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34/10-27 R

Exploration · Appraisal · P&A · Gas · Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s · Gullfaks · PL 050

34/10-27 R is an appraisal exploration wellbore in the North Sea, drilled by Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s, entered Jan 27, 1986, to 482 m in the Nordland Gp.

Discovery 34/10-1 Gullfaks · On the map →

482
m total depth · 482 m vertical
135
m water depth
Jan 27, 1986
entered · completed Jan 31, 1986
Nordland Gp
at total depth · Pliocene
—
m of core
—
°C bottom-hole temperature

SODIR FACTPAGES · RECORD UPDATED FEB 20, 2026 · RELEASED JAN 31, 1988

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Drilling

Drilling facility
WEST VENTURE OLD · Semisub steel
Drilling days
5
Kelly bushing elevation
32 m
Maximum inclination
1.20000005°
Drilling permit
495-L2
Licensing round
Awarded additionally to round 3
Plugged and abandoned
Jan 31, 1986
Core samples available
Yes
Cuttings samples available
No
Position · ED50
61.17531° N, 2.18999° E
Hydrocarbons in
Nordland Gp · Pliocene

Well history

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General

Well 34/10-27 R is a re-entry of well 34/10-27. The primary well was drilled on the Gullfaks Field to investigate and drain possible shallow gas sands at the platform A location on the Gullfaks Field. It was suspended without testing after detecting a thin shallow gas sand. The aim of the re-entry was permanent plugging and abandonment.

Operations and results

Well 34/10 was re-entered on 27 January 1986 with the semi-submersible installation West Venture

The well was plugged and permanently abandoned on 31 January 1986.

Testing

No drill stem test was performed.

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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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