Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

NLIS 8
September 8, 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: September 6, 2004
(Also available at: //www.cnopb.nfnet.com/)

GeoScientific Programs
Program Number Operator/Survey (Location)	Vessel/ Contractor	Start Date	Kms Completed (Total Planned)	Comments
8924-C047-001E Chevron Canada (Orphan Basin)	Veritas Vantage/ Veritas Geophysical	June 26, 2004	4,722 (7,421)	649 km recorded during the week. Total for week of August 29th should have been 4,450 with 649 km recorded during the week.
8924-G005-013P GSI (Labrador)	BinHai 512/C-GOSL	June 29, 2004	6,565 (9,712)	0 km recorded during the week.
8924-C149-001E ConocoPhillips (South Newfoundland)	GSI Admiral/GSI	August 9, 2004	1,084 (5,400)	147 km recorded during week in Newfoundland and Labrador offshore area.
Hibernia Drilling Program
Well / Location (Unique well identifier)	Installation	Spud Date	Current Depth (Projected Total Depth)	Current Status
HMDC Hibernia B-16 48 46 45' 02.139" N. 48 46' 54.862" W Licence: PL 1001 (348B164650048450)	Hibernia Platform M72 (West Rig)	August 22, 2004	824 (6,708 M)	Drilling 406 mm hole.
HMDC Hibernia B-16 49 46 45' 01.312" N 48 46' 53.654" W Licence: PL 1001 (349B164650048450)	Hibernia Platform M71 (East Rig)	August 9, 2004	2,325 (4,590 M)	Drilling 311 mm hole.

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 L-98 11 46 27' 42.166" N 48 29' 51. 174" W Licence: PL 1002 (311L984630048150)	Henry Goodrich	August 9, 2004	3,683 (5,339 M)	Preparing to plug back and sidetrack well to main target.

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	Well completed.
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	Well completed.
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	Well completed.
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	Waiting for calm weather to run anchors.
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	2,995 M	Well completed.
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.

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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