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well

The standard representation of a well from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate

	Parameter	Type	Description	Example
	Completed date	string	Exploration wellbores from moveable facilities: For floating facilities - date when anchor handling is started. For jackups - date the jacking-down started. Exploration wellbores from fixed facilities and all development wellbores: Date when the wellbore is at total depth, and last casing, liner or screen is set. In case of immediate plugging of the wellbore, completed date equals the date the last plug i set in the wellbore. Date when the wellbore is at total depth, and last casing, liner or screen is set. In case of immediate plugging of the wellbore, completed date equals the date the last plug i set in the wellbore.	15.02.2009
	Content	string	For exploration wellbores, status of discovery. Legal values: DRY, SHOWS (trace amounts of hydrocarbons), GAS, GAS/CONDENSATE, OIL or OIL/GAS. SHOWS (GAS SHOWS, OIL SHOWS or OIL/GAS SHOWS) are detected as fluorescent cut (organic extract), petroleum odour, or visual stain on cuttings or cores, or as increased gas reading on the mud-loggers gas detection equipment. For development wellbores, type of produced/injected fluid. Legal values: WATER, CUTTINGS, NOT AVAILABLE, OIL, GAS/CONDENSATE, OIL/GAS, CO2, GAS, WATER/GAS, NOT APPLICABLE.	CO2
	Discovery	string	Name of the discovery the wellbore is related to.	15/9-19 S Volve
	Discovery wellbore	string	Indicator which telles if the wellbore made a new discovery. Legal values: YES, NO.	NO
	Drill permit	string	The drilling permit number together with the version of the drilling permit as stated in the drilling permit granted by the NPD.	3016-E
	Drilled in production licence	string	Official designation of the active production licence at the surface position (at the wellhead).	046 BS
	Drilling company	string	Name of the company that performed the drilling	The drilling company
	Drilling facility	string	NPD's name of the facility which the wellbore was drilled from.	MÆRSK INSPIRER
	Drilling operator	string	Name of the licensee starting the drilling operation on behalf of the active production license (well head position). This will usually equal the operator of the production license.	StatoilHydro ASA
	Entered date	string	The date when he wellbore was spudded. For sidetracks: The date when new formation was drilled by kicking off from the mother-wellbore,	18.01.2009
	Field	string	Name of the field the wellbore is related to.	Volve
	Final vertical depth (TVD)	number	Vertical elevation from total depth to kelly bushing. Shown only for released wells. Referred to as true vertical depth (TVD).	3044.0
	Geodetic datum	string	Reference system for coordinates. Example of legal values: ED50.
	Kelly bushing elevation	number	Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.	54.9
	Main area	string	Name of the area on the Norwegian Continental Shelf where the wellbore is located. Legal values: BARENTS SEA, NORWEGIAN SEA, NORTH SEA.	NORTH SEA
Required Unique	NPDID wellbore	number	Official unique indentifier based on NPD guidelines	8508
	Owner	string	The entity that owns or operates the well	Local geological survey
	Purpose	string	Final classification of the wellbore. Legal values for development wellbores: OBSERVATION, PRODUCTION, INJECTION. Legal values for other wellbores: SOIL DRILLING (drilling in connection with track surveys and other subsurface surveys to investigate the soil conditions prior to placement of facilities), SHALLOW GAS (drilling to investigate shallow gas before the first 'real' drilling on the location), PILOT (drilling to investigate the geology and fluid connectors for location of the main wellbore), SCIENTIFIC (drilling according to Law of Scientific research and exploration), STRATIGRAPHIC (driling according to Law of Petroleum activities §2-1).	PRODUCTION
	Purpose - planned	string	Pre-drill purpose of the wellbore. Legal values for exploration wellbores: WILDCAT, APPRAISAL. Example of legal values for development wellbores: OBSERVATION, PRODUCTION, INJECTION.	PRODUCTION
	Reentry	string	Status whether the wellbore has been re-entered (YES) or not (NO). Re-entered wellbores are not included in the count when wellbores are presented in statistical overviews.	NO
	Reentry activity	string	Reason for reentry of the wellbore. Only relevant for exploration wellbores. Example of legal values: DRILLING, DRILLING/PLUGGING, LOGGING, PLUGGING, TESTING, TESTING/PLUGGING.	DRILLING
	Release date	string	Date when raw data which has been reported to the authorities from the wellbore is not confidential any longer. Normally 2 years after finishing the drilling. May be earlier if the area of the production license is relinquished.	15.02.2011
	Status	string	Status for the wellbore. Legal values are: BLOWOUT: A blowout has occurred in the well. CLOSED: A development wellbore that has been closed in a shorter or longer periode. Also applies to development wellbores where drilling is completed, but production/injection has not yet been reported. DRILLING: The well is in the drilling phase - can be active drilling, logging, testing or plugging, JUNKED: The drilling operation has been terminated due to technical problems. P&A: Exploration: The well is plugged and abandoned, and can not be reentered for further use. Development wells: The production/injection from/to the well is stopped and the well is plugged. The wellhead is removed or else made unavailable for further well operations. PLUGGED: The wellbore has been plugged, but the upper parts of the wellbore can be re-used. A sidetrack might be drilled at a later stage. PRODUCING: It was produced from the wellbore at the time of the operators last monthly report to the NPD. INJECTING: It was injected to the wellbore at the time of the operators last monthly report to the NPD. PREDRILLED: The upper part of the well has been drilled, usually as part of a batch-drilling campaign covering several wellbores. RE-CLASS TO DEV: Exploration wellbore that is reclassified to a development wellbore. RE-CLASS TO TEST: Exploration wellbore that is reclassified to test production. SUSPENDED: The drilling operation in the wellbore has been temporarily stopped. The current plan is to continue drilling later on.	BLOWOUT
	Total depth (MD)	number	Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).	3232.0
	Type	string	Wellbore type. Legal values: EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, OTHER (see 'Purpose' for more information)	DEVELOPMENT
	Water depth	number	Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.	91.0
Required	Well name	string	Official name of the parent well for the wellbore based on NPD guidelines for designation of wells and wellbores.	15/9-F-15
Required	Wellbore name	string	Official name of wellbore based on NPD guidelines for designation of wells and wellbores.	15/9-F-15 C

