CallForBidsNF00-1 - Jeanne d'Arc, South Whale, Magdalen Basins

Department of Mines and Energy
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND
AND LABRADOR
CALL FOR BIDS

GOVERNMENT OF
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND LABRADOR
Department of
Mines and Energy
SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES
OFFSHORE GRAND BANKS
47
JEANNE D’ARC BASIN
SOUTH
TEMPEST
TRAVE
NORTH
DANA
NAUTILUS
HIBERNIA
EAST
RANKIN
MARA
WEST BEN NEVIS
HEBRON
TERRA
NOVA
KINGS
COVE
SOUTH MARA
NORTH BEN
NEVIS
BEN NEVIS
FORTUNE
WEST BONNE BAY
SPRINGDALE
WHITE ROSE
GAS
OIL
0 25 50 km
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ST. JOHN’S
WHITE ROSE
HIBERNIA
TERRA NOVA
0 100 200 km
NOTE: For illustrative purposes only
After: C-NOPB

Department of Mines and Energy
Offshore Newfoundland and Labrador
Call for Bids NF00-1
GOVERNMENT OF
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND LABRADOR
August, 2000
FOREWORD
The purpose of this report is to provide information on offshore
petroleum exploration and development opportunities in the Province of
Newfoundland. General information is provided on the overall business
climate, petroleum related infrastructure and geology, along with specific
information on 14 land parcels being offered in a Call for Bids closing
December 11, 2000.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 2
Section 1 - Strategic Location 4
Section 2 - Industrial Infrastructure:
A Brief Introduction 6
Section 3 - Geological Framework 10
Section 4 - Requests for Bids Parcels 19
Section 5 - How to Make a Bid 35
Section 6 - Fiscal Regimes and Taxation 36
Section 7 - Related Web Links 38
Section 8 - Bibliography, Endnotes and
Acknowledgments 39
Appendix A - Released Geological and
Geophysical Reports 40

INTRODUCTION
Page 2
Hibernia Gravity
Based Structure
(GBS)
The C-NOPB
has recently
upgraded its
Hibernia reserve
estimate from
666 million to
884 million
barrels
recoverable oil.
The East Coast of
Canada, including
offshore Nova Scotia and
offshore Newfoundland
and Labrador, has
recently come to
prominence as a major
new territory for
petroleum exploration
and development.
The Hibernia field, in 80
metres of water on the
Grand Banks of
Newfoundland, began
production with a gravity
based structure in 1997,
and is currently
producing about 150,000
barrels of oil per day.
The Terra Nova field,
located 35-km southeast
of Hibernia, will be
brought onstream next
year using a floating
production system that is
expected to produce
more than 115,000
barrels of oil per day at
startup.
Husky Oil recently
announced a
development proposal to
produce 75,000 to
100,000 bopd from the
White Rose field by late
2003 and Chevron is
currently studying the
possibility of developing
the Hebron/Ben Nevis
fields.To date, 127
exploration wells, 29
delineation wells and 37
development wells have
been drilled and resulted
in the discovery of
recoverable resources of
2.1 billion barrels of oil,
9.3 tcf of gas and 413
million barrels of natural
Terra Nova Floating Production
Storage and Offloading Facility
gas liquids. The
international petroleum
industry, along with local
companies and research
institutions, have
Finding costs for
the Grand Banks
are less than US
$1.00.
successfully adapted
technologies developed in
the North Sea, Gulf of
Mexico and elsewhere to
meet the challenges of the
northwest Atlantic
environment, in a manner
that allows for safe and
profitable access to the
area’s considerable
petroleum resources.
Finding costs for the
Grand Banks are less
1
than US $1.00 and
extraction costs for the
Terra Nova field are
estimated at US$ 7.50
based on a reserve of 370
2
million barrels . Petro-
Canada estimates that an
undrilled fault block in
the field may contain an
additional 100 million
barrels. More detail on
discovered resources and
geological framework is
provided in Section 3.

INTRODUCTION
Page 3
Fourteen parcels of land totaling 2.2 million hectares are offered in
the Call for Bids NF00-1 that closes December 11, 2000.
Snorri
GOVERNMENT OF
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND LABRADOR
Department of
Mines and Energy
Petroleum Rights
Newfoundland and Labrador
May 2000
Hopedale
North Bjarni
Bjarni
EL 1048
EL 1049
EL 1050
Gudrid
EL 1051
Goose Bay
LABRADOR
Cartwright
Hibernia
EL 1027
EL 1046
EL 1036
EL 1033
EL 1034
EL 1046
EL 1023
EL 1032
1
EL 1022
EL 1047
EL 1045
EL 1043
2
EL 1044
White
Rose
EL 1042
EL 1041
EL 1039
EL 1040
EL 1052
EL 1025
3
Terra Nova
EL 1026
QUEBEC
4
5
6
7
NEWFOUNDLAND
St. John’s
FRENCH EXCLUSIVE
ECONOMIC ZONE
EXPLORATORY
PERMITS
NOTE: For illustrative purposes only
Newfoundland Petroleum Rights

Section 1
STRATEGIC LOCATION
Page 4
Whatever your
markets, you
can easily
access them
from
Newfoundland
and Labrador.
Our trading
patterns with
Europe and
North America
have developed
modern and
extensive air,
land and water
infrastructure.
Being the easternmost land mass of
the North American continent, the
Province of Newfoundland has held a
strategic position throughout its 500
years of settlement by Europeans.
With its rich fishing grounds and
location at the gateway to North
America, the area was coveted by the
European powers and ultimately
became the first installment in the
British Empire. The importance of
Newfoundland and Labrador’s
location was recognized repeatedly
Cities
Vancouver, Canada
London, England
New York, U.S.A.
Boston, U.S.A
Toronto, Canada
Approx. Flying Times From Newfoundland
0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0
Flying Time in Hours
in the twentieth century with the
establishment of major American and
Canadian military bases. Today, as a
province of Canada, Newfoundland
continues to capitalize on its location
as it expands its economy beyond the
traditional industries into the high tech
world of offshore petroleum
exploration and development.
Figure 1.1
Approximate
flying times from
Newfoundland
London, England
Approximate Marine Shipping Days
Figure 1.2
Cities
Miami, U.S.A
Norfolk, U.S.A.
Boston, U.S.A
Montreal, Canada
Halifax, Canada
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Marine Shipping (Days)
Approximate
marine shipping
days from
Newfoundland
Approx. Trucking Time to Market
Houston, U.S.A.
Figure 1.3
Cities
Miami, U.S.A
New York, U.S.A.
Toronto, Canada
Halifax, Canada
0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
Trucking Time (days)
Approximate
trucking days
from
Newfoundland

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STRATEGIC LOCATION
The Hibernia
discovery well was
the sixtieth to be
drilled offshore
Newfoundland and
Labrador. Since
that discovery an
average of 30
million barrels
have been found
per exploration
well.
Figure 1.4
WHY EXPLORE IN NEWFOUNDLAND
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Large undrilled structures in proven areas
Proximal to major markets
High production rates and recovery factors
High quality sweet crude
Plenty of unlicenced land in prospective areas
Stable political climate

Section 2
INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Page 6
Cartwright
Goose Bay
LABRADOR
QUEBEC
QUE
LAB
Come-by-Chance
Oil Refinery
Whiffen Head
Bull Arm
GBS Construction Site
Topsides Fabrication
Facility
St. Anthony
Marystown
Harbour
Shipyard
Rig Repair Facility
St. John’s
Capital City
Port-aux-Basques
Corner Brook
Stephenville
Deer Lake
Gander
NEWFOUNDLAND
Miquelon
St. Pierre
Come-by-Chance
Marystown
LEGEND
Airport
Major Port
International Airport
Bull Arm
Whiffen Head
Argentia
St. John’s
Hibernia
Terra Nova
White Rose
Figure 2.1
Industrial Infrastructure Map of
Newfoundland and Labrador continues to expand its industrial
infrastructure to meet the needs of the
petroleum industry.

