HPHT Exploration well’s, Offset Data Analysis

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Offset well data & operations analysis

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Table of contents
Culzean 22_25-H: HPHT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
Offset well data & operations analysis ........................................................................................................................................................................................................1
Table of contents ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2
1. Offset well data & design analysis. ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................3
1. Goals....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Goals & objectives. ...................................................................................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Well data & Design Goals: ........................................................................................................................................................................................3
2. Offset data summary. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Offset Data Inventory........................................................................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Summary of wellbore sections ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
2.2.1 General ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................5
2.2.2 Well foundation ......................................................................................................................................................................................................5
2.2.3 Top hole wellbore...................................................................................................................................................................................................5
2.2.4 Surface wellbore ....................................................................................................................................................................................................5
2.2.5 Intermediate wellbore.............................................................................................................................................................................................5
2.2.6 Production casing ..................................................................................................................................................................................................5
2.3 Offset data & well design attachments................................................................................................................................................. 6
2.3.1 Comparative Geological and geo-physical Plots ...................................................................................................................................................6
2.3.2 Pressure plots ........................................................................................................................................................................................................6
2.3.3 Temperature plots..................................................................................................................................................................................................6
2.3.4 Formation tops and casing depths.........................................................................................................................................................................6
2.3.5 Pressure, fracture and mid weight gradients .........................................................................................................................................................6
2.3.6 Other well design, operational aspects..................................................................................................................................................................6
2.4 Offset Well Data Sheets ....................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.4.1 General ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
2.4.2 Formations encountered ........................................................................................................................................................................................9
2.4.3 Offset well operations summaries........................................................................................................................................................................10

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1. Offset well data & design analysis.

1. Goals

1.1 Goals & objectives.

 Recognised offset HPHT drilling hazards and risks.
 Analyse problems and risks experienced and identify opportunities to mitigate and prevent these.
 Measure and evaluate offset data in order to reduce and eliminate operational loss on Culzean.
 Use the data to enable a more robust drilling operational and geological program.
 Ensure key contingencies are planned engineered prior to operational execution.
 Determine key metrics to be managed during well implementation.

1.2 Well data & Design Goals:

Other design challenges:

 Each section planned for 1 bit run per hole section..
 Cement tops to be brought into the last casing string to seal off annular gas pressure while the well is on production.
 Beat best in class footage per day and total well duration (>250ft/day 65days duration spud to TD.)
 Optimise well costs vs. P50 AFE.
 Minimise down-hole equipment failures and associated drilling problems that result
 No surface equipment failure
 Minimise other operational performance and process loss.
 Deliver an MPD solution that works.

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2. Offset data summary.

2.1 Offset Data Inventory

Table 1; Offset data table inventory

Well Name / Operator Year Data Comments

Number Drilled Analysis
attached
22_25a-1 1 1986 Yes 1st well on structure. Drilled with the semi-submersible Sea Explorer. Good
offset well with all the classic HPHT drilling difficulties experience that can be
Culzean learned from. 173days until well abandoned.

30/1a-6 1 2005 Yes Similar well stratigraphically and more recent with all typical HPHT swabbing,
kick and wellbore breathing problems occurring. 109days on well.
Jackdaw

22/30a-2 1 1988 Yes 1st HPHT well on structure drilled to TD of 15,900ft on day 47 (exceptional
performance indeed?).
Heron
Logged, liner run, well tested then abandoned. Total time 139days. Key
lessons to be learned for future project here?

22/30a-6 1 1989 Yes 1st Appraisal well on structure, drilled from 25Nov to a TD of 16,744ft, well
suspended, 28th April. Well suspended after 167days. Key lessons to be
Heron learned in the context when appraising HPHT wells?

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2.2 Summary of wellbore sections

2.2.1 General
Offset wells are all HPHT wells, analogous in part to Culzean well to be drilled.

2.2.2 Well foundation

No major drilling problems noted or identified.

2.2.3 Top hole wellbore

2.2.4 Surface wellbore

2.2.5 Intermediate wellbore

All casing strings setting depths achieved required formation integrity. Weakest formations however are unlikely to be at the
casing shoe and must be accounted for in all pre-engineering and operational considerations.

2.2.6 Production casing

All casing strings setting depths achieved required formation integrity. Weakest formations however are unlikely to be at the
casing shoe and must be accounted for in all pre-engineering and operational considerations.

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2.3 Offset data & well design attachments

2.3.1 Comparative Geological and geo-physical Plots
All offset wells compare well to the anticipated stratigraphy in the Culzean 22_25-H wells.

