NLIS 2
August 20, 2002
(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: August 19, 2002
(Also available at: //www.cnopb.nfnet.com)
GeoScientific
Programs |
Program Number
Operator/Survey (Location) |
Vessel/
Contractor
|
Start
Date |
Km's Completed
(Total Planned) |
Comments |
8924-T063-002P
TGS-NOPEC/2-D Seismic(N.E Newfoundland Shelf
Labrador Slope) |
S.V Zephyr/TGS - NOPEC
|
May 31, 2002 |
8,351
(14,800) |
425 km recorded during the
week. |
8924-T063-003P
TGS-NOPEC/2-D Seismic(Laurentian South Whale Sub-basins) |
GSI Admiral/GSI |
June 8, 2002 |
4,032
(11,000) |
0
km recorded during the week. Vessel working offshore Nova Scotia. |
8933-T062-001P
TDI-Brooks/Geochemical
(South and North Grand Banks) |
Cape Harrison/
TDI Brooks |
July 19, 2002 |
144
(144 boreholes) |
Survey
complete August 12, 2002. |
8924-G005-008P
Geophysical Service Inc. (N.E. Newfoundland Shelf) |
M.V. Akademik Lazarev/GSI |
August 12, 2002 |
495
(12,280) |
495
km recorded during the week. |
Hibernia Drilling
Program |
Well / Location
(Unique well identifier)
|
Installation
|
Spud
Date
|
Current
Depth (Projected Total Depth)
|
Current Status
|
HMDC
Hibernia B-16 28Z
46 45' 02.254" N; Lat.
48 46' 54.696" W; Long.
Licence: PL 1001
(328B164650048451) |
Hibernia
Platform
M72 (West Rig)
|
July 9, 2002 (Sidetrack Date)
|
6,780 M
(6,868 M)
|
Logging
216 mm hole section.
|
HMDC
Hibernia B-16 34Z
46 45' 01.141 N; Lat.
48 46' 53.403" W; Long.
Licence: PL 1001
(334B164650048451) |
Hibernia
Platform
M71 (East Rig)
|
July 20, 2002
(Sidetrack Date)
|
6,096 M
(7,946 M)
|
Well
suspended for platform shutdown. Conducting batch drilling
operations
|
HMDC
Hibernia B-16 36
46 45' 01.313 N; Lat.
48 46' 54.487" W; Long.
Licence: PL 1001
(336B164650048450) |
Hibernia
Platform
M71 (East Rig)
|
August 14,
2002
|
324 M
(9,511 M)
|
Preparing
to drill 610mm hole section
|
Terra Nova Drilling
Program |
Well / Location
(Unique well identifier) |
Installation |
Spud
Date |
Current
Depth (Projected, Total Depth) |
Current
Status |
Petro
Canada et al Terra Nova G-90 4
46 29' 21.60" N; Lat.
48 27' 37.00" W; Long.
Licence: PL 1002
(304G904630048150) |
Henry
Goodrich |
January 20, 2002
|
3,890 M
(3,890 M)
|
Suspended.
|
Petro
Canada et al Terra
Nova G-90 5
46 29' 21.598" N; Lat.
48 27' 37.792" W; Long.
Licence: PL 1002
(305G904630048150) |
Henry
Goodrich |
March
6, 2002
|
3,909 M
(3,909 M)
|
Suspended.
|
Petro
Canada et al Terra Nova
L-98 6
46 27' 41.924" N Lat.
48 29' 50.364" W Long.
License: PL 1002
(306L984630048150) |
Henry
Goodrich |
April 23, 2002
|
1,571 M
(3,560 M)
|
Suspended.
|
Petro
Canada et al Terra Nova
L-98 7X
46 27' 42.382" N Lat.
48 29' 52.087" W Long.
License: PL 1002
(307L984630048153) |
Henry
Goodrich |
August 11, 2002
(Sidetrack Date)
|
4,250 M
(4,385 M)
|
Cementing
244/273/298 mm casing
|
Husky
Exploration Drilling Program |
Well / Location
(Unique well identifier) |
Installation |
Spud
Date
|
Current
Depth (Projected, Total Depth)
|
Current
Status
|
Husky
Oil Trepassey
J-91
46 40' 34.64" N Lat.
47 58' 57.47" W Long.
License: EL 1044 |
Glomar
Grand Banks |
July 26, 2002
|
|
|
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).
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