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NLIS 4
March 18, 2003
(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 17, 2003
(Also available at: //www.cnopb.nfnet.com

GeoScientific Programs

Program Number
Operator/Survey (Location)

Vessel/
Contractor

Start
Date

Km's Completed
(Total Planned)

Comments

No offshore geoscientific programs currently in progress.
Hibernia Drilling Program

Well / Location
(Unique well identifier)

Installation

Spud
Date

Current
Depth (Projected Total Depth)

Current Status

HMDC Hibernia B-16 34Y
46 45' 01.141" N; Lat.
48 46' 53.403" W; Long.
Licence: PL 1001
(334B164650048452)
Hibernia Platform
M71 (East Rig)

February 2, 2003 
(Sidetrack Date)

7,454 M
(7,986 M)

Pressure testing BOP stack.
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
2,909 M
(9,511 M)
Suspended.
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.
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)
Suspended.
HMDC Hibernia B-16 40
46 45' 02.196" N; Lat
48 46' 54.779" W; Long
Licence: PL 1001
(340B164650048450)
Hibernia Platform
M72 (West Rig)
December 5, 2002   1,630 M
  (7,258 M)
Drilling 406mm 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 8
46 27' 42.253" N Lat.
48 29' 51.665" W Long.
Licence: PL 1002
(308L984630048150)
Henry Goodrich

May 22, 2002

3,986 M
(4,240 M)

Logging 343mm hole section.

Petro Canada et al Terra Nova
C-69 2Z
46 28' 04.70" N Lat.
48 24' 58.75" W Long.
License: PL 1002
(302C694630048151)
Henry Goodrich

September 24, 2002

4,052 M
(4,052 M)

Suspended.
Petro-Canada Exploration Drilling Program
Well / Location
(Unique well identifier)
Installation Spud
Date
Current
Depth (Projected, Total Depth)
Current
Status
Petro Canada et al 
Mizzen L-11
48 10' 31.79" N Lat.
46 17' 35.52" W Long.
License: EL 1049
(300L114820046150)
Eirik Raude

February 8, 2003

1,694 M 
(3,773 M)
Logging 508 mm casing.

 

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).

2003 03 18                                         3:40 p.m.                                


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