2.3.2 Pressure plots

Pressure plots have been constructed based on all regional pressure (RFT), leak off and evaluated data determined.

2.3.3 Temperature plots

Temperature plot has been based on regional data sets available.
Well cat analysis has also been determined for each wellbore section.

2.3.4 Formation tops and casing depths

Stick diagrams have been constructed of formation tops and casing setting depths as drilled by the offset wells.

2.3.5 Pressure, fracture and mid weight gradients

Pore pressure and a wellbore stability study was conducted for the Culzean wells. Based on the results analysis, data was reviewed to
assure pressure, fracture and mud weight gradients have been ensured

2.3.6 Other well design, operational aspects.

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2.4 Offset Well Data Sheets

2.4.1 General
Table 2; General offset well data sheet summaries

Well Name details Nearest off set Well 1 Well 2 Well 3

Date drilled August 1986 30th August 2005 June 1988 25th November 1989

Final Status Abandoned, 8th Feb 2007. 1st January 2006 TD 8th August, Testing Suspended April 1990
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completed 4 November.

Location Northings Eastings 57.13.14.08N 0.55.18.94E 57.08 52.7N 01.48 36.9E 57.08 24.063N 01.48 35.561E

Geologic similarity (H,M,L) High High High High

Composite Log Some Some Some Some

Mud Log Some Some Some Some

Bit Record Yes Yes Yes Yes

Electric logs Yes Yes Yes Yes

Time/ Depth data Yes Yes Yes Yes

Cost/ Depth data

Casing Seats Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mud type and weight
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mud prog post anl.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pore pressure data
- Source (DST, logs,)

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Well Name details Nearest off set Well 1 Well 2 Well 3

Leak off tests/ FBG Yes Yes Yes Yes

Temperature Data Yes Yes Yes Yes

Source (DST, logs)

Hole prob by section Yes Yes Yes Yes

Core data Yes Yes Yes Yes

Directional data Yes Yes Yes Yes

Csg type and weight Yes Yes Yes Yes

Seismic (top hole)

Hole section sum. Yes Yes Yes Yes

Daily Drilling Rpts Yes summaries Yes summaries Yes summaries Yes summaries

IADC reports / DDR Yes

Yes summaries Yes summaries Yes summaries
Mud reports Yes

ST reports/ data Yes n/a n/a n/a

Cementing reports Yes in part Yes in part Yes in part Yes in part

Casing reports Yes in part Yes in part Yes in part Yes in part

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2.4.2 Formations encountered
Table 3; Wellbore Stratigraphic depths BRT and TVDSS

Lithology Plan Nearest off set Well 1 Well 2 Well 3

Undifferentiated 3,609ft clay with sandy traces 2,600ft

Balder 9843ft (2) 10,189 / 10,014 9,682 / 9,581ft TVD 9,700ft – 9,860ft

Sele / Lista 9,843 – 10,096ft (3) 10,218 / 10,043

Forties 10,096 - 10,827ft (4) 10,339 / 10,164 9,825 / 9,734ft Tvd 9,860 – 10,380ft

Lista 10,827 – 11,086ft (5) 10,668 / 10,493 10,380 – 10,810ft

Maureen 10,954 / 10,779 10,810 – 11,110ft

Ekofisk 11,086 - 13,012 (6) 11,382 / 11,207 10,996 / 10,905 11,110 – 13,065ft

Tor 13,012- 13,908ft (7) 11,700/11,524 11,350 / 11,259

Hod 13,908 – 14,394ft (8) 13,410 / 13,234 12,800 / 12,709 13,065 – 14,055ft

Herring 14,394ft – 14,551ft (9) 14,055 – 14,323ft

Plenus Marl 14,551 – 14,992ft (10) 16,102 / 15,926

Hidra 14,692 – 15,004ft (11) 16,104 / 15,928 14,006 / 13,914 14,323 – 14,445ft

Cromer Knoll Rodby 15,074 – 15,171ft (12) 16,471 / 16,295 14,125 / 14,033 14,445 - 14,580ft
Sola 14,580- 14,650ft
Valhall 14,650 – 14,890ft

Kimmerdige 15,171 - 15,548 (13) 17,145 / 16,969 14,280 / 14,188 14,890 – 14,900ft
Heather 15,548 - 15,922ft (14) 14,900 – 15,073ft

Pentland 14,342 / 14,250 15,073 – 15,582ft

Skagerrak 15,922 - 16,191ft (15) 14,436 / 14,344 15,582 – 16,744ft

15,900 / 15,809

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2.4.3 Offset well operations summaries

