NLIS 4
April 20, 2005
(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: April 18, 2005
(Also available on the Internet - //www.cnopb.nfnet.com)

GEOSCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS Program Number Operator/Survey (Location) Vessel/ Contractor Start Date Kms Completed (Total Planned) Comments
No surveys active at this time.      

 

 
HIBERNIA DRILLING PROGRAM Well/Location (Unique Well Identifier) Installation Spud Date Current Depth (Projected Total Depth) Current Status

HMDC Hibernia B-16 20X 46 45' 01.910" N 48 46' 54.528" W Licence: PL 1001 (320B164650048453) Hibernia Platform M72 (West Rig)

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3,952 M
(5,910 M)

Drilling 216 mm hole section.  
HMDC Hibernia B-16 53 46 45' 01.427" N 48 46' 53.654" W Licence: PL 1001 (353B164650048450)   Hibernia Platform M71 (East Rig) April 8, 2005

507.5 M
(5,535 M)

Installing high pressure riser.
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-100 3 46 29' 26.161" N 48 29' 11.206" W Licence: PL 1002 (303F004630048150)   Henry Goodrich January 21, 2005

3,383 M
(4,112 M)

Well suspended - Henry Goodrich currently in Bull Arm, Newfoundland for five-year survey.
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 3 46 46' 13.14" N 48 00' 36.92" W Licence: SDL 1022 (303B074650048000)   GSF Grand Banks October 9, 2003

5,137 M
(5,246 M)

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)   GSF Grand Banks October 6, 2003

1,025 M

508 mm hole drilled, 406 mm surface casing set and cemented.
Husky Oil et al White Rose B-07 7 46 46' 13.49" N 48 00' 38.61" W Licence: SDL 1022 (307B074650048000)   GSF Grand Banks October 12, 2003

231 M

914 mm 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)   GSF Grand Banks October 2, 2003

231 M

914 mm hole drilled, 762 mm conductor 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)   GSF Grand Banks April 24, 2004

1,215 M

406 mm hole section drilled, 340 mm casing set and cemented.
Husky Oil et al White Rose B-07 9 46 46' 14.521" N 48 00' 41.883" W Licence: SDL 1022 (309B074650048000)   GSF Grand Banks September 22, 2004

4,405 M
(4,405 M)

Suspended at final total depth on February 22, 2005 - to be re-entered for completion at a later date.  
Husky Oil et al White Rose E-18 2 46 47' 21.414" N 48 02' 41.048" W Licence: SDL 1024 (302E184650048000)   GSF Grand Banks September 30, 2004

5,066 M
(5,390 M)

Drilling 216 mm liner hole section.  
Husky Oil et al White Rose E-18 3 46 47' 22.528" N 48 02' 38.052" W Licence: SDL 1024 (303E184650048000)   GSF Grand Banks October 8, 2004

1,013 M

508 mm hole drilled, 340 mm surface casing set and cemented.
Husky Oil et al White Rose E-18 1 46 47' 21.687" N 48 02' 38.261" W Licence: SDL 1024 (300E184650048000)   GSF Grand Banks October 13, 2004

4,243 M

Suspended at final total depth - to be re-entered for completion at a later date.
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 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 kilometres: The total number of kilometres 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 sea floor - 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 it and to contain well pressure).

2005 04 20                            12:00 p.m.
 


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