NORWAY · WELLBORES · NPDID 4423
34/7-32
Exploration · Wildcat · P&A · Dry · Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS · PL 089
34/7-32 is a wildcat exploration wellbore in the North Sea, drilled by Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS, entered Oct 9, 2001, to 2,651 m in the Drake Fm.
- 2,651
- m total depth · 2,651 m vertical
- 297
- m water depth
- Oct 9, 2001
- entered · completed Oct 27, 2001
- Drake Fm
- at total depth · Middle Jurassic
- —
- m of core
- 79
- °C bottom-hole temperature
SODIR FACTPAGES · RECORD UPDATED FEB 20, 2026 · RELEASED OCT 27, 2003
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Drilling
- Drilling facility
- BYFORD DOLPHIN · Semisub steel
- Drilling days
- 19
- Kelly bushing elevation
- 25 m
- Maximum inclination
- 1.20000005°
- Drilling permit
- 1015-L
- Licensing round
- 8
- Plugged and abandoned
- —
- Core samples available
- Yes
- Cuttings samples available
- Yes
- Position · ED50
- 61.44729° N, 2.05450° E
Well history
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General
Well 34/7-32 was drilled on the Xenon structure on Tampen Spur ca 2 km west of the Snorre Field in the North Sea. The objective was to test the hydrocarbon potential in the Middle Jurassic Brent Group. The well was planned and drilled as a "smart well" i.e. with a reduced data acquisition programme if dry.
Operations and results
Wildcat well 34/7-32 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation on 9 October 2001 and drilled to TD at 2651 m in Middle Jurassic rocks of the Drake Formation. A 17 1/2" pilot hole was drilled from 384 m to 700 m to check for shallow gas. No shallow gas was observed. The well was drilled with sea water and hi-vis pills down to 1385 m and with Versavert oil based mud from 1385 m to TD. No significant problem was encountered in the operations. Total rig time from spud to P&A was 20 days, including two days wait-on-weather.
The sandstones in the Brent Group proved to be water bearing, with a water gradient of 1.00 g/cm3. No shows were observed.
No cores were cut. Wire line logging consisted of one run (MDT-GR-ECRD) from 2616 m to 2538 m. Seven pressure points were acquired, no fluid sample was taken.
The well was permanently abandoned on 27 October 2001 as a dry well.
Testing
No drill stem test was performed.
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Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir) FactPages, mirrored nightly and used under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). Depths are metres along the wellbore from the kelly bushing unless a row gives its own unit; older cores are filed in feet. A zero the Directorate files for an unmeasured pressure, density, or temperature is shown as a dash.
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