Hole section summaries

Table 4; Hole section summaries

Offset Well 1 Well 2 Well 3

Seabed 115m, 377ft. Seabed 430ft Seabed 392KB Seabed 381ft
26” - 36” HO 660ft - 705ft (0.5deg) 36” HO 610ft 36” HO 730ft (0.2deg) 26” - 36” HO 685ft – 718ft

24 ½” pilot 2,005ft 26” 1,744ft 26” 2,552ft (0.1deg) 26” 2,580ft (0.25deg)
24 ½” - 30” UR 2,005ft (<0.3deg)

17” pilot 5,252ft

24” UR 5,249ft (0.3deg)

17 ” 11,277ft (0.5deg) 16” 5,125ft 17 ½” 9,040ft (0.6deg) 17 ½” 9,267ft (2.5deg)

12 ¼” 15,046ft (2deg) 12 ¼” opened to 13,800ft 12 ¼” 14,225ft (3.5deg) 12 ¼” 14,695ft (3deg)

13 ½”

8 ½” 16,192ft (2.9deg) 8 1/2” 16,400ft 8 3/8” 15,900ft (4deg) 7 7/8” 16,744ft (7.5deg)

6 ¾” None drilled 6 ¾” 18,600ft

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Casing programme
Table 5: Casing program

Offset Well 1 Well 2 Well 3

Casing Set depth BRT Casing Set depth BRT Casing Set depth BRT Casing Set depth BRT
(ftMD) (ftMD) (ftMD) (ftMD)

RT-MSL- WD 0 – 85ft- 292ft RT-MSL-WD RT-MSL-WD 0 – 90ft – 302ft, RT-MSL-WD 0 – 75ft – 306ft
RT - SB 377ft RT - SB 430ft RT - SB 392ft RT - SB 381ft

30” 197m, 646ft 30” 600ft 30” X-52 689ft 30” 685ft
x X 310lbs/ft

24 ½” 598m planned 20” 1,723ft 20” X-56 2,504ft 20” 2,497ft

*set 70m high. 531m, 1,742ft 129lbs/ft
18.75”

18 5/8” 1531m, 5,023ft

13 3/8” 3,426m 11,240ft 13 3/8” 5,115ft 13 3/8” P110 8,998ft 13 3/8” 9,210ft
30ft rat-hole 72lbs/ft 12.35” 72lbs/ft

9 5/8” 4,581m, 15,030ft 10 3/4” 13,791ft 9 5/8” P110 14,198ft 9 5/8” 14,651ft
16.4ft rat-hole 53.5lbs/ft 8.53”

7” None set. 7 5/8” 16,390ft 7” P110 15,870ft 6 5/8” 16,700ft

38lbs/ft

Sidetrack TD 4,935m 16,192ft TD 18,600ft TD 15,900ft TD 16,744ft

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Cement programme
Table 6: Cement program

Offset Well 1 Well 2 Well 3

Casing Cem to BRT Casing Cem to BRT (mMD) Casing Cem to BRT (mMD) Casing Cem to BRT (mMD)
(mMD)

30” 246bbl of G-neat 1.92sg 30” Lead : 228 bbl of Pozzo 30” set Lead : 248 bbl of Pozzo 0.638psi/ft
slurry. 0.64psi/ft Slurry. Tail: 178 Slurry. Tail: 179 bbls of G lightfill
@ 685ft 0.685psi/ftSlurry.
bbls of G+glass spheres
0.635psi/ft Slurry.

24 ½ ” 494 bbl of G+8%bent 20” Lead: 412 bbls of 1.44sg 20” Lead: 872 bbl of Pozzo 20” 827bbls 0.685psi/ft lead + 348bbls
@1.58sg & 148 bbl tail Slurry. 0.685psi/ft Slurry. 0.711psi/t tail.
@2,497ft Test csg to 1000psi
Tail: 824 bbls of 1.92 sg Tail: 302 bbl of Pozzo
Slurry. 0.715psi/ft Slurry

13 3/8” 962 bbl G 1.58sg, 92 bbl 13 3/8” Lead: 83 bbls of 1.58sg 13 3/8” Lead: 372 bbl of Pozzo 13 3/8” 60bbls sea water pre flush. 824bbls
tail @ 1.92sg. Slurry. 0.685psi/ft Slurry. 0.710psi/ft cement slurry and 5bbls
9,210ft behind. Bumped plug and tested
Tail: 55 bbl of 1.92sg Tail: 109 bbl of Pozzo
casing to 3K. No losses.
Slurry. 0.712psi/ft Slurry. TOC
2,820ft

