NLIS 1
May 26, 2004 (Natural Resources)
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: May
24, 2004 (Also available at: //www.cnopb.nfnet.com/)
GeoScientific Programs |
Program
Number Operator/Survey (Location) |
Vessel/ Contractor
|
Start Date |
Kms
Completed (Total Planned) |
Comments |
|
|
|
|
No
surveys presently active |
Hibernia Drilling Program |
Well /
Location (Unique well identifier) |
Installation |
Spud Date |
Current Depth
(Projected Total Depth) |
Current
Status |
HMDC
Hibernia B-16 42 46 45' 01.910370" N. 48 46' 54.695"
W Licence: PL 1001 (342B164650048450) |
Hibernia
Platform M72 (West Rig) |
August 23, 2003 |
4,945
M
(4,945 M) |
Well
workover complete - currently perfomring rig maintenance. |
HMDC
Hibernia B-16 46
46 45' 01.198" N
48 46' 53.653" W
Licence: PL 1001
(342B164650048450) |
Hibernia
Platform M71(East Rig) |
May
19,
2004 |
301
(5,384 M) |
Currently
drilling 610 mm hole section.
|
Note: Hibernia B-16 38 is suspended at a depth
of 508 meters. This well will be re-entered to continue operations at a
later date. For the present, the well has been removed from the weekly
report until further operations continue.
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 F-88 2 46 27' 20.014" N 48 27' 41.866" W Licence: Pl 1002 (309F884630048150) |
Henry
Goodrich |
May 1, 2004 |
4,202
(4,202 M) |
Reached final TD -
Currently logging 311 mm hole section. |
White Rose
Drilling Program |
Well /
Location (Unique well identifier) |
Installation |
Spud Date |
Current Depth (Projected Total Depth) |
Current Status |
Husky Oil et al White
Rose B-07 1 46 46' 14.31" N . 48 00' 38.42"
W Licence: SDL 1022 (300B074650048000) |
Glomar Grand
Banks |
October
18, 2003 |
3,658 M |
Suspended at final total depth - to be
re-entered for completion at a later date. |
Husky Oil et al White
Rose B-07 2 46 46' 14.04" N . 48 00' 36.40"
W Licence: SDL 1022 (302B074650048000) |
Glomar Grand
Banks |
October
4, 2003 |
4,610 M |
Suspended at final total depth - to be
re-entered for completion at a later date. |
Husky Oil et al White
Rose B-07 3 46 46' 13.14" N . 48 00' 36.92"
W Licence: SDL 1022 (303B074650048000) |
Glomar Grand
Banks |
October
9, 2003 |
970 M |
508mm hole drilled, 406 mm surface
casing set and cemented. |
Husky Oil et al White
Rose B-07 4 46 46' 13.41" N . 48 00' 38.35"
W Licence: SDL 1022 (304B074650048000) |
Glomar Grand
Banks |
October
14, 2003 |
3,998M |
Suspended at final total depth - to be
re-entered for completion at a later date. |
Husky Oil et al White
Rose B-07 5 46 46' 14.11" N . 48 00' 36.66"
W Licence: SDL 1022 (305B074650048000) |
Glomar Grand
Banks |
October
6, 2003 |
1,025 M |
508 mm hole drilled, 406mm surface
casing set and cemented. |
Husky Oil et al White
Rose B-07 6 46 46' 13.56" N . 48 00' 38.87"
W Licence: SDL 1022 (306B074650048000) |
Glomar Grand
Banks |
October
14, 2003 |
3,719 M |
Suspended at final total
depth - to be re-entered for completion at a later date. |
Husky Oil et al White
Rose B-07 7 46 46' 13.49" N . 48 00' 38.61"
W Licence: SDL 1022 (307B074650048000) |
Glomar Grand
Banks |
October
12, 2003 |
231 M |
914mm hole drilled, 762 mm conductor
casing set and cemented. |
Husky Oil et al White
Rose B-07 8 46 46' 14.24" N . 48 00' 38.16"
W Licence: SDL 1022 (308B074650048000) |
Glomar Grand
Banks |
October
2, 2003 |
231 M |
914mm hole drilled, 762 mm conductor
casing set and cemented. |
Husky Oil et al White Rose
J-22 1
46 51' 38.81" N .
48 03' 40.27" W
Licence: SDL 1028
(300J224700048000) |
Glomar Grand Banks |
April
15, 2004 |
1,222 M |
406 mm hole section drilled,
340 mm
casing set and cemented. |
Husky Oil et al White Rose
J-22 2
46 51' 39.62" N .
48 03' 39.93" W
Licence: SDL 1028
(302J224700048000) |
Glomar Grand Banks |
April 24,
2004 |
1,215 M |
406mm hole section drilled, 340mm casing
set and cemented. |
Note: The Glomar Grand Banks was
mobilized to the White Rose Southern Glory Hole on September 19,
2003 to commence development drilling on the White Rose field. The
first White Rose development well was spudded on October 2, 2003.
For operational efficiency, the initial White Rose development wells
(B-07 1 to B�07 8) will be drilled in a "batch drilling
mode" whereby the conductor casing and the surface casing are
set in each well in a batch mode. This is a common industry practice
for subsea developments - a similar process was used for Terra Nova.
Following the batch drilling program, four wells were drilled to
final total depth prior to moving the rig to the Northern Glory
Hole. On April 13, 2004, the Glomar Grand Banks reached the Northern
Glory Hole where it commenced operations to spud the first White
Rose developed wells in this region, J-22 1 and J-22 2. Completion
operations on several of the White Rose wells is expected to commence
shortly.
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).
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