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Viking Gp

Viking Gp is a group on the Norwegian shelf. 990 wellbores have a top filed in it, at a median of 2,902 m along the wellbore, and 311 were cored in it for 14,597 m of core.

990: wellbores with a top
2,902: m median top · 1,873 to 4,169 for the middle 80%
311: wellbores cored in it
14,597: m of core

SODIR FACTPAGES · DEPTHS ALONG THE WELLBORE · NORTH SEA 734 · NORWEGIAN SEA 256

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

Units within it

Heather Fm → 602 wellbores · 3,144.2 m core
Draupne Fm → 584 wellbores · 1,060.1 m core
Spekk Fm → 221 wellbores · 222.8 m core
Melke Fm → 212 wellbores · 322.5 m core
Sognefjord Fm → 104 wellbores · 3,946.7 m core
Intra Draupne Fm Ss → 97 wellbores · 1,439.7 m core
Fensfjord Fm → 96 wellbores · 1,649.6 m core
Intra Heather Fm Ss → 75 wellbores · 1,517.9 m core
Krossfjord Fm → 51 wellbores · 133.6 m core
Rogn Fm → 30 wellbores · 412.8 m core
Intra Melke Fm Ss → 23 wellbores · 549 m core

Most core

TOP 100 OF 311 · BY METRES CORED IN THE UNIT

Wellbore	Core here, m	Operator	Entered	Core samples available
36/7-1	280.8	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Mar 31, 1996	Yes
31/2-4 R	258.2	A/S Norske Shell	Oct 9, 1980	Yes
31/6-5	246.2	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Mar 16, 1984	Yes
31/3-1	240	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Jul 17, 1983	Yes
31/6-6	236.2	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	May 22, 1984	Yes
35/9-2	234	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jan 1, 1991	Yes
31/6-1	233.2	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jul 15, 1983	Yes
31/5-5	210.9	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Dec 30, 1992	Yes
6406/12-3 S	209.7	VNG Norge AS	Jan 21, 2014	Yes
35/11-30 A	198.8	Equinor Energy AS	Oct 12, 2024	Yes
31/2-3	198.5	A/S Norske Shell	Mar 28, 1980	Yes
31/4-10	189.4	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Nov 14, 1995	Yes
31/2-1	183.6	A/S Norske Shell	Jul 17, 1979	Yes
31/6-2	181.4	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Oct 18, 1983	Yes
31/6-3	178.3	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Nov 1, 1983	Yes
31/4-11	172.4	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jul 27, 2000	Yes
35/11-11	164.1	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Apr 16, 1998	Yes
35/11-23	163.2	Equinor Energy AS	Oct 6, 2019	Yes
35/11-21 A	162.3	Wellesley Petroleum AS	Sep 6, 2018	Yes
31/6-8	162	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Apr 14, 1985	Yes
15/3-8	158.9	Statoil ASA (old)	Nov 3, 2005	Yes
31/2-22 S	154.7	Equinor Energy AS	Dec 9, 2020	Yes
31/3-3	150.4	Saga Petroleum ASA	Oct 13, 1984	Yes
35/11-10	148.7	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	May 19, 1997	Yes
31/2-10	145.7	A/S Norske Shell	Oct 2, 1982	Yes
31/2-18	145	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Sep 15, 1992	Yes
6406/12-3 B	142.8	VNG Norge AS	May 2, 2014	Yes
35/9-8	135.4	Wintershall Norge AS	Feb 1, 2013	Yes
35/11-4	135.1	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	Aug 18, 1990	Yes
31/2-17 S	132.8	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Dec 28, 1991	Yes
31/4-5	126.8	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	May 27, 1981	Yes
35/12-2	124.7	Wintershall Norge ASA	May 30, 2009	Yes
31/2-6	123.7	A/S Norske Shell	Jul 21, 1981	Yes
34/4-15 A	118.4	Neptune Energy Norge AS	Jul 16, 2020	Yes
31/4-9	116.2	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jan 23, 1987	Yes
15/12-12	111.7	Saga Petroleum ASA	Dec 25, 2000	Yes
35/9-10 A	110.1	Wintershall Norge AS	Nov 26, 2013	Yes
35/11-24 S	110	Equinor Energy AS	Jul 13, 2020	Yes
35/9-12 S	108	RWE Dea Norge AS	Nov 4, 2014	Yes
