NLIS 5
December 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: December 19, 2005
(Also available on the Internet �
//www.cnlopb.nl.ca )
HIBERNIA DRILLING PROGRAM
Well/Location
(Unique Well Identifier) |
Installation |
Spud Date |
Current Depth
(Projected Total Depth) |
Current Status |
HMDC Hibernia B-16 54
46� 45� 01.427" N
48� 46� 53.654" W
Licence: EL 1093
(354B164650048450) |
Hibernia Platform
M71 (East Rig) |
August 1, 2005 |
7,395 m
(8,174 m) |
Drilling 216 mm hole section. |
HMDC Hibernia B-16 13
46� 45� 2.254" N
48� 46� 54.530" W
Licence: PL 1001
(313B164650048450) |
Hibernia Platform
M72 (West Rig) |
October 28, 2005 |
500 m
(6,259 m) |
Pressure testing BOP stack. Preparing to drill 406 mm hole section. |
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 6Z
46� 29� 21.445" N
48� 27� 36.854" W
Licence: PL 1002
(306G904630048151) |
Henry Goodrich |
October 19, 2005
(sidetrack date) |
5,423 m
(5,946 m) |
Drilling 343 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
E-18 4
46� 47� 20.990" N
48� 02� 36.835" W
Licence: PL 1006
(304E184650048000) |
GSF
Grand Banks |
November 11, 2005 |
4,619 m
(4,619m) |
Cementing 178 mm liner. |
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 |
231m |
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. |
Note: The above status includes wells that are currently in the drilling
or completion phase. Additional information on the status of various
development wells for the Hibernia, Terra Nova and White Rose projects
is available from the C-NLOPB�s website under RESOURCE INFORMATION.
Click on Development wells (White Rose Field) for additional information
on the status of White Rose development wells. |
Contact: Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board,
(709) 778-1400. |
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Glossary of Petroleum
Terminology |
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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. |
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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). |
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Cementing: |
Pumping a liquid slurry of cement, water and
other additives behind a string of casing to isolate formations. |
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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. |
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Fish: |
An object lost (or stuck) in the wellbore
obstructing operations. |
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Fishing: |
Operations to recover fish. |
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Injecting: |
Injecting water or gas into the reservoir
for the purpose of maintaining reservoir pressure, maximizing oil
recovery and conserving resources. |
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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). |
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Logging: |
Acquisition of downhole data using tools run
in the well, usually on wireline. |
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Perforate/ Perforating: |
Piercing the casing and cement using shaped
explosive charges to provide a flow path for formation fluids. |
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Producing/ Production: |
Flowing oil and/or gas from a well to the
production systems. |
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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. |
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Reaming: |
An operation to restore a wellbore to its
original diameter (occasionally, a wellbore will cave in). |
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Seismic kilometers: |
The total number of kilometres of data
recorded in a geophysical program. |
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Shut-in: |
A well in which the valves in the production
tree have been closed to cease production or injection operation on a
well. |
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Sidetracking: |
The operation of deviating a well around a
fish. |
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Spud: |
The initial penetration of the ground or sea
floor - the start of the drilling operation. |
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Suspension/ Suspend: |
The temporary cessation of drilling or
production operations in a well. |
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Well Workover: |
A program of work performed on an existing
well. |
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Wellbore: |
The hole drilled by the drill bit. |
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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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11:15 a.m. |