Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board

NLIS 6
August 23, 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: August 22, 2005
(Also available on the Internet � //www.cnlopb.nl.ca )

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		113,654CMP km (157,419 CMP km)	10,306 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		76,937 CMP km (140,894 CMP km)	4,103 CMP km recorded during reporting period
8924-C149-002E ConocoPhillips Canada/South Newfoundland 3D seismic survey	M/V Western Neptune/WesternGecoCanada	June 14, 2005		60,463 CMP km (87,809 CMP km)	7,843 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		7,739 km (14,225 km)	842 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 52z 46 45' 02.082" N 48 46' 54.945" W Licence: PL 1001 (352B164650048451)	Hibernia Platform M72 (West Rig)	March 23, 2005		5,161 M (6,718 M)	311 mm sidetrack hole section drilled to TD.
HMDC Hibernia B-16 54 46� 45� 01.427"N 48� 46� 53.654"W (Surface) Licence: EL 1093 (354B164650048450)	Hibernia Platform M71 (East rig)	August 1, 2005		507 M (8,174 M)	Performing rig maintenance.
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 6 46� 29� 21.445� N 48� 27� 36.854� W Licence: PL 1002 (306G9046J0048150)	Henry Goodrich	August 15, 2005		1,755 M (5,943 M)	Running 406 mm casing.
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-19 46� 48� 11.20� N 48� 02� 01.43� W Licence: PL 1006 (300B194650048000)	Rowan Gorilla VI	-		0 M (3,218 M)	Preparing to Spud well.
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 (5,137 M)	Completing well
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, 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)	Suspended at final total depth after performing wellbore clean up and repairing liner top � to be re-entered for completion at a later date.
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 after performing wellbore clean up and attempting perforations � to be re-entered for completion at a later date.
Exploration Drilling Program Well (Unique well identifier)	Installation	Spud Date	Current Depth (Projected Total Depth)		Current Status
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		(-)*	Rig demobilized from well on August 18, 2005 � moved in spud White Rose B 19.
*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 and Labrador 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 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 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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