NORWAY · WELLBORES · NPDID 451
16/3-1
Exploration · Wildcat · Junked · Not applicable · Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS · PL 007
16/3-1 is a wildcat exploration wellbore in the North Sea, drilled by Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS, entered Jan 31, 1976, to 453 m in the Nordland Gp.
- 453
- m total depth
- 118
- m water depth
- Jan 31, 1976
- entered · completed Feb 10, 1976
- Nordland Gp
- at total depth · Pliocene
- —
- m of core
- —
- °C bottom-hole temperature
SODIR FACTPAGES · RECORD UPDATED FEB 20, 2026 · RELEASED FEB 10, 1978
On file for this wellbore
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Drilling
- Drilling facility
- POLYGLOMAR DRILLER · Semisub steel
- Drilling days
- 11
- Kelly bushing elevation
- 24 m
- Maximum inclination
- 0°
- Drilling permit
- 148-L
- Licensing round
- 1-A
- Plugged and abandoned
- —
- Core samples available
- Yes
- Cuttings samples available
- No
- Position · ED50
- 58.78691° N, 2.79229° E
Well history
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
General
Well 16/3-1 was drilled on the Utsira High in the North Sea. The objectives were to investigate Paleocene sand pinch out, the weathered top of the Cretaceous chalk and Jurassic sandstone.
Operations and results
Wildcat well 16/3-1 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Polyglomar Driller on 31 January 1976 and drilled to TD at 453 m in Pliocene sediments. The well was drilled with seawater and gel.
Due to progressive tilting of the BOP stack the well was junked and abandoned 10 days later, on 10 February 1976.
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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