Wisting Central II
Year: 2015
Region: North Sea
Water depth: 402 m
Final inclination: 0.18 degrees
CAN-ductor (pre-installed)
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CAN installed by Normand Reach in December 2015
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Well was spudded in week 2/2016
Key achievements:
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Cutting 3 rig days off the drilling schedule
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Shallow kick-off enable
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Enables 1.4 km horizontal section at only 250 m below seabed
Conductor integrated in CAN
2-4 days off drill rig time
Verified load capacity
Top-hole savings
Risk mitigation
Reduce project and schedule risk
Verified load capacities
Accidental load capacity
Fatigue management
From the OMV press release:
The Wisting Central II well is the first horizontal appraisal well in the Barents Sea and sets a new drilling record; it is the shallowest horizontal offshore well drilled from a floating drilling facility. Water depth at Wisting is 402 meters. The well started vertically and was successfully steered into a horizontal orientation within a 250 meters depth interval. The total well length is 2,354 meters and the horizontal section measures 1,402 meters.
