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NLIS 2
September 10, 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: September 9, 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

10,006
(14,800)

427 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.
8924-G005-008P
Geophysical Service Inc. (N.E. Newfoundland Shelf)
M.V. Akademik Lazarev/GSI August 12, 2002 2,479
(12,280)
601 km recorded during the week. Program suspended September 7, 2002.
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
(6,780 M)

Suspended - Performing maintenance (platform turn around).
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 turn around.
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
503 M
(9,511 M)
Well suspended for platform turn around.
HMDC Hibernia B16 37
46 45' 01.083" N; Lat.
48 46'53.653"W; Long.
Licence: PL 1001
(337B164650048450)
Hibernia Platform 
M71 (East Rig)
September 2,
2002
306 M
(- M)
Suspended - Performing rig maintenance (platform turn around).
HMDC Hibernia B-16 38
46 45' 01.370" N; Lat.
48 46' 53.571" W; Long.
Licence: PL 1001
(338B164650048450)
Hibernia Platform
M71 (East Rig)
August 22,
2002
508 M
(- M)
Well suspended on August 31, 2002 for platform turn around.
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)

4,422 M
(4,422 M)

Completing well.
Husky Exploration Drilling Program
Well / Location
(Unique well identifier)
Installation Spud
Date
Current
Depth (Projected, Total Depth)
Current
Status
Husky Oil Gros Morne
C-17
46 36' 14.02" N Lat.
48 02' 25.00" W Long.
License: EL 1055
Glomar Grand Banks August 29, 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 activities 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 a 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 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).

2002 09 10                                    10:55 a.m.                    


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