Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

NLIS 1
July 20, 2005
(Natural Resources)

The following is being distributed at the request of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board:

Weekly Public Status Report
Oil and Gas Activities Offshore Newfoundland and Labrador
Issued as of: July 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
8924-C047-002E Chevron Canada Resources Orphan Basin 3D seismic survey	M/V Geco Diamond/ WesternGeco Canada	May 12, 2005	61,980 CMP km (157,419 CMP km)	15,781 CMP km recorded during reporting period
8924-C047-002E Chevron Canada Resources Orphan Basin 3D seismic survey	M/V Patriot WesternGeco Canada	June 22, 2005	29,091 CMP km (72,834 CMP km)	13,371 CMP km recorded during reporting period
8924-C149-002E ConocoPhillips Canada/South Newfoundland 3D seismic survey	M/V Western Neptune/WesternGecoCanada	June 14, 2005	32,997 CMP km (87,809 CMP km)	6,653 CMP km recorded during reporting period
8924-G005-014P Geophysical Service Inc./Labrador Shelf 2D seismic survey	Gulf Pacific/ Geophysical Service Inc.	June 17, 2005	3,790 km (14,225 km)	1,186 km recorded during reporting period.
HIBERNIA DRILLING PROGRAM Well/Location (Unique Well Identifier)	Installation	Spud Date	Current Depth (Projected Total Depth)	Current Status
HMDC Hibernia B-16 52 46 45' 02.082" N 48 46' 54.945" W Licence: PL 1001 (352B164650048450)	Hibernia Platform M72 (West Rig)	March 23, 2005	2,310 M (6,718 M)	406mm hole section drilled to TD, running 340mm casing.
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	5,486 M (5,486 M)	Performing rig maintenance, preparing to skid rig to Hibernia B-16 54.
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 4 46 29' 26.202" N 48 29' 11.664" W Licence: PL 1002 (304F004630048150)	Henry Goodrich	June 17, 2005	3,858 M (4,170 M)	Drilling 216mm 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 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, production tree installed - 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	Sept. 22, 2004	4,405 M (4,405 M)	Suspended at final total depth, production tree installed - 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	5,390 M (5,390 M)	Re-entered to perform wellbore clean up and repair liner top.
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	4,726 M (4,726 M)	Suspended at final total depth - to be re-entered for completion at a later date.
Husky Oil Lewis Hill G-85 44 34� 18.6"N 52 57� 20.35"W Licence: EL 1059 (300G85440052450)	Rowan Gorilla V1	July 11, 2005	(-)*	"Tight Hole"*
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 (4,243 M)	Well completed. Rig skidded to White Rose E-18 2.
*Lewis Hill G-85 has been designated "tight" by the operator � all information and materials related to this well will be held strictly confidential until released by the operator or until the period of confidentiality expires under the Atlantic Accord Act.

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).

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