15/6-16 S is a wildcat exploration wellbore in the North Sea, drilled by Aker BP ASA, entered May 14, 2019, to 4,203 m in the Skagerrak Fm.
- 4,203
- m total depth · 4,192 m vertical
- 116
- m water depth
- May 14, 2019
- entered · completed Jun 28, 2019
- Skagerrak Fm
- at total depth · Late Triassic
- —
- m of core
- —
- °C bottom-hole temperature
SODIR FACTPAGES · RECORD UPDATED FEB 20, 2026 · RELEASED OCT 23, 2020
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Drilling
- Drilling facility
- DEEPSEA STAVANGER · Semisub steel
- Drilling days
- 29
- Kelly bushing elevation
- 30 m
- Maximum inclination
- 0°
- Drilling permit
- 1763-L
- Licensing round
- TFO2014
- Plugged and abandoned
- Jun 28, 2019
- Core samples available
- Yes
- Cuttings samples available
- Yes
- Position · ED50
- 58.67071° N, 1.71722° E
Well history
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
Well 15/6-16 S was drilled to test the Hornet prospect in the Ve sub-basin about 10 kilometres north of the Gina Krog field in the central part of the North Sea. The primary objective was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Middle Jurassic Hugin and Sleipner formations. The secondary objective was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Late Triassic Skagerrak Formation.
Operations and results
An 8 ½” pilot hole 15/6-U-4 was drilled down to 1130 m to acquire good quality LWD log data in the shallowest section
and to verify no shallow gas present at the drilling location. The pilot hole was drilled in parallel with the 36’’ hole of the main bore. No shallow gas was seen.
Wildcat well 15/6-16 S was spudded with the semi-submersible installation Deepsea Stavanger on 14 May 2019 and drilled to TD at 4203 m (4192 m TVD) m in the Late Triassic Skagerrak Formation. Operations proceeded without significant problems. The well was drilled with seawater and hi-vis pills down to 1128 m, with water-based mud from 1128 to 3705 m, and with oil-based mud from 3705 m to TD.
The Hugin Formation was absent in the well. The Sleipner Formation was penetrated at 4020 m, and the Skagerrak Formation at 4130 m. The Sleipner Formation consists of interlayered sandstones, siltstones and coals of which a total of 23 metres was sandstone of moderate to poor reservoir quality. The Skagerrak formation came in with a thickness of 73 metres, with sandstone layers totalling 17 metres with poor to moderate reservoir quality. There were no shows above OBM in the well.
No cores were cut. RDT fluid samples were taken at 4131.3
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