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NLIS 7
December 5, 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: December 4, 2000
(Also available at: //www.cnopb.nfnet.com)

GEOPHYSICAL
Program Number Operator/Survey
(Location
Vessel Start Date Km's Complete
(Total Planned)
Comments
8924-G005-004P GSI/2-D Seismic 
(Northern Grand Banks(NGB))
(Southern Newfoundland(SN))
Polar Duke June 24, 2000  3,835(SN)
(4,850SN)
10,440(NGB)
(12,600NGB)
Survey completed December 4, 2000. 167km recorded since last report
8921-F023-001P Furgo Geosurveys/ Aeromagnetic
(Southern Grand Banks)
Cessna 404 August 6, 2000  19,281
(44,000)
1,731 km acquired since last report. 

 

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  6,356 M
(6,356 M)
Preparing to run production tubing.

 

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  4,271 M
(4,343 M)

 

Drilling 216mm hole.
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 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)
Pulling BOP stack.*.
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
CSO Marianos Terra Nova Field June 4, 2000 Demobilized in St. John's on December 3, 2000.

* Operations on Terra Nova L-98 2 were completed on December 3, 2000.  The Henry Goodrich will be moving to Terra Nova G-90 2W shortly to re-enter the well and drill to final total depth.

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

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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).

Seismic kilometers completed: The total number of kilometers of data recorded in a  geophysical program.

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 12 05           4:35 p.m.


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