NORWAY · WELLBORES · NPDID 7115
16/8-3 S
Exploration · Wildcat · P&A · Dry · Statoil Petroleum AS · PL 360
16/8-3 S is a wildcat exploration wellbore in the North Sea, drilled by Statoil Petroleum AS, entered Mar 11, 2013, to 3,261 m in the Rotliegend Gp.
- 3,261
- m total depth · 3,243 m vertical
- 72
- m water depth
- Mar 11, 2013
- entered · completed May 1, 2013
- Rotliegend Gp
- at total depth · Permian
- —
- m of core
- 109
- °C bottom-hole temperature
SODIR FACTPAGES · RECORD UPDATED FEB 20, 2026 · RELEASED DEC 9, 2014
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Drilling
- Drilling facility
- SONGA TRYM · Semisub steel
- Drilling days
- 52
- Kelly bushing elevation
- 25 m
- Maximum inclination
- 13.30000019°
- Drilling permit
- 1434-L
- Licensing round
- TFO2005
- Plugged and abandoned
- —
- Core samples available
- Yes
- Cuttings samples available
- Yes
- Position · ED50
- 58.29539° N, 2.58181° E
Well history
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General
The 16/8-3 S Lupin well was drilled in the Ling depression in the North Sea. The Lupin prospect was defined by a tilted horst block with several small internal rotated fault blocks of Permian age. The objective was to prove a commercial accumulation of hydrocarbons in Permian Rotliegendes sandstones.
Operations and results
Wildcat well 16/8-3 S was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Songa Trym on 11 March 2013 and drilled to TD at 3261 m (3243 m TVD) in the Permian Rotliegendes Group. A 9 7/8” pilot hole was drilled to 827 m to check for shallow gas. No shallow gas was seen. The well was drilled with spud mud down to 940 m, with Performadril water based mud from 940 m to 1765 m, and with XP-07 oil based mud from 1765 m to TD.
The well penetrated rocks of Quaternary, Neogene, Paleogene, Cretaceous, Jurassic, and Permian age. The top of the expected main reservoir, the Rotliegendes Group was picked at 3015 m (2998.4 m TVD), 99 m TVD deeper than prognosed. There were no indication of hydrocarbons in the well.
One core (from 2574.5 m to 2584 m) was cut in the shale of the Late Jurassic Draupne Formation in the 12 1/4” section, for rock mechanical studies. No wire line fluid samples were taken.
The well was permanently abandoned on 1 May 2013 as a dry well.
Testing
No drill stem test was performed.
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