35/9-10 S	107.7	Wintershall Norge AS	Oct 16, 2013	Yes
31/2-5	103.4	A/S Norske Shell	Oct 26, 1980	Yes
35/11-20 A	103.2	Wintershall Norge AS	Jul 14, 2016	Yes
35/11-9	102.5	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Mar 2, 1997	Yes
31/7-2 S	96.3	Faroe Petroleum Norge AS	May 24, 2017	Yes
35/11-8 S	95.9	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Mar 3, 1996	Yes
31/2-2	94.2	A/S Norske Shell	Feb 27, 1980	Yes
16/1-14	94	Lundin Norway AS	Sep 26, 2010	Yes
6406/12-3 A	92.2	VNG Norge AS	Apr 26, 2014	Yes
25/10-8 A	92.2	Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S	Apr 8, 1997	Yes
33/9-15	91.7	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	Apr 23, 1992	Yes
31/5-2	90.8	Saga Petroleum ASA	Oct 5, 1983	Yes
25/10-16 S	90.5	Aker BP ASA	Jun 30, 2018	Yes
35/11-7	89.3	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	Jul 23, 1992	Yes
30/9-14	88.8	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Mar 16, 1993	Yes
31/5-4 S	88	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Sep 13, 1990	Yes
34/7-23 A	87.1	Saga Petroleum ASA	Apr 8, 1994	Yes
31/2-12	86.3	A/S Norske Shell	May 26, 1983	Yes
34/7-26 A	85.4	Saga Petroleum ASA	Feb 6, 1998	Yes
31/7-1	83.6	Faroe Petroleum Norge AS	May 23, 2016	Yes
31/7-2 A	81.6	Faroe Petroleum Norge AS	Jul 8, 2017	Yes
31/4-6	80.7	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Feb 28, 1982	Yes
31/2-13 S	78.7	A/S Norske Shell	Jan 2, 1984	Yes
35/9-7	77.2	Wintershall Norge ASA	Feb 28, 2012	Yes
6407/9-8	77.2	A/S Norske Shell	Aug 14, 1992	Yes
35/9-1	76.3	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Apr 1, 1989	Yes
6306/3-2	73	ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS	Jun 15, 2022	Yes
31/2-7	72.3	A/S Norske Shell	Apr 22, 1982	Yes
35/11-26 A	72	Equinor Energy AS	Jul 28, 2023	Yes
31/5-3	71.4	Saga Petroleum ASA	Apr 10, 1984	Yes
30/9-21 A	71.3	StatoilHydro Petroleum AS	May 4, 2008	Yes
31/2-9	69.8	A/S Norske Shell	Aug 29, 1982	Yes
34/7-21	69.2	Saga Petroleum ASA	Oct 19, 1992	Yes
31/2-15	68.8	A/S Norske Shell	Sep 10, 1984	Yes
31/2-17 A	68.7	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jan 20, 1992	Yes
6204/11-1	67.5	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Oct 12, 1994	Yes
16/1-30 S	67.2	Equinor Energy AS	May 27, 2019	Yes
30/9-13 S	67	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jul 5, 1991	Yes
33/9-16	65.5	Mobil Exploration Norway INC	Nov 28, 1992	Yes
31/3-2	65.3	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Mar 5, 1984	Yes
34/7-26 SR	65	Saga Petroleum ASA	Jan 8, 1998	Yes
33/9-14	64.4	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Feb 17, 1988	Yes
31/7-1 A	63.6	Faroe Petroleum Norge AS	Jun 23, 2016	Yes
6406/12-2	61.3	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Sep 1, 1995	Yes
35/8-5 S	60.8	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jun 1, 2003	Yes
31/2-11	55.7	A/S Norske Shell	Mar 17, 1983	Yes
34/7-28	55.7	Saga Petroleum ASA	Dec 30, 1997	Yes
31/7-3 S	55.4	Faroe Petroleum Norge AS	Nov 20, 2018	Yes
31/4-7	55	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Jul 26, 1984	Yes
35/11-17	54.7	Statoil Petroleum AS	Mar 24, 2014	Yes
34/7-25 S	54.7	Saga Petroleum ASA	Jul 31, 1996	Yes
35/8-6 A	54.6	Wintershall Norge AS	Apr 22, 2016	Yes
35/10-12 S	54.5	Wellesley Petroleum AS	Jun 4, 2024	Yes
35/12-6 S	53.9	Wellesley Petroleum AS	May 13, 2018	Yes
35/11-14 S	53.3	Norsk Hydro Petroleum AS	Aug 23, 2006	Yes
35/9-14 A	53.1	Spirit Energy Norge AS	Mar 4, 2018	Yes
35/11-15 S	52.1	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Apr 1, 2007	Yes
6506/12-6	50	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Mar 31, 1986	Yes
35/9-6 S	50	RWE Dea Norge AS	Sep 29, 2010	Yes
35/12-1	49.9	Saga Petroleum ASA	Feb 27, 1992	Yes
35/10-4 A	48.2	Equinor Energy AS	Oct 15, 2018	Yes

