7220/2-1

Exploration · Wildcat · P&A · Gas · Statoil Petroleum AS · PL 714

7220/2-1 is a wildcat exploration wellbore in the Barents Sea, drilled by Statoil Petroleum AS, entered Sep 26, 2014, to 1,594 m in the Snadd Fm.

Discovery 7220/2-1 (Isfjell) · On the map →

1,594: m total depth · 1,590 m vertical
429: m water depth
Sep 26, 2014: entered · completed Oct 10, 2014
Snadd Fm: at total depth · Late Triassic
126.1: m of core in 3 cores
—: °C bottom-hole temperature

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Drilling

Drilling facility: TRANSOCEAN SPITSBERGEN · Semisub steel
Drilling days: 14
Kelly bushing elevation: 40 m
Maximum inclination: 9.60000038°
Drilling permit: 1543-L
Licensing round: 22
Plugged and abandoned: —
Core samples available: Yes
Cuttings samples available: Yes
Position · ED50: 72.81218° N, 20.55749° E
Hydrocarbons in: Stø Fm · Middle Jurassic
Hydrocarbons in: Nordmela Fm · Early Jurassic

Well history

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General

Well 7220/2-1 was drilled to test the Isfjell prospect in the Bjørnøyrenna Fault Complex between the Bjørnøya Basin and the Loppa High in the western Barents Sea. The main purpose of the well was to test the hydrocarbon potential and phase in the Stø, Nordmela and Tubåen formations of Early - Middle Jurassic age. The Snadd Formation was a secondary target.

Operations and results

Wildcat well 7220/2-1 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Transocean Spitsbergen on 26 August 2014. After drilling the 36" section down to 501 m the well was set on hold while drilling a separate 9 7/8" pilot hole (7220/2-U-2) from seabed to 678 m to look for shallow gas. No shallow gas was seen. After this, on 28 August, the rig was moved to drill the 7125/4-3 Ensis well. On 22 September, the rig returned to location and drilling of the main well commenced to TD at 1594 m in the Late Triassic Snadd Formation. No significant problem was encountered in the operations. The well was drilled with seawater down to 678 m and with KCl/Polymer/Glycol from 678 m to TD.

The well penetrated Quaternary and Tertiary claystones as well as Jurassic and Triassic sandstones, claystones and siltstones. Top Stø Formation was penetrated at 828 m. Gas was present in Stø and Nordmela formations with a possible GOC at 912 m and a thin (2 m) oil leg. The oil was indicated from resistivity, hydrocarbon core scanner and core extracts. Below the oil, there were good shows down to 922 m. Organic geochemical analyses proved the gas to be thermogenic in origin with no sign of biodegradation. No hydrocarbon indications were observed in the Snadd Formation.

Three cores were cut. Core 1 was cut from 800 t

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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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