NLIS 3
March 11, 2003
(Mines and Energy)
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: March 10, 2003
(Also available at: //www.cnopb.nfnet.com)
GeoScientific
Programs |
Program Number
Operator/Survey (Location) |
Vessel/
Contractor
|
Start
Date |
Km's Completed
(Total Planned) |
Comments |
No
offshore geoscientific programs currently in progress. |
Hibernia Drilling
Program |
Well / Location
(Unique well identifier)
|
Installation
|
Spud
Date
|
Current
Depth (Projected Total Depth)
|
Current Status
|
HMDC
Hibernia B-16 34Y
46 45' 01.141" N; Lat.
48 46' 53.403" W; Long.
Licence: PL 1001
(334B164650048452) |
Hibernia
Platform
M71 (East Rig)
|
February 2, 2003
(Sidetrack Date)
|
7,389 M
(7,986 M)
|
Drilling
152mm
hole section.
|
HMDC
Hibernia B-16 36
46 45' 01.313" N; Lat.
48 46' 54.487" W; Long.
Licence: PL 1001
(336B164650048450) |
Hibernia
Platform
M71 (East Rig)
|
August 14,
2002
|
2,909 M
(9,511 M)
|
Suspended.
|
HMDC
Hibernia B16 37
46 45' 01.083" N; Lat.
48 46'53.653"W; Long.
Licence: PL 1001
(337B164650048450) |
Hibernia
Platform
M71 (East Rig) |
September 2,
2002
|
306 M
(- M)
|
Suspended.
|
HMDC
Hibernia B-16 38
46 45' 01.370" N; Lat.
48 46' 53.571" W; Long.
Licence: PL 1001
(338B164650048450) |
Hibernia
Platform
M71 (East Rig)
|
August 22,
2002
|
508 M
(- M)
|
Suspended.
|
HMDC
Hibernia B-16 40
46 45' 02.196" N; Lat
48 46' 54.779" W; Long
Licence: PL 1001
(340B164650048450) |
Hibernia
Platform
M72 (West Rig)
|
December 5, 2002
|
505 M
(- M)
|
Preparing
to re-enter well.
|
HMDC
Hibernia B-16 39
46 45' 01.968" N; Lat
48 46' 54.445" W; Long
Licence: PL 1001
(339B164650048450) |
Hibernia
Platform
M72 (West Rig)
|
December 15, 2002
|
5,297 M
(5,297 M)
|
Drilling
operations complete, rig skidded to B-16 40 on March 6, 2003.
|
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 4
46 29' 21.60" N; Lat.
48 27' 37.00" W; Long.
Licence: PL 1002
(304G904630048150) |
Henry
Goodrich |
January 20, 2002
|
3,890 M
(3,890 M)
|
Suspended.
|
Petro
Canada et al Terra
Nova G-90 5
46 29' 21.598" N; Lat.
48 27' 37.792" W; Long.
Licence: PL 1002
(305G904630048150) |
Henry
Goodrich |
March
6, 2002
|
3,909 M
(3,909 M)
|
Suspended.
|
Petro
Canada et al Terra Nova
L-98 8
46 27' 42.253" N Lat.
48 29' 51.665" W Long.
Licence: PL 1002
(308L984630048150) |
Henry
Goodrich |
May 22, 2002
|
2,911 M
(4,240 M)
|
Drilling 343mm
hole section.
|
Petro
Canada et al Terra Nova
C-69 2Z
46 28' 04.70" N Lat.
48 24' 58.75" W Long.
License: PL 1002
(302C694630048151) |
Henry
Goodrich |
September 24, 2002
|
4,052 M
(4,052 M)
|
Suspended.
|
Petro-Canada
Exploration Drilling
Program |
Well / Location
(Unique well identifier) |
Installation |
Spud
Date |
Current
Depth (Projected, Total Depth) |
Current
Status |
Petro
Canada et al
Mizzen L-11
48 10' 31.79" N Lat.
46 17' 35.52" W Long.
License: EL 1049
(300L114820046150) |
Eirik
Raude |
February 8, 2003
|
1,694 M
(3,773 M)
|
Running
marine riser ( BOP control line repairs complete).
|
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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