NLIS 8
November 28, 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: November 28, 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 52Z
46 45' 02.082" N
48 46' 54.945" W
Licence: PL 1001(352B164650048451) |
Hibernia Platform
M72 (West Rig) |
March 23, 2005 |
6,950 m
(6,950 m) |
Completing well. |
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 |
6,552 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) |
508 mm casing cemented. Well
temporarily suspended. Rig skidded to Hibernia B-16 52Z |
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) |
4,450 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 |
3,257 m
(4,608m) |
Drilling 311 mm hole section. |
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). |
2005 11 28
3:55 p.m. |