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INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
St. John’s and Surrounding Areas
According to a
1997 KPMG study,
St. John’s is the
most cost-effective
city to do business
of 42 cities in 7
countries.
Figure 2.2
St. John’s Waterfront
Population of 174,051 (1996 Census)
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Supply base for support services to the offshore oil and gas industry
Helibase that provides passenger handling facilities, aviation fuel,
pre-operational technical support, first response personnel and
equipment, and airport terminal and maintenance/repair facilities.
Subsea component fabrication facilities for fabrication of subsea
templates and manifold systems.
Services such as directional drilling, cementing, well completion,
electrical wireline, perforating and pumping, reservoir management
and data acquisition companies.
According to a 1997 KPMG study, St. John’s is the most costeffective
city to do business of 42 cities in 7 countries.
The St. John's metropolitan area offers a variety of cost-effective
industrial and office space. Prime industrial space is located in fully
serviced industrial parks and you'll find Class A office space in
downtown towers.
Major administrative, research and training facilities, including:
Memorial University
College of the North Atlantic
Centre for Cold Ocean Resources Engineering
Institute for Marine Dynamics
Marine Institute
Figure 2.3
Institute for Marine
Dynamics

INFRASTRUCTURE
Bull Arm
Page 8
Figure 2.4
Hibernia Tow
Out
From the
Whiffen Head
Storage facility
Grand Banks
crude has ready
access to the
North American
Market.
Figure 2.5
Bull Arm Construction Site
Bull Arm was the fabrication and construction site for the 1.2 million tonne
offshore oil drilling and production platform for the Hibernia oil field. The $470
million site was also used to fabricate topsides modules for the Terra Nova FPSO
vessel. The Terra Nova FPSO arrived at Bull Arm on May 12, 2000 for
installation of the topsides modules, hook-up and commissioning.
Whiffen Head
Figure 2.6
Newfoundland Transshipment Terminal Berth
The Newfoundland Transshipment Terminal facility has 3 tanks each with
500,000 barrels of storage capacity. It is currently constructing additional storage
tanks for Terra Nova production and has the capacity to expand as offshore
production levels increase. The expansion is expected to be completed by
October 2000.

Page 9
INFRASTRUCTURE
North Atlantic Oil Refinery
Figure 2.7
North Atlantic Oil Refinery
Located at the head of Placentia Bay, the North Atlantic Refining Ltd. oil
refinery has a rated capacity of 105,000 barrels of oil per day and crude and
product storage for over 7 million barrels. In addition, the deep-water
facility is capable of receiving ultra large crude carriers in excess of 300,000
dwt directly at the dock.
Marystown
In cities, towns
and communities
across
Newfoundland,
numerous
companies have
been established
to meet the needs
of offshore
projects. Access to
ancillary support,
education
infrastructure and
a diversified labor
force make this
province an
attractive and
competitive site for
your business.
Figure 2.8
Friede Goldman Facility at Marystown
The Friede Goldman shipyard is capable of completing a wide variety of
construction, fabrication and engineering requirements for offshore,
shipbuilding, ship repair and general industrial work. The facility can also
accommodate refitting, conversion, upgrading and maintenance as well as
repairs to marine systems and oil rigs.

Section 3
GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
Mesozoic Basins of the North Atlantic
Page 10
More than 26 billion barrels
of oil and 63 tcf of natural gas
have been produced from the
Mesozoic basins of the North
Atlantic. The primary
producing reservoirs thus far
have been the Lower
Cretaceous, Jurassic and
Tertiary sandstones of the
British and Norwegian North
Sea, but since November,
1997 major production has
been achieved from the
Lower Cretaceous reservoirs
on the west side of the
Atlantic - at the Hibernia
field. Although the distinction
of first oil production in the
northwest Atlantic goes to the
Cohasset/Panuke field
offshore Nova Scotia, which
produced about 43 million
barrels, Hibernia is the first
giant field to be developed
and is currently producing at
150,000 bopd from only 9
production wells.
Figure 3.1 illustrates the
parallel ancestry of the North
Sea and offshore
Newfoundland and Labrador
basins, both of which were
formed by the separation of
Europe and Northwest Africa
from North America by the
continental drift that
commenced in the
Triassic/Early Jurassic.
To date more than 2600
exploration wells have been
drilled in the North Sea and
have proven resources of
more than 55 billion barrels
3
of oil and 200 tcf of gas .
Only 127 exploration wells
FUNDY
200 km
CANADA
SCOTIAN
NEWFOUNDLAND
ORPHEUS
WHALE
GREENLAND
JEANNE
D’ARC
DOUKKALA
ESSAOUIRA
MOROCCO
AGADIR
AAIUN TARTAYA
SOUSS
Predrift rift basins of the North Atlantic margins.
After: A. J. Tankard
have been drilled Offshore
Newfoundland and Labrador,
by which some 2.1 billion
barrels of oil and 9.3 tcf of
natural gas have been
4
discovered . Studies of
undiscovered oil resources in
the Newfoundland and
Labrador offshore area have
focused primarily on the
Northern Grand Banks and
ROCKALL
PORCUPINE
ORPHAN
FLEMISH
PASS
IRE
GALICIA
MARGIN
U.K.
Basque - Cantabrian
Lusitanian
BARENTS
SEA
MORAY
FIRTH
IBERIA
NORWAY
CENTRAL GRABEN
NORTH
SEA
FRANCE
Figure 3.1
have resulted in estimates
ranging from 6 to 12 billion
barrels recoverable. The
undiscovered gas resource for
the offshore area is about 60
5
trillion cubic feet .

-53°00'
-48°00'
0
100KM
BRUNSWICK
NEW
CAP
QUEBEC
DSDP 1
QUEBEC
-53°00'
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GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
NEWFOUNDLANDFRACTUREZONE
AVALONUPLIFT
APROXIMATEOCEAṈCONTINENTBOUNDARY
Figure 3.2
Exploration is occurring in the Mesozoic Basins of the Grand Banks and Scotian Shelf as well as in
the Paleozoic Basins of Western Newfoundland and throughout Eastern Canada. Lands are being
offered in the Mesozoic and Paleozoic Basins in Call for Bids NF 00-1.
-5 8°0 0'
-63°0'
-68°0'
41°0'
51°00'
49°00'
47°00'
45°00'
43°00'
41°00'
-43°00'
APPROXIMATE OCEAN - CONTINENT
YARMOUTH
ARCH
SHELBURNE SUBBASIN
BOUNDARY
SCOTIAN BASIN
43°0'
M O N TA G N A IS
S TR U C T U R E
SABLE
SUBBASIN
(201my)
SHELBURNE DYKE
LAHAVE
PLATFORM
APPROXIMATE OCEAN-CONTINENT BOUNDARY
45°0'
BAY OF FUNDY GRABEN
COBEQUID FAULT
C H E D A B U C T O F A U L T
S C A T A R IE
O R P H E U S G R A B E N
C A N S O R ID G E
WHALE BANK
HIGH
SOUTH WHALE BASIN
LAURENTIANSUBBASIN
NOVA SCOTIA
HORSESHOE BASIN
VIRGIN RIDGE
WHALE BASIN
USA
After: C-NOPB
NEWFOUNDLAND SEAMOUNTS
BURIN PLATFORM
R ID G E
ṖẸỊ
FLEMISH PASS
BASIN
JEANNE D'ARC BASIN
(SOUTHERN)
ST.JOHN'S
FLEMISH
47°0'
CUMBERLANDMAGNETICBELT
NEW FOUNDLAND
SYDN EY
B ASIN
20m
MAGDALEN BASIN
20m
BAY SUBBASIN
ST.GEORGE’S
A N T IC O S T I B A S IN
49°0'
KNOLL
ORPHAN
EAST NEWFOUNDLAND/ORPHAN BASIN
ST. ANTHONY
BASIN
51°0'
LAḄ
-63°0'
-58°0'
CHARLIE GIBBS FRACTURE ZONE
- L O CATIO N
- S U SP EN D ED WE L L
- A BA N DO N ED WE LL
- A BA N DO N ED OIL SH OW
- A BA N DO N ED OIL WE LL
- S US P EN D ED OIL WE LL
- A BA N DO NE D O IL A N D G AS WE L L
- S US PE N DE D O IL A N D G AS WE L L
- AB A ND O NE D G A S W EL L
-48°00'
-43°00'
-68°0'
CALL FOR BIDS NF 00-1 LAND SALE PARCELS
LEGEND
M ES OZ O IC B AS IN
C AR B ON IFE R OU S B AS IN
PA L EO Z OIC BA SIN
C-NO PB Call for Bids NF00-1

GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
Figures 3.3 and 3.4 illustrate the
primary reservoirs and structural
style of the Jeanne d’Arc and the
Flemish Pass basins. To date the
key reservoirs are the Lower
Cretaceous Ben Nevis/Avalon and
Hibernia sandstones and the Late
Jurassic Jeanne d’Arc sandstones.
As in the North Sea the source
rock is a regional Kimmeridgian
shale with total organic carbon in
the neighborhood of 4.5% and a
hydrogen index in the range of five
hundred to seven hundred,
indicating a 6highly oil prone
source rock .
The Jeanne d’Arc basin is home to
all of the large oil fields discovered
to date, including Hibernia, Terra
Nova, Hebron and White Rose.
Based on current developments
(Hibernia and Terra Nova), this
basin will be producing about
300,000 barrels per day by March
of 2001, and if development
proceeds as expected at White
Rose and Hebron, could be
producing more than 500,000 bopd
by mid-decade. In the meantime
new seismic data continues to
refine the geologic picture and
identify new targets, exploratory
drilling continues, and recent land
sales have recorded record bids .
Three parcels in this years Request
for Bids are located in the Jeanne
d’Arc Basin (Figure 3.4).
The Hibernia B-16-1 well
set a Canadian daily flow
rate record in 1998 when
it tested at 56,000 barrels
of oil per day from the
Hibernia Sandstone
Reservoir.
VAN HINTE 1976 USGS 1980
VAN EYSINGA
1978
AGE
ma.
50
100
150
200
Q
GEOCHRONOLOGIC
SCALE
JURASSIC CRETACEOUS TERTIARY
TRIASSIC
PL.
EOCENE OLIGO. MIOCENE
PAL.
LATE EARLY MIDDLE LATE EARLY
LATE
NEOCOM. SENONIAN
TURONIAN
CENOMANIAN
ALBIAN
APTIAN
BARREMIAN
HAUT.
VAL.
BERR.
TITHONIAN
KIMMERIDGIAN
OXFORDIAN
CALLOVIAN
BATHONIAN
BAJOCIAN
AALENIAN
TOARCIAN
PLIENS.
SINEMURIAN
HATTANGIAN
RHAETIAN
NORIAN
CARNIAN
PALEOZOIC
MAAS.
CAMPANIAN
SANTONIAN
S TO SW
CONIACIAN OTTER BAY MBR.
LITHOLOGIES
SANDSTONE
SHALE
RED BEDS
LIMESTONE
DOLOMITE
Jeanne d’Arc Basin
FOX HARBOUR MBR.
BANQUEREAU
FORMATIONS
DAWSON CANYON
Figure 3.3
NAUTILUS
AVALON
'A' MARKER MBR.
WHITEROSE
CATALINA MBR.
'B' MARKER MBR.
HIBERNIA
UPPER ZONE
LOWER ZONE
FORTUNE BAY
JEANNE D'ARC
RANKIN
WHALE MBR.
GAMBO MBR.
EGRET MBR.
VOYAGER
ARGO
HALITE
PORCELANEOUS
MUDSTONE
PETREL MBR.
EURYDICE
PORCELANEOUS
MUDSTONE
METASEDIMENTS
BASALT
LAURENTIAN
PORT AU PORT MBR.
IROQUOIS
BEN NEVIS
SOUTH MARA MBR.
ACCESSORIES
SANDY
SILTY
DOWNING
COBBLES, PEBBLES
ARGILLACEOUS
COALY
MARLY
ORGANIC-RICH
C
N TO NE
C
WYANDOT MBR.
TECTONIC
FRAMEWORK
UNCONFORMITY
POST
SYN
ONSET WARP
POST
SYN
ONSET WARP
POST
SYN
RIFT
UNCONFORMITY
RIFT
UNCONFORMITY
RIFT
UNCONFORMITY
RIFT
UNCONFORMITY
RIFT
UNCONFORMITY
RIFT
UNCONFORMITY
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OROGENIC
EVENTS
EUROPE-
N. AMERICA
BREAK-UP
AUSTRIAN
OROGENY
IBERIA-
GRAND BANKS
BREAK-UP
LATE
KIMMERIAN
OROGENY
AFRICA-
N. AMERICA
BREAK-UP
EARLY
KIMMERIAN
OROGENY
JEANNE D’ARC BASIN
LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY
DATE: 12-03-1990
The primary reservoirs of the Jeanne d’Arc basin
are the Lower Cretaceous Avalon/Ben Nevis and
Hibernia Sands, and the Late Jurassic Jeanne d’Arc
Sands. The key source rock is the Kimmeridgian
aged Egret Member.

EGRET
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GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
0.0
A
SW
GEOLOGICAL CROSS-SECTION ACROSS
JEANNE D’ARC BASIN
A
NE
Fox Harbour SS
1.0
O tter Bay
South Mara SS
TERTIARY
Time (seconds)
2.0
3.0
Hibernia
SS
Avalon/Ben
Nevis SS
UPPER CRETACEOUS
Petrel Limestone
South
Tempest
Jeanne d’Arc SS
4.0
Voyager SS
JURASSIC
LOWER
CRETACEOUS
5.0
Simplified schematic cross section based on seismic line 6313.85 (after Sinclair, 1994)
-50°00'
-48°00'
OFFSHORE ATLANTIC CANADA BASINS
-47°00'
-48°00'
NORTH CENTRAL RIDGE
LEGEND
- LOCATION
- SUSPENDED WELL
- ABANDONED WELL
- ABANDONED OIL SHOW
- ABANDONED OIL WELL
- SUSPENDED OIL WELL
EASTERN RIDGE
- ABANDONED OIL AND GAS WELL
- SUSPENDED OIL AND GAS WELL
0 50KM
-46°00'
-50°00'
After: C-NOPB
- ABANDONED GAS WELL
MESOZOIC BASIN
CARBONIFEROUS BASIN
PALEOZOIC BASIN
C-NOPB Call for Bids NF99-1
BONAVISTA PLATFORM
-61°00'
MURRE FAULT
A
FAULT
3
1
JEANNE D'ARCBASIN
A
2
200 m
CENTRAL RIDGE
VOYAGER FAULT
MORGIANA UPLIFT
PYRAMID HIGH
ANSONGRABEN
VESTA HIGH
-46°00'
-47°00'
Figure 3.4

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OCEAN-CONTINENT
BOUNDARY
APROXIMATE
Southern Grand Banks Basin
BONITION
CARSON
SALAR
BASIN
F LE M IS H
RIDGECOMPLEX
BA S IN
JE A N N E D 'A R C B A S IN
HORSESHOEBASIN
CORIDORFRENCH
BAY ST. GEORGE
SUBBASIN
SṪJOHN'S
SYDNEY
BASIN
W HALE
BASIN
AVALON
UPLIFT
BURIN PLATFORM
CANSO RIDGE
LAURENTIAN SUBBASIN
S O U T H W H A L E B A S IN
NEWFOUNDLAND
FRACTURE ZONE
200KM
0
Modified after: Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board and Geological Survey of Canada
Figure 3.5

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GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
Carson/Bonnition Basin
B
B
PALEO -VALLEY
LARGE TILTED
FAULT BLOCKS
Seismic Line 83-2704
Courtesy of Geological Survey of Canada
Figure 3.6
This seismic located in the Bonnition Basin shows possible turbidites in the
Lower Tertiary and Lower Cretaceous
Parcels four to seven of Request for Bids NF 00-1 are located within the Carson/Bonnition Basin. The
basin contains only 4 wells, all of which are located along an elevated terrace on its northwest margin.
The Bonnition H-32 and the St. George J-55 wells encountered Lower Cretaceous and Jurassic sandstones,
and Bonnition had gas shows in the Lower Cretaceous Missisauga sandstones. No source rock has been
identified by the limited drilling but the basin deepens considerably to the southeast, presenting the
possibility of thick shale sequences. Seismic line 83-2704 indicates the presence of a large paleo-valley
(figure 3.6) approximately six km wide and 900 meters deep, suggesting a major river system that could
have brought considerable amounts of sand to the area. Seismic also shows large basement ridge
structures running parallel to and outboard of the ancient seacoast, that could have provided the restricted
marine conditions that favor the development of source rock. Play concepts include Cretaceous and
Jurassic fault blocks, stratigraphic subcrops and Cretaceous and Tertiary turbidites.

GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
PALEOZOIC MESOZOIC CENOZOIC
CARBONIFEROUS TR. JURASSIC CRETACEOUS
TERTIARY
DEV.
NEOG
PALOEGENE
SENONIAN
M
E
L
M
L
E
L
M
OXFORDIAN
CALLOVIAN
BAJOCIAN
BAJOCIAN
TOARCIAN
PLIENSBACHIAN
SINEMURIAN
HETTANGIAN
RHAETIAN
STEPHANIAN
WESTPHALIAN
NAMURIAN
VISEAN
TOURNAISIAN
FAMENNIAN
FRASNIAN
GIVETIAN
CANYON FM.
VERRILL
ABENAKI
FM.
MIC MAC
FM.
MOHAWK FM.
IROQOUIS FM.
ARGO FM.
EURYDICE FM.
ABENAKI
FM
SHALE
IROQUOIS FM.
ARGO FM.
EURYDICE FM.
UNNAMED
PICTOU
CUMBERLAND GPS.
RIVERDALE-
CANSO GPS.
WINDSOR GP.
HORTON GP.
BASEMENT COMPLEX
SHALE
UPPER CARB
LR. SHALE
ARGO FM.
MIC
MAC
FM.
Comparative stratigraphy of Scotian Shelf,
Southern Grand Banks and Northern Grand
Banks.
CANYON FM.
VERRILL
MIC
MAC
FM.
SOUTH MARA
SOUTH
TEMPEST
After Northcor Energy Report 1984 & MacLean and Wade, 1990
MISSISAUGA FM.
CANYON FM.
VERRILL
TRANSGRESSIVE
REGRESSIVE
INTERMEDIATE DRIFTING
TRANSGRESSIVE
RIFT
TECTONIC
SEDIMENT
STAGES
LATE DRIFTING
EARLY DRIFTING
VALLEY
PRE-RIFT
Page 16
South Whale Subbasin
The South Whale Subbasin was the first to be drilled offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. Fourteen
wells were drilled between 1966 and 1974 and one well ( Narwhal F-99) was drilled in 1987. In this first
phase of Grand Banks exploration the companies primarily targeted the salt piercement features
involving the Lower Jurrassic Argo Salt. It appears, however, that the Argo salt movement may have
postdated the migration of hydrocarbons and no discoveries were made. There were several oil and gas
shows in the South Whale Subbasin but a source rock has yet to be identified by the limited drilling.
However, given that the South Whale Subbasin lies on trend with the Scotian Basin which has a rich gasprone
source rock in the Upper Jurassic Verill Canyon Shales, there is a very good chance of similar age
source rocks in the deeper parts of the South Whale. It is also possible that the Egret Member, that has
sourced the oil and gas discoveries
Figure 3.7
of the Jeanne d’Arc Basin may be
AGE
SCOTIAN SOUTHERN NORTHERN present in this area. Although
SHELF GRAND BANKS GRAND BANKS similarities to the Scotian Basin
Q
PLIOCENE
suggests that the area may be gas
MIOCENE
prone, large basement ridges
BANQUEREAU BANQUEREAU BANQUEREAU
(observed on seismic data) that run
OLIGOCENE
FORMATION FORMATION FORMATION parallel to the shelf may have
EOCENE
provided the restricted marine
conditions that favor the
PALEOCENE
development of oil-prone source
MAASTRICHTIAN
FOX HARBOUR
CAMPANIAN WYANDOT FM.
DAWSON DAWSON CANYON rocks. These ridges appear to have
SANTONIAN
DAWSON CANYON
CANYON FORMATION
CONIACIAN FORMATION
FORMATION
been the base for carbonate banks
OTTER BAY
TURONIAN
PETREL MBR
PETREL MBR
PETREL MBR
L
that grew within the Jurassic. These
CENOMANIAN SHORT- SABLE M. LOGAN SHORT- EIDER
BEN
NAUTILUS
ALBIAN LAND
CANYON LAND
NEVIS
SHALE
SHALE NASKAPI M. FM. SHALE
banks, interpreted on the basis of
APTIAN
AVALON
BARREMIAN
seismic character, may have
E
MISSISAUGA
HAUTERIVIAN MISSISSAUGA
FORMATION
CATALINA
VALANGINIAN FORMATION
porosity development creating the
HIBERNIA
BERRIASIAN
opportunity for structural /
TITHONIAN
JEANNE D’ARC
L KIMMERIDGIAN
stratigraphic plays.
The South Whale Subbasin
contains the equivalent of the
Micmac and Mississauga
sandstones that have been key
producers in the Scotian Basin.
Seismic data indicates the presence
of an Upper Jurassic reef front, that
is known to contain thick porous
intervals on the Scotian Shelf, but
which has never been drilled
offshore Newfoundland. Pan-
Canadian Petroleum recently
announced a major gas discovery
within such a reef front offshore
Nova Scotia. This “Deep Panuke”
discovery was tested by two wells,
both of which tested in excess of 50
million cubic feet per-day with the
flow rates limited by equipment.

GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
The presence of petroleum in Western
Newfoundland has been recognized in surface
seeps and shallow drilling since the late 1800's.
The first modern exploration effort - using
seismic to select a well location - was carried out
by Hunt Oil and Pan Canadian in 1994-95 and
resulted in the Hunt/Pan Canadian Port au Port
#1 discovery. This well encountered four zones of
good reservoir quality in the Cambro-Ordivician
platform. The two lower zones were wet, but the
upper two zones flowed oil at rates of 1528 and
1742 b/d respectively. Although follow up
drilling at four other locations failed to make
additional discoveries, the Port au Port #1 well
proved the presence of a viable petroleum system
in the area. Released seismic data show that large
undrilled prospects remain to be tested
throughout the offshore and onshore areas of
western Newfoundland.
GOVERNMENT OF
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND LABRADOR
Department of
Mines and Energy
Generalized Stratigraphic Sections
Western Newfoundland
Western Newfoundland
GOVERNMENT OF
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND LABRADOR
Department of
Mines and Energy
Port au Port #1
Discovery
Well
LABRADOR
QUEBEC
ANTICOSTI
BASIN
GULF OF
ST. LAWRENCE
OS
Hydrocarbon Shows
Western Newfoundland
NFLD
OS
GEOLOGY:
LABRADOR
STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE
Show
SEEPS:
OTHER:
OS
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
(Oil, Gas,Oil & Gas)
Oil
Bitumen
Oil Shales
Carboniferous / Silurian
Post Flysch Sequence
Allocthon
Shelf-Flysch
Precambrian Basement
0 50 100 km
Page 17
AUTOCHTHONOUS
STRATA
METRES
0
500
1000
SILURIAN
ORDOVICIAN
CAMBRIAN
PE
After: James et al, 1988
CLAM
BANK
LONG
POINT GROUP
MAINLAND
SANDSTONE
GOOSE TICKLE
TABLE HEAD
GROUP
ST. GEORGE
GROUP
PORT AU PORT
GROUP
LABRADOR
GROUP
GRENVILLE BASEMENT
U/C
METRES
0
500
U/C - UNCONFORMITY
ALLOCHTHONOUS
LOWER ORDOVICIAN
CAMBRIAN ORDOVICIAN
Figure 3.8
SUITE
PILLOW LAVAS
SHEETED DIKES
&
BRECCIAS
CUMULATES
MOHO
MANTLE
METAMORPHIC AUREOLE
MELANGE
LOWER HEAD
FORMATION
COW
HEAD
GROUP
CURLING
GROUP
MELANGE
8 km
Figure 3.9
In Western Newfoundland and offshore in the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, a Cambro-Ordovician
carbonate platform overlies Paleozoic clastic
sediments of the Labrador Group and crystalline
basement. The Ordovician carbonates and clastics
are locally overlain by Carboniferous clastic and
carbonate sediments. Reservoir quality rocks
have been identified in both the Cambro-
Ordovician and the Carboniferous. The tectonic
history of the area is complex. In the late
Ordovician subsidence reactivated faulting,
initiated during a period of extension in the
Cambrian, produced normal faults in the
carbonate platform. Later, compression brought
the onset of thrusting and reverse faulting of the
carbonate platform and older formations. Strike
slip faulting along the Cabot Fault Zone led to the
creation of Carboniferous pull apart basins.