9 5/8” 372 bbl G+35% SF 10 ¾” Lead: 265 bbl of 1.74sg 9 5/8” 398 bbl of G+Sliica flour 9 5/8” Displaced 120% casing contents.
1.92sg Slurry. 088psi/ft Slurry.
Cement with 366bbls .800psi/ft slurry.
14,651ft
Tail: 78 bbl of 1.92sg Displaced to bump. Test casing to
Slurry. TOC 3,000psi. No losses reported.
9,351ft
7” 71 bbl of G+Silica flour 6 5/8” 4bbl/mins, 1300psi 0 losses. Batch
0.932psi/ft Slurry TOC 16,700ft mix 180bbls .908psi/ft cement. 70bbls
13,200ft XC poly spacer followed by cement &
5bbls spacer behind. Displace 3bpm.
Pumped plug 96% efficiency and
tested casing to 3K.

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Fracture gradients
Table 7; Fracture gradients

Offset Well 1 Well 2 Well 3

Depth BRT Formation Integrity data Depth BRT Formation Integrity Depth BRT Formation Integrity Depth BRT Formation Integrity
(TVD) (TVD) data (TVD) data (TVD) data

616m 275psi, 1.2sg KCL WBM 1,723 ft 2,504ft 11.2ppg mud. 17 ½” section 125psi @2,592ft with
2,021ft 1.52sg 12.7ppg 1.56sg , 13.0ppg 610psi, 15.4ppg 2952ft 0.66psi/ft mud.
0.771psi/ft 13.7ppg
EMW

1531.16m 1000psi, 1.4sg MW OBM 5,115 ft 470psi, 1.7 OBM 8,998ft Drill 12 ¼” perform 12 ¼” section Mud 0.66psi/ft with an
LOT @ 8,998ft to EMW of 0.785psi/ft
5,023ft 1.86sg 15.5ppg. 1.91sg , 15.92ppg 1685psi with 12.3ppg 9210ft
mud. 15.9ppg

3434m 1.35sg OBM, 13,791 ft 2924psi, 1.7 OBM 14,225ft 1.01psi/ft, with 7 7/8” section Mud 0.88psi/ft EMW
11,267ft 1.84sg, 15.33ppg LOT 2.18sg , 18.2ppg 0.870psi/ft OBM 14,651ft 1.002psi/ft but
mud. 19.4ppg reported as low as
Weakest form?? 0.956psi/ft @ 15,110ft

4573m 2950psi 1.85sg OBM 16,395 ft 1280psi 2.10 OBM 15,870ft 7 7/8” section LOT was performed
15,005ft 2.30sg , 19.2ppg 2.28sg , 19.0ppg TD 16, resulting in an EMW
of 0.975psi/ft.

*1

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Mud programme
Table 8; Mud program

Offset Well 1 Well 2 Well 3

Hole size“ Drilling fluid Hole size“ Drilling fluid Hole size“ Drilling fluid Hole size“ Drilling fluid

36” Sw sweeps 36” SW sweeps 36” SW Sweeps & 36” SW sweeps & 60bls mud
Guar gum pills pumped at TD
660ft. 1.15sg displaced. 677ft

24” & 30 UR” Sw Sweeps 26” SW sweeps 26” SW Sweeps & 26” SW sweeps.
2,004ft 1.20sg (10ppg) Guar gum pills 2,580ft 0.470psi/ft gel mud.

17” pilot hole 1.2sg, 10ppg

5,252ft 1.30sg, 10.8ppg
24 ½” UR 1.38-1.40, 11.7ppg

17” section 1.55sg, 12.92ppg 16” OBM 17 ½” 11.6 – 12.3ppg 17 ½” KCL Polymer
11,274ft 1.60sg, 13.34ppg 12.55ppg 12.7ppg

12 ¼” 1.35sg, 11.3ppg 12 ¼” opened to OBM 12 ¼” 12.3ppg 12 ¼” KCL Polymer

13 ½”
14,994ft 12.00ppg 14.1ppg
15,046ft TD 13.76ppg (Csg) 0.66psi/ft

8 ½” 8 1/2” OBM 8 3/8” OBM 7 7/8” Inter-drill OBM

15,046ft-102ft 15.00ppg-17.67ppg 15125ft 16.1ppg 16.7ppg 0.88psi/ft inter-drill OBM
18.2ppg, 18.4ppg 16400ft 16.65ppg 16.92ppg.
16,191ft (Stuck) 18.4ppg
Sidetracks. 17.9ppg – 18.1ppg