Parameter

Type

Description

Example

Completed date

string

Exploration wellbores from moveable facilities: For floating facilities - date when anchor handling is started. For jackups - date the jacking-down started. Exploration wellbores from fixed facilities and all development wellbores: Date when the wellbore is at total depth, and last casing, liner or screen is set. In case of immediate plugging of the wellbore, completed date equals the date the last plug i set in the wellbore. Date when the wellbore is at total depth, and last casing, liner or screen is set. In case of immediate plugging of the wellbore, completed date equals the date the last plug i set in the wellbore.

15.02.2009

Content

string

For exploration wellbores, status of discovery. Legal values: DRY, SHOWS (trace amounts of hydrocarbons), GAS, GAS/CONDENSATE, OIL or OIL/GAS. SHOWS (GAS SHOWS, OIL SHOWS or OIL/GAS SHOWS) are detected as fluorescent cut (organic extract), petroleum odour, or visual stain on cuttings or cores, or as increased gas reading on the mud-loggers gas detection equipment. For development wellbores, type of produced/injected fluid. Legal values: WATER, CUTTINGS, NOT AVAILABLE, OIL, GAS/CONDENSATE, OIL/GAS, CO2, GAS, WATER/GAS, NOT APPLICABLE.

CO2

Discovery

string

Name of the discovery the wellbore is related to.

15/9-19 S Volve

Discovery wellbore

string

Indicator which telles if the wellbore made a new discovery. Legal values: YES, NO.

Drill permit

string

The drilling permit number together with the version of the drilling permit as stated in the drilling permit granted by the NPD.

3016-E

Drilled in production licence

string

Official designation of the active production licence at the surface position (at the wellhead).

046 BS

Drilling company

string

Name of the company that performed the drilling

The drilling company

Drilling facility

string

NPD's name of the facility which the wellbore was drilled from.

MÆRSK INSPIRER

Drilling operator

string

Name of the licensee starting the drilling operation on behalf of the active production license (well head position). This will usually equal the operator of the production license.

StatoilHydro ASA

Entered date

string

The date when he wellbore was spudded. For sidetracks: The date when new formation was drilled by kicking off from the mother-wellbore,

18.01.2009

Field

string

Name of the field the wellbore is related to.

