Gp

Sandnes Fm is a formation of the Vestland Gp on the Norwegian shelf. 58 wellbores have a top filed in it, at a median of 2,630 m along the wellbore, and 20 were cored in it for 603.9 m of core.

58
wellbores with a top
2,630
m median top · 2,015 to 3,862 for the middle 80%
20
wellbores cored in it
603.9
m of core

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Most core

20 WELLBORES · BY METRES CORED IN THE UNIT

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Latest wellbores to meet it

BY ENTRY DATE

WellboreTop, mBase, mOperatorFieldEntered
17/8-12,434.52,442.5Lundin Norway AS—Sep 16, 2021
9/2-122,9913,123Repsol Norge AS—Sep 28, 2019
3/7-10 S3,3563,429.5Premier Oil Norge AS—Jul 23, 2015
10/4-12,2742,311Wintershall Norge AS—Jun 20, 2015
15/12-24 S2,9853,097Talisman Energy Norge AS—Apr 10, 2015
2/1-153,4313,450Det norske oljeselskap ASA—Jul 18, 2013
3/7-9 S3,5243,563.1DONG E&P Norge AS—Mar 14, 2013
8/5-12,3392,371Lundin Norway AS—Jan 10, 2013
3/7-8 S3,891.53,948.5DONG E&P Norge AS—Dec 9, 2012
9/1-1 S2,3922,411Premier Oil Norge AS—Oct 1, 2011
17/6-12,6302,647Norwegian Energy Company ASA—Jan 5, 2011
8/10-33,0993,158ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS—Jun 2, 2010
9/2-112,6292,761Talisman Energy Norge AS—Mar 9, 2010
17/12-4 B2,5362,594.5BG Norge AS—Aug 16, 2009
17/12-42,276.52,297.8BG Norge AS—Jun 17, 2009
11/5-11,2761,322Norsk Hydro Petroleum AS—Aug 7, 2007
9/4-52,7032,782.5ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS—Jan 8, 2006
9/3-22,6602,777.9Paladin Resources Norge AS—Oct 23, 2005
9/2-9 S3,8444,365Den norske stats oljeselskap a.sYmeJun 29, 1999
9/2-8 S5,8235,955Den norske stats oljeselskap a.sYmeJun 24, 1997
9/2-8 S7,3787,420Den norske stats oljeselskap a.sYmeJun 24, 1997
9/2-7 S3,8543,994.1Den norske stats oljeselskap a.sYmeApr 22, 1997
9/2-6 S4,7834,940.3Den norske stats oljeselskap a.sYmeAug 19, 1996
9/2-A-44,630.54,768.4Den norske stats oljeselskap a.sYmeJun 8, 1996
17/3-12,387.52,409.5Elf Petroleum Norge AS—Jun 29, 1995
9/2-53,1463,262.5Den norske stats oljeselskap a.sYmeJun 23, 1995
9/2-4 S4,093.54,294.5Den norske stats oljeselskap a.sYmeDec 25, 1993
10/7-11,538.51,632Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S—Jun 28, 1992
3/7-53,3793,436A/S Norske Shell—Dec 6, 1991
9/2-33,2523,373Den norske stats oljeselskap a.sYmeDec 4, 1989
3/7-43,4113,474A/S Norske ShellTrymSep 20, 1989
9/2-23,1233,230Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s—Aug 8, 1987
9/2-13,161.53,309Den norske stats oljeselskap a.sYmeFeb 21, 1987
9/3-11,7881,843A/S Norske Shell—Jul 29, 1986
8/10-22,667.22,752Phillips Petroleum Company Norway—Feb 5, 1980
17/12-32,3702,396Phillips Petroleum Company Norway—Dec 12, 1979
18/10-12,4052,421Elf Petroleum Norge AS—Oct 19, 1979
9/4-42,7182,814Saga Petroleum ASA—Jul 19, 1977
10/5-11,4721,490Conoco Norway Inc.—May 31, 1976
8/9-12,1562,168Conoco Norway Inc.—Dec 22, 1975
8/11-12,8352,871Phillips Petroleum Company Norway—Apr 24, 1975
17/9-1 R2,2202,237Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S—May 18, 1974
18/11-11,8781,964Elf Petroleum Norge AS—Feb 17, 1974
17/9-12,2202,237Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S—Sep 16, 1973
17/12-22,1572,179Phillips Petroleum Company Norway—Aug 31, 1973
16/11-22,2022,269Phillips Petroleum Company Norway—Jun 16, 1973
9/4-32,4902,507.5Conoco Norway Inc.—Jul 14, 1972
17/12-1 R2,2902,306Phillips Petroleum Company Norway—Mar 14, 1972
8/1-12,6062,666Phillips Petroleum Company Norway—Dec 2, 1971
8/12-12,6632,710.5Conoco Norway Inc.—May 31, 1971

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Description

WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE

Name From a town on the south-west coast of Norway. This formation was formerly included in the Haldager Formation.

Well type section Norwegian well 9/4-3 (Conoco) from 2490 m to 2507.5 m, coord N 57°36'54.5", E 04° 18'57.7" (Fig 3.29).

Well reference section Norwegian well 18/11-1 (Elf) from 1878 m to 1964 m, coord N 58°04'21.3", E 04°32'00.1'' (Fig 3.31).

Thickness 17.5 m in the type well and 86 m in the reference well.

Lithology In the type well the Sandnes Formation consists of a massive white, very fine to coarse grained glauconitic sandstone. It is firm to friable, poorly sorted and slightly silty. In other wells (e.g. <a href="javascript:void(window.open('https://factpages.sodir.no/factpages/Default.aspx?nav1=wellbore&nav2=PageVi

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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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