NORWAY · WELLBORES · NPDID 4939
6608/11-4
Exploration · Wildcat · P&A · Oil · Statoil ASA (old) · PL 128
6608/11-4 is a wildcat exploration wellbore in the Norwegian Sea, drilled by Statoil ASA (old), entered May 1, 2004, to 2,317 m in the Red Beds (informal).
Discovery 6608/11-4 Linerle · On the map →
- 2,317
- m total depth · 2,317 m vertical
- 342
- m water depth
- May 1, 2004
- entered · completed May 23, 2004
- Red Beds (informal)
- at total depth · Late Triassic
- 44.2
- m of core in 2 cores
- 72
- °C bottom-hole temperature
SODIR FACTPAGES · RECORD UPDATED FEB 20, 2026 · RELEASED MAY 23, 2006
On file for this wellbore
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Drilling
- Drilling facility
- WEST NAVIGATOR · Vessel
- Drilling days
- 23
- Kelly bushing elevation
- 36 m
- Maximum inclination
- 0°
- Drilling permit
- 1079-L
- Licensing round
- 10-B
- Plugged and abandoned
- —
- Core samples available
- Yes
- Cuttings samples available
- Yes
- Position · ED50
- 66.19895° N, 8.43001° E
- Hydrocarbons in
- Tilje Fm · Early Jurassic
Well history
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
General
Well 6608/11-4 was drilled on the northeast segment of the Linerle prospect, ca 8 km NNE of the Falk discovery on the Dønna Terrace. The primary objective of the well was to prove hydrocarbons in the Early Jurassic sandstones of the Tilje and Åre Formations.
Operations and results
Wildcat well 6608/11-4 was spudded from the drill ship West Navigator on 1 May 2004 and drilled to TD at 2317 m in the Triassic Red Beds. The well was designed with a 36", 12 ¼" and 8 ½" section. A 32" conductor was planned hammered down. This attempt failed and a conventional 30" conductor was set. The 9 5/8" casing was set above a prognosed pressure build-up zone. The well was drilled with seawater and hi-vis sweeps down to 1357 m, and with Glydril (water based KCl/PAC/glycol) from 1357 m to TD. Wire line logs were only run in the 8 1/2" section (1349 m to 2317 m). No shallow gas was observed, as prognosed.
The top of the reservoir, the Tilje Formation, was encountered at 1656 m. An oil column of 18 m (1656 - 1674 m) was present in the Tilje and Åre Formation, proved by pressure points and three oil samples from 1657.6 m, 1663 m and 1672.4 m. The oil is heavy (23.1 deg API) and geochemical analyses showed that it is strongly biodegraded. Three water samples were taken at 1677.5 m, 1680.5 m and 1708 m. Sandstones with good reservoir properties were also encountered in the Åre Formation and in the Triassic Grey Beds. Two mini DSTs were performed using the MDT dual packer set up.
Two cores were cut in the interval 1662 to 1714 m in the Tilje and Åre Formation.
The well was permanently abandoned on 23 May 2004 as an oil discovery.
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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