6407/9-5

Exploration · Appraisal · Re-class to dev · Oil · A/S Norske Shell · Draugen · PL 093

6407/9-5 is an appraisal exploration wellbore in the Norwegian Sea, drilled by A/S Norske Shell, entered Sep 12, 1985, to 1,820 m in the Not Fm.

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1,820: m total depth · 1,819 m vertical
286: m water depth
Sep 12, 1985: entered · completed Nov 13, 1985
Not Fm: at total depth · Middle Jurassic
42.4: m of core in 4 cores
48: °C bottom-hole temperature

SODIR FACTPAGES · RECORD UPDATED NOV 4, 2026 · RELEASED NOV 13, 1987

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Drilling

Drilling facility: WEST VENTURE OLD · Semisub steel
Drilling days: 63
Kelly bushing elevation: 33 m
Maximum inclination: 0°
Drilling permit: 482-L
Licensing round: 8
Plugged and abandoned: —
Core samples available: Yes
Cuttings samples available: Yes
Position · ED50: 64.27843° N, 7.73741° E
Hydrocarbons in: Rogn Fm · Late Jurassic

Well history

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General

Well 6407/9-5 was the fifth well drilled on the Draugen Field in the southern Haltenbanken area. Wells 6407/9-1, 6407/9-2 and 6407/9-3 delineated an areally extensive oil accumulation in relatively thin Late Jurassic Rogn Formation sandstone. Net oil sand thicknesses in these wells were 39, 12 and 34 m respectively. The oil gravity was 40 deg API. Well 6407/9-4, located on the west flank of the northern accumulation, confirmed pinch out of the Rogn Formation and encountered similar oil in the underlying Garn formation. The initial conditions of pressure and oil water contact in this well (1638.5 m MSL were similar to those in the Rogn Formation accumulation. The objectives of well 6407/9-5 were to delineate top structure and rock qualities in the southern culmination. Prognosed TD was 1805 m in rocks of Triassic age, or a maximum depth of 4000 m.

Operations and results

Appraisal well 6407/9-5 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation West Venture on 12 September 1985 and drilled to TD at 1820 m in the Early Jurassic Not Formation. Drilling proceeded without serious problems, except for the sections trough glacial deposits were huge boulders caused minor problems. The well was drilled vertical. Deepest reported deviation survey was at 1675 m (1675 m TVD RKB). To this depth maximum deviation from vertical was 0.66 deg. The well was drilled with seawater and bentonite down to 811 m, with KCl/polymer mud from 811 m to 1625 m, and with chalk mud from 1625 m to TD.

The Rogn Formation was encountered at 1654 m, 15 m deeper than prognosed. Light oil was discovered, as known from the other wells in the Draugen field. The oi1/water contact was found at 1671 m (1639 m MSL), the same contact as in the other wells drilled on the Draugen Field. Average reservoir quality over this 17 m interval was good, with a calculated hydrocarbon saturation of 76% and a porosity of 27%. Core permeabilities from the oil interval typically r

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