NORWAY · WELLBORES · NPDID 8240
7317/9-1
Exploration · Wildcat · P&A · Dry · Statoil Petroleum AS · PL 718
7317/9-1 is a wildcat exploration wellbore in the Barents Sea, drilled by Statoil Petroleum AS, entered Sep 13, 2017, to 1,500 m in the Snadd Fm.
- 1,500
- m total depth · 1,497 m vertical
- 434
- m water depth
- Sep 13, 2017
- entered · completed Oct 7, 2017
- Snadd Fm
- at total depth · Triassic
- 36.8
- m of core in 1 core
- 39
- °C bottom-hole temperature
SODIR FACTPAGES · RECORD UPDATED FEB 20, 2026 · RELEASED JAN 2, 2019
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Drilling
- Drilling facility
- SONGA ENABLER · Semisub steel
- Drilling days
- 25
- Kelly bushing elevation
- 32 m
- Maximum inclination
- 6.19999981°
- Drilling permit
- 1669-L
- Licensing round
- 22
- Plugged and abandoned
- Oct 7, 2017
- Core samples available
- Yes
- Cuttings samples available
- Yes
- Position · ED50
- 73.46402° N, 17.80292° E
Well history
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General
Exploration well 7317/9-1 Koigen Central, and the two associated pilot wells 7317/6-U-1 and 7317/9-U-1, were drilled in the Koigen Central prospect, located on the Stappen High, in the south-western Barents Sea. The primary target was the upper Realgrunnen Subgroup (Stø and Nordmela formations). Secondary targets were the lower Realgrunnen Subgroup (Tubåen and Fruholmen formations), and the Triassic Snadd Formation.
Operations and results
The first pilot hole, 7317/6-U-1, located 4.5 km north of the main well location was designed to gain control of the stratigraphy. It was drilled vertically down to a TD of 1216 m in the Hekkingen Formation. The second pilot hole, 7317/9-U-1, was located ca. 40 m north-north east of the main well. It was drilled vertically down to a TD of 806 m in the Hekkingen Formation, the approximate setting depth of the 13 3/8” casing shoe in the main well. No shallow gas was encountered in the two pilots.
Wildcat well 7317/9-1 was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Songa Enabler on 13 September 2017 and drilled to TD at 1500 m in the Triassic Snadd Formation. Operations proceeded without significant problems. The well was drilled with seawater and hi-vis pills down to 816 m and with KCl/GEM/Polymer water-based mud from 816 m to TD.
The primary targets Stø and Nordmela formations were not
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