NORWAY · WELLBORES · NPDID 7681
7324/8-2
Exploration · Wildcat · P&A · Shows · OMV (Norge) AS · PL 537
7324/8-2 is a wildcat exploration wellbore in the Barents Sea, drilled by OMV (Norge) AS, entered Apr 26, 2015, to 840 m in the Snadd Fm.
- 840
- m total depth · 840 m vertical
- 394
- m water depth
- Apr 26, 2015
- entered · completed May 16, 2015
- Snadd Fm
- at total depth · Middle Triassic
- —
- m of core
- —
- °C bottom-hole temperature
SODIR FACTPAGES · RECORD UPDATED FEB 20, 2026 · RELEASED MAY 16, 2017
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Drilling
- Drilling facility
- LEIV EIRIKSSON · Semisub steel
- Drilling days
- 21
- Kelly bushing elevation
- 25 m
- Maximum inclination
- 1.5°
- Drilling permit
- 1571-L
- Licensing round
- 20
- Plugged and abandoned
- —
- Core samples available
- Yes
- Cuttings samples available
- Yes
- Position · ED50
- 73.40001° N, 24.44489° E
Well history
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General
Well 7324/8-2 was drilled to test the Bjaaland prospect southwest of the Wisting Field in the Hoop Fault Complex in the Barents Sea. The primary objective was to prove petroleum in the Middle Jurassic to Late Triassic Upper Realgrunnen Subgroup (Stø and Fruholmen formations).
Operations and results
Wildcat well 7324/8-2 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Leiv Eiriksson on 26 April 2015 and drilled to TD at 840 m in the Middle Triassic Snadd Formation. No significant problem was encountered in the operations. The well was drilled with seawater and bentonite down to 488 m and with Glydril mud from 488 m TD.
The Stø Formation was encountered at 668 m, 250 m below sea floor. It was water bearing. Shows were observed on cuttings and in sidewall core chips from top Stø Formation and downwards. Inspection of the drilling mud used in the 12 1/4" and 8 1/2" sections revealed a weak fluorescence. This makes all on-rig shows observations on cuttings and sidewall cores questionable. However, post-well organic geochemical analyses proved unquestionable thermogenic oil in sidewall cores from top Stø Formation and downwards. In the sidewall cores down to 702 m the oil shows were biodegraded, below 719 m undegraded oil was present in the shows.
Due to dry well no cores were cut. The MDT tool was run for pressure points, but no fluid sample was taken.
The well was permanently abandoned on 16 May 2015 as a dry well with shows.
Testing
No drill stem test was performed.
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