Petroleum Exploration Opportunities in Jeanne d'Arc Basin , Call for ...
Petroleum Exploration Opportunities in Jeanne d'Arc Basin , Call for ...
Petroleum Exploration Opportunities in Jeanne d'Arc Basin , Call for ...
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East Orphan Bas<strong>in</strong><br />
• Orphan Bas<strong>in</strong> is a widely stretched Mesozoic rifted area located<br />
north of Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The shallow part of the<br />
bas<strong>in</strong> was unsuccessfully explored <strong>in</strong> the late seventies-early<br />
eighties when 5 wells were drilled on basement highs<br />
• A deep water well, Blue H-28, drilled a rotated block bald of Late<br />
Jurassic-Early Cretaceous, without encounter<strong>in</strong>g hydrocarbons<br />
• Based on new 2D seismic data <strong>in</strong>terpretation, the drilled eastern<br />
part of the bas<strong>in</strong> is considered more prospective <strong>for</strong> gas while the<br />
East Orphan Bas<strong>in</strong> situated mostly <strong>in</strong> deep and super deep water<br />
has great oil potential as it was an earlier Tethyan rift (Enachescu<br />
et al., 2004 and 2005)<br />
• The bas<strong>in</strong> was connected <strong>in</strong> Late Jurassic to <strong>Jeanne</strong> d’Arc and<br />
Flemish Pass and W. Ireland bas<strong>in</strong>s dur<strong>in</strong>g its Mesozoic evolution<br />
• Eight large ELs (1073 to 1081) cover<strong>in</strong>g 21,250 km were awarded<br />
to Chevron Canada (50%)/ExxonMobil Canada (EMC)<br />
(25%)/Imperial Oil (IO) (25%) <strong>in</strong> 2003. The partnership later<br />
<strong>in</strong>cluded Shell Canada that took a 20% <strong>in</strong>terest from EMC and IO<br />
• The partnership conducted two large 3D surveys <strong>in</strong> their licenses<br />
Enachescu, NL DNR 2009
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