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NLIS 1
September 12, 2000
(Mines and Energy)

The following is being distributed at the request of the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board:

Weekly Public Status Report
Oil and Gas Activities Offshore Newfoundland and Labrador
Issued as of: September 11, 2000
(Also available at: //www.cnopb.nfnet.com)

GEOPHYSICAL
Program Number Operator/Survey
(Location
Vessel Start Date Km's Complete
(Total Planned)
Comments
8924-G026-005P Geco-Prakla/2-D Seismic

(Southern Grand Banks)
Akademik
Shatskiy
May 7,
2000
 12,255
(12,588)
166 km acquired since last report. Survey complete Aug. 31 
8924-C004-002E Chevron Canada/3D seismic 
(Flemish Pass)
Veritas Viking II June 19, 2000  71,055
(106,500)
3,033 km acquired since last report. 
8924-G005-004P GSI/2Seismic 
(Northern Grand Banks)
Polar Duke June 24, 2000   8,591
(12,600)
493 km acquired since last report
8921-F023-001P Furgo Geosurveys/ Aeromagnetic
(Southern Grand Banks)
Cessna 404 August 6, 2000 7,958
(44,000)
0 km acquired since last report. Aircraft & crew moved to Sydney, NS

 

Hibernia Drilling Program
Well / Location Installation Spud
Date
Current
Depth (Projected Total Depth)
Current Status
HMDC Hibernia B-16 8
46 45'1.4"N; Lat.
48 46'53.3"W: Long.
Licence: PL 1001
Hibernia Platform
M71 (East Rig)

June 27, 2000  3,627 M
(6,384 M)
Drilling 311mm hole section.

 

HMDC Hibernia B-16 20Y
46 45'1.9"N; Lat.
48 46'54.5"W: Long.
Licence: PL 1001
Hibernia Platform
M72 (West Rig)
May 17, 2000  5,061 M
(6,093 M)

 

Drilling 216mm hole section.
HMDC Hibernia B-16 21
46 45'2.1"N; Lat.
48 46'54.6"W: Long.
Licence: PL 1001
Hibernia Platform
M72 (West Rig)
July 24, 2000  512 M
(4,343 M)

 

Suspended at 508mm surface casing.
HMDC Hibernia B-16 22
46 45' 1.1" N; Lat
48 46' 53.6" W; Long.
Licence: PL 1001
Hibernia Platform
M71 (East Rig)
August 5, 2000 507 M
(5,753 M)
Suspended at 508mm surface casing.

 

Terra Nova Drilling Program
Well / Location Installation Spud
Date
Current
Depth (Projected, Total Depth)
Current
Status
Petro Canada et al Terra Nova L-98 1
46 27'42.3" N; Lat.
48 29'51.1" W; Long.
Licence:  SDL 196
Henry Goodrich* August 14, 1999  4,183 M
(4,183 M)
Running production tree.**
Petro Canada et al Terra Nova L-98 2
46 27'42" N; Lat.
48 29'51" W; Long.
Licence:  SDL 196
Henry Goodrich August 14, 1999  4,813 M
(4,813 M)
Running production tree.**
Petro Canada et al Terra Nova L-98 3
46 27'42" N; Lat.
48 29'50" W; Long.
Licence:  SDL 196
Henry Goodrich* August 11, 1999  3,681 M
(3,681 M)
Running production tree.**
Petro Canada et al Terra Nova G-90 2W
46 29'22" N; Lat.
48 27'38" W; Long.
Licence:  SDL 1032
Henry Goodrich

July 19, 1999

 4,432 M
(5,008 M)

Suspended.
Petro Canada et al Terra Nova G-90 3
46 29'22" N; Lat.
48 27'38" W; Long.
Licence:  SDL 1032
Henry Goodrich* July 21, 1999  1,420 M
(5,216 M)
Suspended.
Petro Canada et al Terra Nova G-90 1
46 29'21" N; Lat.
48 27'37" W; Long.
Licence:  SDL 1032
Henry Goodrich* July 23, 1999  1,415 M
(3,795 M)
Suspended.

 

Terra Nova Site Preparation
Vessel Location Start Date Current
Status
Smit Pioneer Terra Nova Field April 27, 2000 Flow line installations
CSO Marianos Terra Nova Field June 4, 2000 Diving support for installation of flow lines.
Trollness Argentia August 8, 2000 Loading sand and rock material before sailing back to Terra Nova field.

 Contact: Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board, (709) 778-1400

* These wells were originally spudded by the Glomar Grand Banks but will be completed by the Henry Goodrich.

** Terra Nova L-98 1, Terra Nova L-98 2, and Terra Nova L-98 3 are being "batch completed".

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Glossary of Petroleum Terminology

BOP/BOP Stack: Blowout preventers/blowout preventer stack - an assembly of heavy-duty valves attached to the wellhead to control well pressure and prevent a blowout.

Casing: Steel pipe set in a well to prevent the hole from sloughing or caving and to enable formations to be isolated (there may be several strings of casing in a well, one inside the other).

Cementing: Pumping a liquid slurry of cement, water and other additives behind a string of casing to isolate formations.

Completion/Completed: The activity necessary to prepare a well for the production of oil or gas or the injection of water or gas into the reservoir.

Fish: An object lost (or stuck) in the wellbore obstructing operations.

Fishing: Operations to recover fish.

Injecting: Injecting water or gas into the resevoir for the purpose of maintaining resevoir pressure, maximizing oil recovery and conserving resources.

Liner: A length of casing suspended from the base of a previously installed casing string (a liner does not extend back to the surface of the well).

Logging: Acquisition of downhole data using tools run in the well, usually on wireline.

Perforate/Perforating: Piercing the casing and cement using shaped explosive charges to provide a  flow path for formation fluids

Producing/Production: Flowing oil and/or gas from a well to the production systems.

Production tree: An arrangement of heavy duty valves and fittings installed on the wellhead to control flow from the well and/or to facilitate injection operations.

Reaming: An operation to restore a wellbore to its original diameter (occasionally, a wellbore will cave in).

Shut-in: A well in which the valves in the production tree have been closed to cease production or injection operation on a well.

Sidetracking: The operation of deviating a well around a fish.

Spud: The initial penetration of the ground or seafloor - the start of the drilling operation.

Suspension/Suspend: The temporary cessation of drilling or production operations in a well.

Well workover:  A program of work performed on an existing well.

Wellbore: The hole drilled by the drill bit.

Wellhead: Steel equipment installed at the surface of the well containing an assembly of heavy duty hangars and seals (the wellhead is used to support the weight of casing strings hung from it and to contain well pressure).

2000 09 12                        11:00 a.m.


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