NORWAY · WELLBORES · NPDID 4454

30/3-4 R

Exploration · Appraisal · P&A · Oil/gas · Statoil ASA (old) · Veslefrikk · PL 052

30/3-4 R is an appraisal exploration wellbore in the North Sea, drilled by Statoil ASA (old), entered Nov 2, 2001, to 3,287 m in the Statfjord Gp.

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3,287
m total depth · 3,287 m vertical
164
m water depth
Nov 2, 2001
entered · completed Nov 18, 2001
Statfjord Gp
at total depth · Early Jurassic
—
m of core
128
°C bottom-hole temperature

SODIR FACTPAGES · RECORD UPDATED FEB 20, 2026 · RELEASED NOV 18, 2003

On file for this wellbore

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Drilling

Drilling facility
BYFORD DOLPHIN · Semisub steel
Drilling days
17
Kelly bushing elevation
25 m
Maximum inclination
0°
Drilling permit
451-L5
Licensing round
4
Plugged and abandoned
Nov 18, 2001
Core samples available
No
Cuttings samples available
No
Position · ED50
60.76579° N, 2.85839° E
Hydrocarbons in
Brent Gp · Middle Jurassic
Hydrocarbons in
Cook Fm · Early Jurassic

Well history

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General

Well 30/3-4 R is a re-entry of 30/3-4, which was suspended in 1985 for possible use as a producer. Purpose for the re-entry was permanent plugging and abandonment.

Operations and results

Wildcat well 30/3-4 was re-entered with the semi-submersible installation Byford Dolphin on 2 November.

The well was plugged and permanently abandoned on 18 November.

Testing

No drill stem test was performed.

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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). 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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