6 ¾” OBM
17391ft 17.50 ppg
18600ft 18.70ppg

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Time summary
Table 9 Time summary
Offset
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18 August on tight tow.
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Spudded 19 August. Day 1.
30” Conductor @ 197m day 2.
Drilled and 24” casing @ 598m day 5.
BOP’s run day 7.
Drilled 17” to 1601m, U/R to 22” @ 1600m
day 21.
Casing ran & cemented day 26.
17” section drilled to 3434m day 45.
Logged hole ran casing. Day 48.
Pulled BOP stack due to casing leak and
repair problem. Day 55.
Drill 12 ¼” to 4586m day 85.
Casing & cementing. Day 88.
Drilled 8 ½” to 4603m. Day 92.
Well control problems. 92-day 100.
Drilled to TD 4,935m. 109days
Got stuck trying to POH 4,858m
51days spent fishing/sidetracking.
Well finally being abandoned,
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Well 1
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30 August 2005 rig under tow.
Jacked up and preloaded day 2.
Prepare to spud day 5, spudded day 6.
Drilled 36” and 30” to 610ft. 30” @ 600ft.
Drilled 26” to 1744ft day 7.
Ran & cemented 20” x 30” day 8.
Drilling 16” to 5125ft day 15.
Cemented casing day 18.
Drilling 12-¼” x 13-½” day 34.
Drilling 12-¼” to 13,800ft day 38. Open hole
day 45. Ran 10-¾” casing day 48.
Drilling 8-½” day 53. 16,400ft day 69.
7-5/8” liner day 74. Drilling 6-¾” hole day76.
Drilled to 17,391ft day 81.
3bbls kick taken. Weigh up to 18.7ppg.
Drilled to 18,600ft day 102.
Logged well day 109.
Abandon well day 121.
WOW to move rig day 125.
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19 June 1988 moving rig.
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Spudded 13.00hrs 19 June day 1.
30” Conductor set at 689ft Day 2.
Drilled 26” & 20” casing @ 2,552ft day 6.
BOP’s run day 7.
Drilling 17 ½” to 9,040ft day 11.
Casing ran and cemented day 14.
12 ¼” drilled to 14,425ft day 33.
Casing & cementing Day 36.
WOW day 42.
Drill 8 ½” to TD day 51.
TD Logging & wiper trop day 60.
Run 7 “ liner & scraper run day 63.
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Well 3
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25 November RIH and spudded well.
Drilled to 718ft, 36” 685ft.
30” conductor set at 685ft.
Drilled 26” to 2,580ft day 4.
BOP’s run day 5.
Drilling 17 ½” to 9,267ft day 17.
Casing ran and cemented day 21.
WOW day 28 BOP repairs day 32
12 ¼” drilled to 9, 845ft stuck pipe. Day 37.
Free pipe day 41.
Drill 12 ¼” to 10,958ft Day 46. Repair
BOP’s day 51. Drill 12 ¼” 11,060 day 52.
WOW day 58.
Drill 12 ¼” to 14,695ft day 83.
9 5/8” day 92.
WOW day 101, repair BOP’s Day 113.
Drilling 7 7/8” wellbore with coring to
16,744ft day 154.
Logging day 164.
Production test from day 170.
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Well operations highlights summary by phase

Table 10: All well operations Mobilisation and mooring.

Offset Well 1 Well 2 Well 3

Seabed tagged at 115.14m. (378ft) Quite a lengthy rig up and preparing to Seabed tagged at 392ft. Seabed tagged at 381ft.
No anchoring difficulties reported. drill. 6 days. No anchoring difficulties reported. No anchoring difficulties reported.

Table 11: All well operations 36” drilling 30” conductor

Offset Well 1 Well 2 Well 3

Spudded well drilled 36” wellbore to
201m with teledrift in 10 ¼hrs . Max
angle 1/2deg. Displaced well to
1.15sgmud.
POH, wiper tripped no fill. Ran &
cemented 30” conductor @196.71m
Drilled 36” wellbore to 600ft, low ROP’s
noted.
Spudded and drilled to 410ft, attempt
to un-ball bit. POH & change bit 3.5hrs
lost. Drilled to 730ft (10.5hrs).
Displaced well to mud.
POH, wiper tripped no fill. Ran &
cemented 30” conductor @ 689ft (41ft
rathole!)
Spudded and drilled from 381-718ft in
drilling 18hrs. Slow drilling due to bit
balling reported.
Washed and reamed tight spot from
556-586ft. & 616-646ft with 30k o/pull
reported. 36” hole @ 685ft.
Check trip, no problems with 3ft fill.
Displaced hole with 600bbls of
Bentonite mud and POH.
Ran 30” conductor and PGB to 685ft
landing depth. Conductor 1deg.
Cemented, no difficulties,
Released r/tool jetted PGB.