Volve

Final vertical depth (TVD)

number

Vertical elevation from total depth to kelly bushing. Shown only for released wells. Referred to as true vertical depth (TVD).

3044.0

Geodetic datum

string

Reference system for coordinates. Example of legal values: ED50.

Kelly bushing elevation

number

Elevation of the rotary kelly bushing (RKB) above mean sea level.

54.9

Main area

string

Name of the area on the Norwegian Continental Shelf where the wellbore is located. Legal values: BARENTS SEA, NORWEGIAN SEA, NORTH SEA.

NORTH SEA

Required Unique

NPDID wellbore

number

Official unique indentifier based on NPD guidelines

8508

Owner

string

The entity that owns or operates the well

Local geological survey

Purpose

string

Final classification of the wellbore. Legal values for development wellbores: OBSERVATION, PRODUCTION, INJECTION. Legal values for other wellbores: SOIL DRILLING (drilling in connection with track surveys and other subsurface surveys to investigate the soil conditions prior to placement of facilities), SHALLOW GAS (drilling to investigate shallow gas before the first 'real' drilling on the location), PILOT (drilling to investigate the geology and fluid connectors for location of the main wellbore), SCIENTIFIC (drilling according to Law of Scientific research and exploration), STRATIGRAPHIC (driling according to Law of Petroleum activities §2-1).

PRODUCTION

Purpose - planned

string

Pre-drill purpose of the wellbore. Legal values for exploration wellbores: WILDCAT, APPRAISAL. Example of legal values for development wellbores: OBSERVATION, PRODUCTION, INJECTION.

PRODUCTION

Reentry

string

Status whether the wellbore has been re-entered (YES) or not (NO). Re-entered wellbores are not included in the count when wellbores are presented in statistical overviews.

Reentry activity

string

Reason for reentry of the wellbore. Only relevant for exploration wellbores. Example of legal values: DRILLING, DRILLING/PLUGGING, LOGGING, PLUGGING, TESTING, TESTING/PLUGGING.

DRILLING

Release date

string

Date when raw data which has been reported to the authorities from the wellbore is not confidential any longer. Normally 2 years after finishing the drilling. May be earlier if the area of the production license is relinquished.

15.02.2011

Status

string

Status for the wellbore. Legal values are: BLOWOUT: A blowout has occurred in the well. CLOSED: A development wellbore that has been closed in a shorter or longer periode. Also applies to development wellbores where drilling is completed, but production/injection has not yet been reported. DRILLING: The well is in the drilling phase - can be active drilling, logging, testing or plugging, JUNKED: The drilling operation has been terminated due to technical problems. P&A: Exploration: The well is plugged and abandoned, and can not be reentered for further use. Development wells: The production/injection from/to the well is stopped and the well is plugged. The wellhead is removed or else made unavailable for further well operations. PLUGGED: The wellbore has been plugged, but the upper parts of the wellbore can be re-used. A sidetrack might be drilled at a later stage. PRODUCING: It was produced from the wellbore at the time of the operators last monthly report to the NPD. INJECTING: It was injected to the wellbore at the time of the operators last monthly report to the NPD. PREDRILLED: The upper part of the well has been drilled, usually as part of a batch-drilling campaign covering several wellbores. RE-CLASS TO DEV: Exploration wellbore that is reclassified to a development wellbore. RE-CLASS TO TEST: Exploration wellbore that is reclassified to test production. SUSPENDED: The drilling operation in the wellbore has been temporarily stopped. The current plan is to continue drilling later on.

BLOWOUT

Total depth (MD)

number

Total measured length of wellbore from kelly bushing to total depth (driller's depth).

3232.0

Type

string

Wellbore type. Legal values: EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, OTHER (see 'Purpose' for more information)

DEVELOPMENT

Water depth

number

Depth in metres betweem mean sea level and sea floor.

91.0

Required

Well name

string

Official name of the parent well for the wellbore based on NPD guidelines for designation of wells and wellbores.

15/9-F-15

Required

Wellbore name

string

Official name of wellbore based on NPD guidelines for designation of wells and wellbores.

15/9-F-15 C

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