16/2-17 S

Exploration · Appraisal · P&A · Oil · Statoil Petroleum AS · Johan Sverdrup · PL 265

16/2-17 S is an appraisal exploration wellbore in the North Sea, drilled by Statoil Petroleum AS, entered Mar 24, 2013, to 2,052 m.

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2,052: m total depth · 2,039 m vertical
111: m water depth
Mar 24, 2013: entered · completed May 20, 2013
—: at total depth · Triassic
164.9: m of core in 7 cores
81: °C bottom-hole temperature

SODIR FACTPAGES · RECORD UPDATED NOV 4, 2026 · RELEASED MAY 20, 2015

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Drilling

Drilling facility: OCEAN VANGUARD · Semisub steel
Drilling days: 58
Kelly bushing elevation: 22 m
Maximum inclination: 15.60000038°
Drilling permit: 1423-L
Licensing round: NST2000
Plugged and abandoned: —
Core samples available: Yes
Cuttings samples available: Yes
Position · ED50: 58.80442° N, 2.52945° E
Hydrocarbons in: Intra Draupne Fm Ss · Late Jurassic
Hydrocarbons in: Statfjord Gp · Early Jurassic

Well history

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General

Well 16/2-17 S was drilled on the western flank of the Johan Sverdrup Discovery. The main objectives were to investigate the reservoir thickness, quality and facies along the western bounding fault of the Johan Sverdrup Field. The main bounding fault separates the basin to the east where Intra-Draupne Formation sandstone is present in all the wells, and the main Utsira High to west where Intra-Draupne Formation sandstone has not been encountered in the wells nearby.

Operations and results

A pilot hole 16/2-U-17 was drilled 25m South-East of the main wellbore to investigate for shallow gas. No gas or shallow water flow were encountered.

Appraisal well 16/2-17 S was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Ocean Vanguard on 24 March 2013 and drilled to TD at 2052 m (2039 m TVD) in the Triassic Skagerrak Formation. No significant problem was encountered in the operations. The well was drilled with seawater down to 905 m and with Performadril water based mud from 905 m to TD.

The top of the main reservoir, Draupne Formation, was picked at 1873 m (1859.7 m TVD), 18.3m deeper than prognosed. The reservoir showed excellent reservoir properties and held an 82 m thick oil column down to the oil-water contact in the Statfjord Group at 1957 m (1922 m TVD MSL). A formation gas peak with C2+ hydrocarbons was recorded in the top of the Shetalnad Group, and at 1873 m good oil shows were recorded. Gas generally dropped off down in the Shetland Group. Below the OWC oil shows were described down to 1965 m.

A total of 164 m core were recovered from seven coring runs covering the Jurassic interval and 21 m TVD into the Triassic

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