M is s is s ip p ia n
Late
GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
Western Newfoundland
Page 18
GOVERNMENT OF
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND LABRADOR
Department of
Mines and Energy
S chem atic C ross-Section
S t. G eorge’s B ay
C
150
Anticosti Basin
500
St. George’s Bay
A-36
1000
1500
Bay St. George Subbasin
2000
C
2500
2000
4000
6000
CARBONIFEROUS
SILURIAN/ DEVONIAN
LONG POINT GRP.
BASEMENT
Round Head
Fault
Mainland
Fault
POSSIBLE ANGUILLE or
CAMBRO-ORD. or BASEMENT
CODROY GRP.
BASEMENT
Windsor
Salt
DEPTH (m)
8000
10 000
CAMBRO- ORDOVICIAN
CARBONATE PLATFORM
0 10 KM
BASED ON SEISMIC LINE ZXL-130
Figure 3.10
-61°00'
-49°00'
LEGEND
- LOCATION
- SUSPENDED WELL
- ABANDONED WELL
- ABANDONED OIL SHOW
- ABANDONED OIL WELL
- SUSPENDED OIL WELL
- ABANDONED OIL AND GAS WELL
- SUSPENDED OIL AND GAS WELL
- ABANDONED GAS WELL
MESOZOIC BASIN
CARBONIFEROUS BASIN
PALEOZOIC BASIN
C-NOPB Call for Bids NF00-1
0 50
-47°00'
-61°00'
After: C-NOPB
Western Newfoundland Offshore Basins
KM
C
C
Figure 3.11
-58°00'
-49°00'
-47°00'
-58°00'
Visean
Nam. Pennsylvanian
Westphalian
Horton Windsor
Canso Riversdale Cumberland
Anguille Group
Codroy Group Barachois Group
Dev. Tournaisian
Pictou
E
D
C
B
A
S
Searston Formation
(2500m)
Overfall
Brook
(345m)
Woody
Cape
(690m)
SW Anguille
Mtns-Codroy
Valley
Jeffrey’s Village
Member
Kennels Brook
Formation
(1000-3200m)
Mollichignick Member
Snake’s Bight
Formation
Robinsons
River Formation
Basement Unknown
Northern
Anguille
Mountains
St. George’s
Bay Lowlands
Upper coal- bearing sequence
(1500-1600m)
CL
Highlands Member
(1000-1300m)
Jeffrey’s Village
Member
(1400-2100m)
Codroy Road Formation
(145-244m)
Ship Cove Formation (2-25m)
Spout Falls
Fischell’s Brook member.
(200m)
Formation
Friar’s Cove (780-2250m)
Formation
Oil shows
(500-1300m)
Onlap onto
Precambrian
basement
(785-1000m)
Carboniferous Stratigraphy
Bay St. George Area
(2275m)
(1500-1600m)
Lacustrine
source rock
Port au Port
Stephenville
Blanche Brook
coal beds
No age constraints
Brow Pond Lentil
(Thickness unknown)
Onlap onto
L.Paleozoic
karst terrain
ROCK TYPES
Conglomerate
Sandstone
Shale
Limestone
Salt
Reef
N
Figure 3.12
After: Knight, 1992
Cross section II’ illustrates the transition from the Bay St. George Carboniferous
subbasin into the Anticosti Basin. It is unknown if the carbonate platform is
preserved beneath the Carboniferous in Bay St. George.

Section 4
Page 19
Request For Bids Parcels
This section provides a detailed description of each land sale parcel. The maps provided show the
location of the land parcels and the released seismic data on those parcels. Hard copies and interpretive
reports based on these data are available from the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board for
the cost of reproduction. For the purposes of this report representative seismic sections that show the
general geology and recognizable play types have been selected. The seismic data quality varies with
area and data vintage. For example there is very little released data on parcel fourteen. What data is
available is on poor quality microfiche and seriously degraded by multiple.
Recent Landsale Results
Year
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Total
Number
of Parcels
Bid
1
8
7
13
5
34
Bids ($Can
Millions)
95.8
126.1
97.0
175.2
192.3
686.4
Conversion rate: $CAN1.00~ $US .70
Table 4.1

TWO -WAY TIME (seconds)
Parcel 1
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Request For Bids Parcels
PARCEL 1
SW
0
kilometres
5 10 15 20 25
0.0
TERTIARY
1.0
1.0
NE
0.0
2.0
Petrel
Base Of
Teritary Fan
2.0
3.0
UPPER CRETACEOUS
“A” Marker
Albian UNCF.
(Top Ben Nevis)
3.0
4.0
LOWER CRETACEOUS
Hibernia SS Level
“B” Marker
4.0
5.0
JURASSIC
Tithonian UNCF.
5.0
Note: Program # 8620-S014-008E
SEISMIC LINE 83-5068
Adolphus D-50
Trave E-87
0
Mara M-54
South Mara C-13
Mara E-30
Botwood G-89
Hebron I-13
North Ben
Nevis P-93
North Ben
Nevis M-61
West Ben
Nevis B-75
Brent’s Cove I-30
G-90
C-09
H-99
K-18 L-98
K-08
K-17
K-07 I-97
King’s Cove
A-26
Beothuk M-05
10 km
E-79
# 1
Fortune G-57
J-49
N -22
Ben Nevis I-45
Ben Nevis L-55
West Bonne
Bay C-23 Bonne Bay
North Trinity H-71 C-73
Terra Nova
Field
L-61
Springdale M-29
Voyager J-18
N-30
# 2
H-20
E-09
L-08
A-17
A-90
Amethyst F-20
Archer K-19
Location: Jeanne d’Arc Basin
Parcel Area: 33,957 hectares
Water depth: 100 m
Released Seismic Data : 2213.16 km
Data Vintages: 1966 –1990
Play Types:
- Base of Tertiary fans and
turbidites
- Cretaceous and Jurassic sands in
tilted fault blocks
This parcel is surrounded on three sides by
significant discoveries that contain oil and gas in
primarily Lower Cretaceous and Upper Jurassic
sands. The section shows some potential leads from
faulting in the Lower Cretaceous and Jurassic as
well as a gentle roll over of the Jurassic to Upper
Cretaceous section. Very little drilling has targeted
Lower Tertiary fans but the Mara M-54 well tested
620 bopd from such a fan and White Rose L-61
tested 12 mmcf/d from an equivalent age sand.

Parcel 2
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PARCEL 2
SW
FORTUNE G-57
0 5 10 15 20 25
kilometres
0.0
NE
0.0
O
47 00’
TWO- WAY TIME(seconds)
O
-48 40’
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
Adolphus D-50
Petrel
Ben Nevis
UPPER CRETACEOUS
LOWER CRETACEOUS
Tithonian UNCF.
Note: Program # 8620-S014-008E
SEISMIC LINE 83-5032
“A” Marker
JURASSIC
O
-47 40’
O
47 00’
TERTIARY
Hibernia SS
Level
Amethyst/Archer
Structure 4km To
The North
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
Trave E-87
Mara M-54
South Mara C-13
0
Mara E-30
Botwood G-89
Hebron I-13
North Ben
Nevis P-93
North Ben
Nevis M-61
West Ben
Nevis B-75
Brent’s Cove I-30
G-90
C-09
H-99
K-18 L-98
K-08
K-17
K-07 I-97
King’s Cove
A-26
E-79
Beothuk M-05
10 km
# 1
Ben Nevis I-45
Ben Nevis L-55
West Bonne
Bay C-23
North Trinity H-71
Terra Nova
Field
L-61
Fortune G-57
Springdale M-29
J-49
Bonne Bay
C-73
Voyager J-18
N -22
N-30
# 2
H-20
E-09
L-08
A-17
A-90
Amethyst F-20
Archer K-19
RELEASED SEISMIC DATA (POST 1980)
and WELL LOCATIONS
CARSON BONNITION BASIN,
OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND
UTM 22 Projection (NAD 83)
T. Bennett
4-Apr-2000
Location: Jeanne d’Arc Basin
Parcel Area: 24,467 hectares
Water depth: 100 m
Released Seismic Data: 3573.57 km
Data Vintages: 1966 –1990
Play Types:
The parcel lies along the western edge of the Ridge
Complex with the White Rose field to the north and
the Fortune G-57 significant discovery near the
centre of the parcel. The section shows extensive
faulting with a roll over feature up dip from the
Fortune well. Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous faults
appear to be locally de-coupled presenting the
possibility of independent trapping at the two levels.
O
-47 40’
O
46 20’
- Cretaceous and Jurassic sands in tilted
fault blocks
- Pinch out of Avalon sands
against the Aptian unconformity
- Deep, older faulted structures in the
Jurassic