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Latest wellbores to meet it

BY ENTRY DATE

Wellbore	Top, m	Base, m	Operator	Field	Entered
35/11-30 A	2,162	2,680	Equinor Energy AS	Fram	Oct 12, 2024
35/10-14 S	3,948	4,503	Equinor Energy AS	—	Sep 8, 2024
15/3-13 A	4,214	4,630	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jul 29, 2024
6507/2-7 S	3,969	4,640	Aker BP ASA	—	Jun 9, 2024
35/10-12 S	3,540	3,830	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Jun 4, 2024
35/11-29 S	2,790	3,331	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	May 9, 2024
35/11-27 S	3,258	3,798	Wintershall Dea Norge AS	—	Apr 28, 2024
15/3-13 S	4,201	4,543	Equinor Energy AS	—	Apr 21, 2024
24/6-5	4,511	4,681	Aker BP ASA	—	Apr 3, 2024
35/11-28 S	2,927	3,333	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jan 9, 2024
15/9-25	2,694	2,781	Harbour Energy Norge AS (Old)	—	Jan 9, 2024
30/12-3 A	3,950	4,239	Aker BP ASA	—	Nov 11, 2023
30/12-3 S	3,227	3,327	Aker BP ASA	—	Oct 24, 2023
6406/3-12 S	4,094	4,112	Wintershall Dea Norge AS	—	Oct 1, 2023
6307/1-2	1,900	1,925	Equinor Energy AS	—	Sep 27, 2023
35/11-26 A	2,920	3,421	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jul 28, 2023
25/7-11 S	4,415	4,828	DNO Norge AS (old)	—	Jul 18, 2023
35/11-26 S	2,708	3,770	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jun 14, 2023
35/10-10 A	3,818	4,186	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Jun 13, 2023
30/11-15	3,251	3,265	Aker BP ASA	—	Jun 4, 2023
31/2-23 S	1,892	2,136	Equinor Energy AS	—	May 9, 2023
31/2-24	1,882	2,402	Equinor Energy AS	—	May 7, 2023
35/10-10 S	3,480	3,711	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Apr 4, 2023
6406/5-2 S	4,214	4,218	Equinor Energy AS	—	Mar 10, 2023
34/6-6 S	3,490	3,541	Equinor Energy AS	—	Feb 3, 2023
15/2-2 S	4,241	4,750	OMV (Norge) AS	—	Feb 2, 2023
25/10-17 S	3,565	3,654	Aker BP ASA	—	Jan 13, 2023
31/1-3 A	3,170	3,603	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jan 12, 2023
16/1-35 S	2,392	3,097.5	Aker BP ASA	—	Jan 7, 2023
31/1-3 S	2,745	3,148	Equinor Energy AS	—	Dec 1, 2022
6407/8-8 S	2,915	2,998	Neptune Energy Norge AS	—	Nov 3, 2022
30/5-4 A	4,417	5,001	OMV (Norge) AS	—	Sep 24, 2022
30/5-4 S	4,415	4,654	OMV (Norge) AS	—	Aug 1, 2022
25/7-10	4,090	4,505	ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS	—	Jul 15, 2022
30/3-11 S	4,004	4,396	Equinor Energy AS	—	Jun 21, 2022
6306/3-2	1,647.5	1,789	ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS	—	Jun 15, 2022
31/4-A-13 C	5,053	7,010	Wintershall Dea Norge AS	—	Jun 10, 2022
6507/2-6	3,883	4,611	Aker BP ASA	—	May 25, 2022
35/4-3	4,100	4,277	Aker BP ASA	—	Apr 8, 2022
6306/9-1	810	967	Lundin Energy Norway AS	—	Jan 3, 2022
6407/9-13	1,990	2,136	Equinor Energy AS	—	Dec 31, 2021
36/1-4 S	2,766	3,150	Wellesley Petroleum AS	—	Dec 18, 2021
35/10-7 A	2,983	3,341	Equinor Energy AS	—	Dec 12, 2021
35/10-7 S	2,877	3,248.3	Equinor Energy AS	—	Nov 2, 2021
6306/3-1 S	2,318	2,345	PGNiG Upstream Norway AS	—	Sep 30, 2021
33/6-5 S	3,293.5	3,349.5	Neptune Energy Norge AS	—	Aug 26, 2021
6406/3-10 A	4,338.5	4,399.1	Wintershall Dea Norge AS	—	Jul 14, 2021
16/1-34 S	2,225	2,261	Lundin Energy Norway AS	—	Jul 7, 2021
35/11-25 A	2,633	3,543	Equinor Energy AS	—	May 15, 2021
35/11-25 S	2,556	3,187	Equinor Energy AS	—	Apr 29, 2021

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Description

WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE

Name Taken from the Viking Graben where the group attains maximum development. It replaces the Humber Group, extended into the Northern North Sea by Deegan and Scull (1977). Present usage on Haltenbanken corresponds to the informal Grip Group (H2).

Type area The type area is the Northern North Sea north of 58° N and east of the East Shetland Platform boundary faults.

In the North Sea the following wells are used to illustrate the Viking Group: UK well 211/21-1A (Shell) and Norwegian wells 33/9-1 (Mobil), 31/2-1 (Shell) and 15/3-1 S (Elf).

In the Norwegian Sea the following wells are used to illustrate the local development of the Viking Group: 6506/12-4 (Statoil), coordinates 65°12'46.97"N, 06°43'30.37"E, from 3979.5 m to 3855 m <a href="javascript:void(window.open('ht

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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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