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 |
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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)
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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 |
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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)
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June 27, 2000 |
3,627
M
(6,384 M) |
Drilling
311mm hole section.
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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)
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Drilling
216mm hole section.
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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)
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Suspended
at 508mm surface casing.
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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)
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August
5, 2000 |
507 M
(5,753 M)
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Suspended
at 508mm surface casing.
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Terra Nova Drilling
Program |
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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.
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Terra Nova Site
Preparation |
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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).
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