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Table 12: All well operations highlights 26" drilling 20" casing

Offset Well 1 Well 2 Well 3

Drilled 24” Motor BHA & teledrift, 18 ½”hrs
Under-reamed 30” wellbore to 611m depth
(15 ½ hrs). Displaced1.2sg mud. Ran &
cemented 24 ½” casing @ 598m.
BOP’s Marine riser Ran and tested 21 ¼”
BOP’s and riser. Set bore protector.
Drilled 26” hole to 1734ft then
deepened after wiper trip to 1744ft..
Had a few minor rig equipment
problems.
Drill 26” wellbore to 1,489ft (15hrs)
Drill 26” wellbore to 1,801ft (4 ½ hrs), wiper
trip OK. Drill 26” wellbore to 2,552 (15hrs).
Sweep hole with 300bbls guar gum and
pumped out of hole.
Run and cement 20” at 2,504ft. (48ft rat-
hole).
BOP’s Marine riser Ran and tested 21 ¼”
BOP’s and riser, install diverter and set bore
protector.
Tagged cement at 680ft. Drilled cement and
shoe to 685ft & washed rat-hole to 718ft.
Drilled 718ft to 2580ft surveying every 120ft.
(27hrs drilling 1862ft. i.e. 69ft/hr)
At TD swept hole with 300bbls hi-viscous
mud and spotted 100bbls gel mud on
bottom. Dropped SDC multi-shot and
pumped out to shoe, displacing to
0.470psi/ft gel mud. No over-pull noted.
Ran jet sub and cleaned PGB. Ran and
landed 20” with no difficulties.
Cemented and bumped plug at 97%
efficiency, testing casing to 1,000psi.
Ran jet sub and cleaned up wellhead.
BOP’s Marine riser Ran and tested 21 ¼”
BOP’s and riser, install diverter and set bore
protector.

Table 13: All well operations highlights 17" drilling, 22” under-reaming 18 5/8" casing

Offset
KCl mud, drill 17” pilot hole to 1057m. POH O/p 140K, 70K drag RIH. Drill ahead to 1213m POH wiper trip & bit change, max o/pull 65K. 49hrs pump repairs. Unable to drill on one pump
bit balling up. & low ROP Drilled to1601m. 6days in total. Final ROP’s 20-30m/hr, 800-900gpm, 3 x 24/32nds in bit. No hole cleaning problems, Gumbo was present. ROP 57ft/hr, 25ft/hr w
connections.

Under-reamed 1600m, 3 x 16/32nds in bit 3 x 18/32nds in UR. 7days required. UR to 24 ½” @100m/hr with only 0-5K WOB required. (2days repairing Elmalgco brake, 24hrs repairing
pump.). UR from 903m – 1450m, 30-50m/hr at 0-10K wob. 1450m – 1600m WOB > to 8-20K, ROP < 10-20m/hr. Overpull of 50K on connections. MW raised to 1.4sg. Some drag on first
2 singles noted when POH. Average ROP UR105ft/hr.

Ran 18 5/8” casing to HUD at 958m. Hole packed off, Pull back to 886m. RIH to 1150m washing in. Land casing 70m high @ 1532m. Day 26. No problems reported when cementing, seal
assembly setting or running gyro.