Parcel 3
Request For Bids Parcels
PARCEL 3
GAMBO N-70
W
0 5
(1km south) 10
kilometres
0.0
Page 22
E
0.0
U. CRET. CHANNEL
TERTIARY
TWO-WAY TIME(seconds)
1.0
2.0
Aptian Uncf.
Otter Bay Member
LOWER CRETACEOUS
Jeanne d’Arc
Sandstones
JURASSIC
Top Ben Nevis
Formation
Hibernia SS
“B” Marker
Tithonian Uncf.
Whale member
1.0
2.0
3.0
Iroquois
3.0
O
46 30’
O
-49 00’
0
Egret N-46
4.0
Egret K-36
Port au Port J-97
Gambo N-70
10 km
NOTE: Program # 8620-S014-008E
SEISMIC LINE 83-4972
King’s Cove A-26
# 3
K-18
C-09
H-99
K-08
L-98
K-17 K-07 I-97
G-90
E-79
Terra Nova
Field
Beothuk M-05
South Brook N-30
O
-48 20’
O
46 30’
Location: Jeanne d’Arc Basin
Parcel Area: 19,248 hectares
Water depth: 100 m
Released Seismic Data: 1305.86 km
Data Vintages: 1966 –1990
4.0
Play Types: - Cretaceous and Jurassic sands in tilted fault
blocks
- Pinch out of Avalon sands against the Aptian
unconformity
- - Jeanne d’Arc channel sands in stratigraphic
traps
O
-49 00’
Cormorant N-83
RELEASED SEISMIC DATA (POST 1980)
and WELL LOCATIONS
CARSON BONNITION BASIN,
OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND
UTM 22 Projection (NAD 83)
T. Bennett
4-Apr-2000
O
-48 20’
O
46 15’
This parcel lies adjacent to South Brook N-20 which recovered
minor amounts of oil and gas from the South Mara, Ben Nevis
and Hibernia Sandstones. The Gambo N-70 well in the centre
of the parcel encountered 30 metres of conglomerate at the
Jeanne d’Arc level but the Port au Port J-97 well encountered
no Jeanne d’Arc. The seismic section indicates potential
stratigraphic plays at the Jeanne d’Arc and Upper Cretaceous
levels as well as potential fault traps.

4610’
O
45 0’
O
Parcel Parcel 4
Request For Bids Parcels
Page
Page
23
23
O
-47 00’
O
-47 00’
# 5
# 7
# 4
# 6
O
-49 00’
O
46 10’
Cormorant N-83
Location: Carson / Bonnition Basin
Parcel Area: 215,875 hectares
Water depth: 100 - >1000 m
Released Seismic Data: 2677.12 km
Data Vintages: 1966 –1985
Play Types: -
Cretaceous and Base of
Tertiary sands infilling a
broad, ‘paleo-valley’
- Cretaceous and Jurassic
sands in tilted fault blocks
This block includes the Bonnition H-32 and St. George
J-55 wells, both of which were drilled on an elevated
terrace on the western side of the Bonnition Basin. The
Jurassic and Cretaceous section is thinner on this terrace
with less development of reservoir quality sediments.
The Bonnition well encountered gas shows while
drilling. To the east of the terrace the basin deepens
considerably. The seismic line shows a thick Lower
Cretaceous and Jurassic with fault blocks resembling the
successful “Trans-basin Fault Trend” of the Jeanne
d'Arc Basin. The line also shows a deep, wide canyon
that cut through the L. Cretaceous and into the Jurassic.
This “paleo valley” was filled by Upper Cretaceous and
Tertiary sediments and could contain thick channel
sands and fan deposits. Additionally, the river system
that created the valley would have delivered
considerable sand to the area.
St. George J-55
Skua E-41
20 km
O
45 00’
O
-49 00’
0
RELEASED SEISMIC DATA (POST 1980)
and WELL LOCATIONS
CARSON BONNITION BASIN,
OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND
UTM 22 Projection (NAD 83)
T. Bennett
4-Apr-2000

4610’
O
450’
O
O
Parcel 5
Request For Bids Parcels
Page 24
Location: Carson / Bonnition Basin
Parcel Area: 215,875 hectares
Water depth: >1000 m
Released Seismic Data: 2920.01 km
Data Vintages: 1966 –1983
Play Types:
- Base of Tertiary fans and
turbidites
- Cretaceous and Jurassic
sands in tilted fault blocks
This line shows a basement high to the
north and west with little or no overlying
Jurassic or Cretaceous sediments. Thick
Tertiary sediment in the southeastern
portion of the parcel may contain turbidite
deposits at the base of the slope break.
Below these features, a deep seated fault
block may contain Lower Cretaceous and
Jurassic sections.
O
-47 00’
O
-47 00’
# 5
# 7
# 4
# 6
O
-49 00’
O
46 10’
Cormorant N-83
RELEASED SEISMIC DATA (POST 1980)
and WELL LOCATIONS
CARSON BONNITION BASIN,
OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND
UTM 22 Projection (NAD 83)
St. George J-55
Skua E-41
20 km
T. Bennett
4-Apr-2000
-49 00’
0

Parcel 6
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NW
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
0
kilometres
10
20
30 40 50
60
SE
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
TWO-WA TIME(seco s)
Y n
BASEMENT
Salt
Iroquois
PARCEL 6
Base of Tertiary Fan
JURASSIC
Seabed
Basement
Ridge
TERTIARY
Upper Cretaceous
Subcrop
CRETACEOUS
7.0
O
-47 00’
O
-49 00’
Note: Program # 8620-S014-008E
SEISMIC LINE 83-2642
O
46 10’
# 6
# 4
# 7
# 5
0
Cormorant N-83
Skua E-41
St. George J-55
20 km
RELEASED SEISMIC DATA (POST 1980)
and WELL LOCATIONS
CARSON BONNITION BASIN,
OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND
UTM 22 Projection (NAD 83)
T. Bennett
4-Apr-2000
Location: Carson / Bonnition Basin
Parcel Area: 188,420 hectares
Water depth: 100 - >1000 m
Released Seismic Data: 2063.28 km
Data Vintages: 1971 –1985
Play Types:
- Base of Tertiary fans and turbidites
- Cretaceous and Jurassic sands in tilted
fault blocks
- Pinch out of Jurassic sands and
carbonates against the Base of Tertiary
unconformity and over the basement
high on the NW end of the line
This line clearly shows the high terrace
along the western part of the Carson Basin
dropping off to the east where a thick
Jurassic section is preserved. No Lower
Cretaceous has been interpreted to be
present in this part of the Carson Basin.
The Jurassic section has been deformed by
salt movement resulting in steeply dipping
beds that terminate against the base of
Tertiary unconformity providing the
opportunity for stratigraphic traps.
Overlying the Jurassic section, fans and
turbidite deposits are interpreted in the
Lower Tertiary. To the east of the basement
ridge, tilted fault blocks provide the
opportunity for structural traps within the
Jurassic.

