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NLIS 2
March 13, 2001
(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: March 12, 2001
(Also available at: //www.cnopb.nfnet.com)

 

Geophysical
Program
Number

Operator/Survey
(Location)

Vessel Start Date Km's Complete
(Total Planned)
Comments
8921-F023-001P Fugro Geosurveys/
Aeromagnetic South Grand Banks
Cessna 404 August 6, 2000
Resumed January 15, 2001
34,091
(44,000)
1,163 km recorded since last report

 

Hibernia Drilling Program
Well / Location Installation Spud
Date
Current
Depth (Projected Total Depth)
Current Status
HMDC Hibernia B-16 25
46 45'2.1"N; Lat.
48 46'54.8"W: Long.
Licence: PL 1001
Hibernia Platform
M72 (West Rig)
Feb 27, 2001 1,804 M
(4,599 M)
Drilling 406mm hole
HMDC Hibernia B-16 24
46 45'2.1"N; Lat.
48 46'54.8"W: Long.
Licence: PL 1001
Hibernia Platform
M71 (East Rig)

Feb. 3, 2001 4,301 M
(4,715 M)
Drilling 216mm hole

 

 

Terra Nova Drilling Program
Well / Location Installation Spud
Date
Current
Depth (Projected, Total Depth)
Current
Status
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

 4,130M
(4,130 M)

Suspended
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  5,443 M
(5,443 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  3,005 M
(4,300 M)
Drilling 343mm hole.

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 reservoir for the purpose of maintaining reservoir 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 productionsystems.

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 kilometres completed: The total number of kilometres 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).

2001 03 13                12:45 p.m.


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