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Table 14: All well operation highlights 17 ½” drilling – 13 3/8” casing
Offset
17” BHA tagged cement at 1505m. Drilled
shoe at 1531m, cleaned rat-hole to 1601m
and 3m new hole. Displaced to 1.4sg OBM.
LOT 1.86sg EMW.
Drilled ahead 3days to 2668m. ROP to
2150m reported as 35m/hr Bit trip no
problems reported. MW > to 1.60sg.
Drilled ahead to 3152m low ROP and
increased torque reported. Bit trip.
Drilled ahead to 3282m. Lost 20% of inserts.
Fished for junk and POH. Drilled ahead to
3340m bit trip. Drilled to 3436m & POH (day
45)
Logged well, ran casing to 3436m.
Cemented casing no problems.
Pulled 21 ¼” stack, ran 13 5/8” stack. Day
51. Stack leaked with 7500psi. (wellhead
washed) Cut casing and patch, day 54.
Rerun 13 5/8” stack test BOP & patch.
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Well 1 Well 2
Tagged plug at 2,456ft and drilled to 3,867ft
in 17hrs. Drilled to 9,040ft (91hrs) that
included three short wiper trips.
Circulated clean and POH no O/pull. RIH tag
filled at 8,966ft. (72ft of fill!). Washed to
bottom.
Pumped out from 5,768ft to 5,640ft.
POH for 13 3/8” casing.
Pull wear bushing.
Ran and cemented 13-3/8” casing to 8,998ft.
(42ft rat-hole). Circulated 120% casing
contents. Cemented casing, bumped plugs,
tested casing to 3,000psi.
Difficulties removing spiders from casing.
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Well 3
Tag TOC @ 2453ft and drilled out to 2580ft
and new formation to 2592ft. Swept hole and
displaced to 0.660psi/ft Kcl/polymer mud.
Performed LOT to 125psi with 0.66psi/ft
mud. EMG 0.710psi/ft. Drilled 2592ft –
2638ft and POH for bit change.
RIH bit no 4 with MS13G drilled to 3,692ft at
an average ROP of 130ft/hr. Drilled to 7519ft
with bit 4 (4,881ft in 52hrs on bottom.)
Sticking, packing off gumbo etc experienced
hampering progress.
Washed 5260-5310ft while RIH due to 50K
resistance. Displaced to new mud prior to
drilling ahead. Bit 5 a similar MS13G drilled
to Td of 9,267ft.
Mud was conditioned to lower PV/YP for
POH to run 13 3/8” casing. Hole packed off,
7192 & 5713ft. during trip out on a few
occasions. Wiper trip required prior to
running casing reaming various intervals
from 7761ft
Wear bushing pulled and casing run to a
HUD at 9,130ft. Washed to 9,210 and
cemented with no losses observed.
Unable to set seal assembly had extreme
difficulties getting seal assembly and BOP to
test. In conjunction with weather 16days lost.
Casing tested to 6,700psi on day 33.
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Table 15: All well operations highlights 12 ¼” drilling – 9 5/8” casing or liner
Offset
Drill 12 ¼” cement MW 1.35sg. LOT EMW
1.84sg.
Drilled to 3823m. Bit junk in hole make clean
out trip. Drilled to 4066m Bit junk in hole
make clean out trip (Day 72) MW 1.38sg.
Drilled to 4472m POH to log. Day 80. Log
well and drilled ahead to 4570m. MW raised
to 1.44sg.
Logged at 4570m. Increased mw to 1.65sg
and drilled ahead to 4586m. Increase MW
due to > gas and pore pressure to 1.65sg.
Run 9 5/8”, cemented, set seal assembly
and tested BOP’s. Day 87.
Author: Peter
Well 1 Well 2
Drill 12 ¼” perform LOT @ 8,998ft to
1685psi with 12.3ppg mud. (15.9ppg)
Drilled to 9,055 - 9,670ft in 16hrs.
Drilled to 10,627ft in 64hrs POH for bit
change.
Drilled to 11,269ft, 460ft in 53hrs.
PDC Drilled to 14,225ft, 2,815ft in 115hrs.
Dropped MMS & POH without reported
difficulties. Logged well.
Run 9 5/8”, stood up at 14,170ft. Washed
down to 14,188ft. Circulate 120% casing
contents Cemented, tested casing to
3,000psi. Set seal assembly and tested
BOP’s. Day 38.
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Well 3
LOT to 0.804psi/ft.
Drilled to 9,290ft and performed a LOT.
Drilling ahead to 9,845ft, bit 7, when BHA
was stuck on connection, picking up off
bottom after pump had failed. Stuck on stab
at 9,826ft, 4days to free.
High torque noted drilling 9956ft – 10,060ft
(over previous stuck zone?) Drilled ahead to
10,477ft and 10,958ft for bit trips. During
routine BOP test leak located in BOP, ha to
pull BOP’s for repair etc. day 51. Drilling then
recommenced after further weather
difficulties on day 64. Bit 12 then drilling
273ft in 57.2hrs.
PDC Bit13 was then run and drilled to
14,119ft. hampered by mud pump problems.
Bit 14 drilled to section TD at 14,695ft on day
82. Wiper trip & WOW resulted. Day 90.
12bit runs, 532hrs rotating time 10.2ft/hr.
Casing was ran and cemented @ 14,695ft
without difficulties. Seal assembly then set
and tested to 1500psi. A packer was then
run and casing tested to 11,500psi. day 93
Ref: HPHT September 2007
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Table 16: All well operations highlights 8 1/2” drilling

Offset Well 1 Well 2 Well 3

Tag cement at 4341m and > MW to 1.86sg. Drilled Wait on weather had to unlatch and WOW anchor slipping, resulted in drilling
10ft to 4589m, LOT 2.30sg with 1.80sg mud. lathc BOP’s. day 41. delays. BOP’s were also changed out for
new ones. Day 114.