4610’
O
O
O
450’
O
Parcel 7
Request For Bids Parcels
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PARCEL 7
O
-47 00’
O
-49 00’
46 10’
Location: Carson / Bonnition Basin
Parcel Area: 188,420 hectares
Water depth: >1000 m
Released Seismic Data: 853.55 km
Data Vintages: 1971 –1985
Cormorant N-83 This parcel lies in the deep water
portion of the Bonnition basin, to
the southeast of a large basement
ridge. A deep structure contains
Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments
draped over a basement high.
Overlying this structure are large
mound-like features within the
Tertiary and Cretaceous sections
that are interpreted to be
turbidites.
Skua E-41
St. George J-55
# 6
# 4
# 7
# 5
Play Types:
- Base of Tertiary and
Cretaceous fans and
turbidites
- Cretaceous and Jurassic
sands in tilted fault blocks
O
-49 00’
O
-47 00’
0
20 km
45 00’
RELEASED SEISMIC DATA (POST 1980)
and WELL LOCATIONS
CARSON BONNITION BASIN,
OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND
UTM 22 Projection (NAD 83)
T. Bennett
4-Apr-2000

O
-52 0’
O 43 0’
Parcel 8
Request For Bids Parcels
Page 27
PARCEL 8
O
-5200’
RazorbilF-54
GanetO-54
O
45 00’
PetrelĀ62 Merganser I-60
#8
#9
#10
#1
O
44 00’
#12 #13
Kittiwake P-11
Puffin B-90
Narwhal F-99
Tern A-68 Shearwater J-20
Malard
M-45
0
20 km
Brant P-87
Gull F-72
Heron H-73
Tors Cove
D-52
Heron
J-72
RELEASED SEISMIC DATA (POST 1980)
and WELL LOCATIONS
CARSON BONNITION BASIN,
OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND
UTM 22 Projection (NAD 83)
T. Bennett
4-Apr-2000
Carbonate
Bank
Location: South Whale Basin
Parcel Area: 220,140 hectares
Water depth: 100 m
Released Seismic Data: 6787.59 km
Data Vintages: 1964 –1985
Play Types:
- Drape of Cretaceous sands over
Jurassic fault blocks and salt cored
structures
- Cretaceous and Jurassic sands in tilted
fault blocks or over salt cored structures
- Faulted Jurassic structures below salt
diapirs
- Prograding Jurassic sands in
stratigraphic traps pinched out against
the Base of Cretaceous unconformity
- Jurassic carbonate bank porosity in
structural and stratigraphic traps
Thick sections of reservoir quality sands were
encountered at the Mississauga level in the two wells
drilled on this parcel. Kittiwake P-11 was drilled adjacent
to a salt dome which would appear to have had very late
movement as it breaches the sea bed. Puffin B-90 tested a
fault play which it appears was not sealed across the
fault. Potential plays exist where gentle roll overs can be
mapped at the Mississauga - as evident between
kilometres 5 and 15. Jurassic carbonates draped over
Windsor salt and subbcropping against the Base of
Cretaceous unconformity may provide deeper targets.

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TWO-WAY TIME(seconds)
kilometres
Mississauga Sandstone
Level

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Location: South Whale Basin
Parcel Area: 220,140 hectares
Water depth: 100 m
Released Seismic Data: 5314.97 km
Data Vintages: 1964 –1985
Play Types: - Drape of Cretaceous sands over Jurassic fault blocks and salt cored structures
- Cretaceous and Jurassic sands in tilted fault blocks or over salt cored structures
- Jurassic faulted structures below salt diapirs
- Prograding Jurassic sands in stratigraphic traps pinched out against the Base of
Cretaceous unconformity
- Jurassic carbonate bank porosity in structural and stratigraphic traps
The nearest wells to this parcel are Petrel A-82 and
Merganser I-80. Both were drilled on salt features and both
had oil staining in the Jurassic cap rock (Iroquois). Seismic
line 83-1940 shows a possible carbonate bank with overlying
prograding sand sequences that may provide structural /
stratigraphic plays within the Jurassic section. A large, gentle
rollover feature within the Cretaceous section, including the
Mississauga Sandstone Formation, exists between kilometres
40 and 55. A strike line through this feature shows at least 50
ms of closure along strike.
O
-55 00’
O
45 00’
Kittiwake P-11
Puffin B-90
# 8
Petrel A-62
Gannet O-54
# 9
Razorbill F-54
Merganser I-60
O
-52 00’
O
45 00’
PARCEL 10
The Tern A-68 well drilled a salt diapir and encountered
reservoir quality Mississauga sands but was a dry hole.
The Narwhal F-99 well drilled a basement high with poor
sand development in the overlying Lower Cretaceous and
Jurassic sections. The southwest portion of line 83-1940
indicates a large, basement fault with considerable structural
relief within a thick Jurassic section. The Mississauga
Formation is gently draped over the structure providing a
potentially large trap within a thick Lower Cretaceous
section. Water depth variations will require careful depth
imaging to define potential target locations.
O
44 00’
0
Narwhal F-99
20 km
Tern A-68 Shearwater J-20
# 10
# 11
Brant P-87
Gull F-72
Heron H-73
# 12 # 13
Tors Cove
D-52
Heron
J-72
Mallard
M-45
RELEASED SEISMIC DATA (POST 1980)
and WELL LOCATIONS
CARSON BONNITION BASIN,
OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND
UTM 22 Projection (NAD 83)
O
44 00’
T. Bennett
4-Apr-2000
Location: South Whale Basin
Parcel Area: 221,400 hectares
Water depth: 200 – 1000 m
Released Seismic Data: 3599.08 km
Data Vintages: 1964 –1985
O
43 00’
O
-55 00’
O
-52 00’
O
43 00’
Play Types: - Drape of Cretaceous sands over Jurassic fault blocks and salt cored structures
- Cretaceous and Jurassic sands in tilted fault blocks or over salt cored structures
- Jurassic faulted structures below salt diapirs

O
-5200’
O 43 0’
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Seismic line 82-93 shows broad gentle
drape of the Mississauga Formation
over a tilted Jurassic fault block,
providing both Cretaceous and
Jurassic targets at the same location.
The Shearwater J-20 well drilled a
salt diapir without penetrating the
Lower Cretaceous. The Gull F-72 and
Tors Cove D-52 wells also drilled the
top of a salt diapir but both had gas
shows in the Eocene. The Brant P-87
well targeted a “bright spot” that
turned out to be Lower Cretaceous
basalt.
O
-5200’
RazorbilF-54
GanetŌ54
O
45 00’
PetrelA-62 Merganser I-60
#8
#9
#10
#1
O
44 00’
#12 #13
Kittiwake P-11
Puffin B-90
Narwhal F-99
Tern A-68 Shearwater J-20
Malard
M-45
0
20 km
Gull F-72
Brant P-87
Heron H-73
Tors Cove
D-52
Heron
J-72
RELEASED SEISMIC DATA (POST 1980)
and WELL LOCATIONS
CARSON BONNITION BASIN,
OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND
UTM 22 Projection (NAD 83)
T. Bennett
4-Apr-2000
Location: South Whale Basin
Parcel Area: 221,400 hectares
Water depth: 100 - 200 m
Released Seismic Data: 5491.87 km
Data Vintages: 1964 –1985
Play Types:
- Drape of Cretaceous sands over Jurassic
fault blocks and salt cored structures
- Cretaceous and Jurassic sands in tilted fault
blocks or over salt cored structures
- Prograding Jurassic sands in stratigraphic
traps pinched out against the Base of
Cretaceous unconformity

O
-5 0’
0 0’
-52 0’
O43 0’
O
0’
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SW
0 5
10 15
20
NE
kilometres
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
TERTIARY
Possible Turbidites
PARCEL12
Reef
Front
JURASSIC
Seabed
1
2
3
4
TWO-WA TIME(seco Y
s) n d
5
6
PRE-JURASSIC
6
7
CRETACEOUS
Note: Program # 8620-H006-004E
SEISMIC LINE HM82-97/2
7
O
-52 00’
O
45 00’
0’
#8
#10
GanetO-54
PetrelA-62 Merganser I-60
#9
Kittiwake P-11
Puffin B-90
#1
Narwhal F-99
Tern A-68 Shearwater J-20
Brant P-87
Gull F-72
Tors Cove
D-52
#12 #13
RazorbilF-54
Malard
M-45
0
20 km
Heron H-73
Heron
J-72
RELEASED SEISMIC DATA (POST 1980)
and WELL LOCATIONS
CARSON BONNITION BASIN,
OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND
UTM 22 Projection (NAD 83)
T. Bennett
4-Apr-2000
O
44 00’
Location:
Parcel Area:
Water depth:
South Whale Basin
222,630 hectares
~2000 m
1311.48 km
1971 –1985
Released Seismic Data:
Data Vintages:
Play Types:
- Drape of Cretaceous sands over Jurassic
fault blocks and salt cored structures
- Cretaceous and Jurassic sands in tilted fault
blocks or over salt cored structures
- Jurassic faulted structures below salt diapirs
- Prograding Jurassic sands in stratigraphic
traps pinched out against the Base of
Cretaceous unconformity
- Jurassic carbonate bank porosity in
structural and stratigraphic traps
- Jurrasic reef front play
This parcel, which is mostly in deep water,
shows two interesting features. The first is a
possible reef front that has also been
observed on seismic on the western side of
the subbasin. The reef interpretation at this
location is complicated by the rapid water
depth change above it which has degraded the
imaging of the section and caused spurious
migration artifacts. Nevertheless, a general
thickening of the Upper Jurassic section
supports the reef front interpretation. To the
southwest of the reef front, two large mounds
could represent turbidites within the
Cretaceous section.
O
5500’

