NORWAY · WELLBORES · NPDID 5953
6407/7-8 A
Exploration · Appraisal · P&A · Gas/condensate · StatoilHydro Petroleum AS · PL 107
6407/7-8 A is an appraisal exploration wellbore in the Norwegian Sea, drilled by StatoilHydro Petroleum AS, entered Sep 14, 2008, to 5,227 m in the Åre Fm.
Discovery 6407/7-8 (Noatun) · On the map →
- 5,227
- m total depth · 5,068 m vertical
- 293
- m water depth
- Sep 14, 2008
- entered · completed Nov 5, 2008
- Åre Fm
- at total depth · Early Jurassic
- —
- m of core
- —
- °C bottom-hole temperature
SODIR FACTPAGES · RECORD UPDATED FEB 20, 2026 · RELEASED NOV 5, 2010
On file for this wellbore
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Drilling
- Drilling facility
- WEST ALPHA · Semisub steel
- Drilling days
- 52
- Kelly bushing elevation
- 18 m
- Maximum inclination
- 33.29999924°
- Drilling permit
- 1205-L
- Licensing round
- 9
- Plugged and abandoned
- —
- Core samples available
- Yes
- Cuttings samples available
- Yes
- Position · ED50
- 64.43036° N, 7.12736° E
- Hydrocarbons in
- Fangst Gp · Middle Jurassic
- Hydrocarbons in
- Båt Gp · Early Jurassic
Well history
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
General
The 6407/7-8 A is a sidetrack to the 6407/7-8 Noatun well, which discovered gas/condensate in the Fangst and Båt Groups. The well is located in the Gimsan Basin, ca 15 km north of the Njord Field in the Norwegian Sea. The main objective of the sidetrack well was to prove economical hydrocarbon volumes in the structure and, if possible, to define the hydrocarbon/water contact.
Operations and results
Well 6407/7-8 A was sidetracked from the main well on 14 September 2008 with a kick-off point at 3900 m. It was drilled from the semi-submersible installation West Alpha to TD at 5227 m (5067.7 m TVD) in the Early Jurassic Åre Formation. The well was drilled with Versatherm oil based mud from kick-off to TD.
The well confirmed gas condensate in the Fangst and Båt Groups as in the main well. No hydrocarbon/water contact was encountered. Gas readings were high in the Spekk Formation and in the reservoir sections as in the main well. No oil shows were recorded.
No cores were cut and no wire line fluid samples were taken.
The well was permanently abandoned on 5 November 2008 as a gas/condensate appraisal well.
Testing
No drill stem test was performed.
Around this wellbore
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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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