> MW to 2.15sg 17.9ppg) , lost circ at 100spm Ok Run 8 3/8” BHA Drill ahead to LOT 1.02psi/ft
@ 50spm Note: Estimate upper ECD limit based on 14,256ft. Perform LOT to 1.01psi/ft.
7 7/8” drilling to core point at 15,092ft. Day
this?
118.

< MW to 2.12sg (17.7ppg) , drilled to 4603m and
took a 23bbl gain. SICP 500psi. Circ out dp
pressure and annular pressure 500 & 550psi. > MW
to 2.18sg. Final shut in 120spi DP&annulus. Day
93.
Drill to 14,358ft in 10 ¾” hrs. 12ft/hr.
Drilled to 14,406ft and POH for
coring.
Coring was conducted from 15,092ft to
15,208ft (5 cores>) day 128.
Drilling commenced to 15,408ft and then
further cores were cut to 15,435ft day 135.

Mud weight noted to be reduced to 2.15sg. Drilled Core to 14,480ft where cored jammed Drilling & coring continued including and and
to 4690m. Drilling break and 4bbl gain. SICP off. 97% recovery. RFT was run to 15,717ft.
145psi, SIDP 0psi. MW 2.20sg.

Drilled to 4704m losing 5-10bph. SI well SICP Drilled ahead to 15,608ft Drilling continued to TD 16,744ft on day 155.
200psi SIDP 40psi, 4bbls gain. Killed well on Logging program was conducted day 164.
drillers method no shut in pressures.

Well flowed 18bbls CBU 12.5% gas noted. Add Core to 15,641ft where cored jammed 6 5/8” casing was run and cemented without
LCM to mud well still flowing back e.g. 14bbls. Cut off, temporarily stuck on bottom, difficulties. Day 167.
MW to 2.19sg while drilling then to 2.18sg. Drilled jarred free.
to 4865m

Drill break flow checked negative. Drilled to 4917m Drilled ahead to TD of 15,900ft with 2
tight spot on connection at 4903m resulting in bits runs. TD on day 51.
loosing 9bph. Drilled to 4935m. Short trip with hole Ran logging program to day 60
tight at 4877m, working pipe. Having to work and including wiper trip.
ream pipe, to 4867m, hole noted packing off. CBU
max gas 2%. Stuck pipe at 4858m. Day 111

Unable to free pipe. 3 attempts to back off Ran and cemented 7” liner no
eventually succeeding at 4720m. Day 115. difficulties. Day 64.

Five non-successful attempts made to side-track. Commenced well test program.

Day 167 Lots of lessons here!

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Table 17: 6 3/4” section

Well 1

Table 18: Abandonment / Suspension

Offset Well 1 Well 2 Well 3

Ran VSP @ 4641m.

RIH with 3 ½” stinger. Spotted cement from

4633m to 4506m, POH cemented up stinger
(wrong sub ran). Day 168

RIH tag TOC @ 4533m, unable to run gauge

ring and junk basket. Set BP @ 4115m could
nd
not find BP. 2 plug @ 3503m

Cement plug 3503m – 3353m. Displace to Three cement plugs set from 15,000 –
SW @ 400m. Perforate 2spf @ 509m. 14,500ft, 14,500-14,000ft & 1,500 – 1,000ft
Recover WB
Plugs tagged and tested to 15Klbs.
Set cement retainer at 484m and set plug
from 509 – 359m.

Pull stack cu t and recover 13 3/8” @ 282m.

Set plug from 303-202m. Tag same.

Ran 21 ¼” hydraulic running toll on DP. Well was displaced to seawater above top
Perforate 18 5/8” at 131m. Cut and recover plug, BOP’s pulled and a suspension cap
18 3/8”, 21 ¼” and 30” @ 119m with PGB. installed.
Complete seabed survey.

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Author: Peter HPHT well planning, design example Ref: HPHT September 2007