-5 2 0 0 ’
O
430’
O
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0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
kilometres
Possible Turbidite
Mound
Mississauga SS Level
PARCEL 13
TERTIARY
JURASSIC
UPPER CRETACEOUS
Salt
Tors Cove
D-52
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
NE
W O - A TIME(seconds)
Y
SWT
4.0
Reef Front
4.0
5.0
PRE-JURASSIC
5.0
6.0
6.0
O
-5200’
Note: Program #8624-N010-001E
SEISMIC LINE M83-14
O
45 00’
#8
#10
GanetŌ54
PetrelĀ62 Merganser I-60
#9
Kittiwake P-11
Puffin B-90
#1
Narwhal F-99
Tern A-68 Shearwater J-20
Brant P-87
Gull F-72
Tors Cove
D-52
O
44 00’
#12 #13
RazorbilF-54
Malard
M-45
0
20 km
Note: Program # 8624-N010-001E
SEISMIC LINE M83-14
Heron H-73
Heron
J-72
RELEASED SEISMIC DATA (POST 1980)
and WELL LOCATIONS
CARSON BONNITION BASIN,
OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND
UTM 22 Projection (NAD 83)
Location: South Whale Basin
Parcel Area: 222,630 hectares
Water depth: 100 – 1000 m
Released Seismic Data: 2686.12 km
Data Vintages : 1964 –1985
Play Types:
- Drape of Cretaceous sands over Jurassic fault
blocks and salt cored structures
- Cretaceous and Jurassic sands in tilted fault
blocks or over salt cored structures
- Prograding Jurassic sands in stratigraphic
traps pinched out against the Base of
Cretaceous unconformity
- Jurassic carbonate bank porosity in structural
and stratigraphic traps
- Jurrasic reef front play
This line has a broad, gentle rollover
at the Mississauga Sandstone level
southwest of the Tors Cove D-52 salt
diapir. Further southwest, the reef
front seen on line HM82-97/2 is also
interpreted to be present. Southwest
of the reef, two large mounds within
the Cretaceous could be turbidite
deposits. The Heron J-72 and H-73
wells were also drilled on a salt
diapir. The J-72 well which was
drilled on the flank of the diapir drill
stem tested 22 barrels of heavy oil
from in a fractured zone within the
Petrel limestone.
T. Bennett
4-Apr-2000
O
-55 00’

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SW PARCEL 14
NE
0
0.0 3.0 6.0 9.0
0.0
1.0
Seabed
CARBONIFEROUS
0.0
1.0
2.0
Windsor Salt and
PRE-Carboniferous
Poor Quality
Microfiche
Original
2.0
3.0
3.0
4.0
kilometres
4.0
TWO-WAYTIME(seconds)
5.0
5.0
Note: Program # 8620-T007-005E
Seismic Line P-18
10 Km
Call For Bids No. NF00-1 Parcel
This parcel is located at the northeast corner of the
Carboniferous, Magdalen basin. Although the data quality
is poor because of strong water bottom multiple
interference and poor quality microfiche originals, internal
reflections indicate the presence of a thick sedimentary
package. It is unclear from the poor quality data whether
the Cambro-Ordovician section is preserved at depth. The
nearest well is St. Georges Bay A-36 , at the boundary
Long Point M-16
EL#1028
ShoalPointK-39
Man O War I-42
Port au Port #1
St. George’s Bay A-36
between the Anticosti Basin and Bay St. George Subbasin,
which encountered a thin Carboniferous section overlying
Ordovician clastics and the carbonate platform. Seismic
line P-18 shows a potential closure within the lower-
Carboniferous. Several reflections are seen to subcrops
#14
EL#1053
Anguille H-98
against the “green” reflector suggesting it may represent an
unconformity with associated stratigraphic trapping
potential. The nearest Magdelen Basin well, Brion Island
#1 , ~100 km to the southwest, is reported to have
encountered oil stained Westphalian B sands.
-6030' O -5930'
O
RELEASED SEISMIC DATA (POST 1980)
and WELL LOCATIONS
CARSON BONNITION BASIN,
OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND
UTM 22 Projection (NAD 83)
T. Bennett
Flat Bay #1
4-Apr-2000
O
-58 30’
Location: Western Newfoundland –
MagdalenBasin
Parcel Area: 31,068 hectares
Water depth: 400 - 600 m
Released Seismic Data: 79.44 km
Data Vintages: 1969 –1973
Play Types: - Carboniferous sands
over salt cored anticline
- Pinchouts in Lower-
Carboniferous
- Structure within the
Cambro-Ordovician
carbonate bank, if
present

Section 5
HOW TO MAKE A BID
Page 35
Administration
The Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NOPB) administers offshore petroleum
exploration and development on behalf of the Government of Canada and the Government of
Newfoundland and Labrador
How to Make a Bid
The 2000 C-NOPB Call for Bids closes at 4:00 p.m. on December 11, 2000. There is only one basis for
selecting successful bids: the total amount of money the bidder commits to spend on exploration of the
respective parcel during the first five years of the licence. The minimum amount that can be bid on any
parcel in the Jeanne d’Arc Basin, Carson/Bonnition and South Whale Basin is CAN $1 million *. The
minimum amount that can be bid on parcel #14 on the West Coast of Newfoundland is CAN $250
thousand. If a bid is successful, an exploration licence will be issued for a term of nine years. A well
must be drilled during the first five years of a licence to qualify for extension into the final four years.
For further information, please contact:
H.H. Stanley Chairman
and CEO Tel: (709)
778-1456
D. Angus Taylor Manager,
Legal and Land Tel: (709)
778-1458
Or visit the C-NOPB website
www.cnopb.nfnet.com
* $1 CAN ~ $.70 US

Section 6
FISCAL REGIMES AND TAXATION
Royalty Structure
Page 36
An independent
consultant has
advised that the
regime is
competitive on
a worldwide
basis, ranking in
the top half
when compared
with other
national and
international
regimes.
Generic Offshore Royalty Regime
until earliest of:
(i) 20% of reserves
(ii) 50 million barrels
(mmbls)
Basic Royalty
1%
(i) 100 mmbls cumulative
2.5%
next 100 mmbls 5%
thereafter 7.5%
Net Royalty
Tier 1
Rate 20%
Tier 2
Rate 10%
* LTGBR - Long Term Government of
Canada Bond Rate
The royalty is comprised of a
basic royalty component and
a net royalty component. The
basic royalty component is an
ad valorem type royalty
applied to the value of
petroleum production. The
net royalty is profit-based
and, consequently, is a
progressive royalty. An
independent consultant has
advised that the regime is
competitive on a worldwide
basis, ranking in the top half
when compared with other
national and international
regimes.
The Basic Royalty is payable
from the very first barrel of
oil produced from a
petroleum project and is
payable on each and every
barrel produced thereafter.
The Basic Royalty rate
applicable is phased in as
certain levels of production
are achieved (see table). If the
project achieves Simple
Payout prior to 100 million
barrels of production the
Basic Royalty rate
automatically increases to
five percent.
Net Royalty commences to be payable upon the occurrence of Net Royalty
Payout. When costs are recovered and the Tier 1 Return Allowance is achieved,
the Tier 1 Net Royalty rate becomes applicable. The Basic Royalty paid is
applied as a credit against any Tier 1 Net Royalty payable and, as a result,
royalties payable for any particular period would be the greater of the Basic
Royalty or the Tier 1 Net Royalty.
When the Tier 2 Return Allowance is achieved, the Tier 2 Net Royalty rate
becomes applicable. The Tier 2 Royalty is in addition to any other royalties
payable.

Page 37
FISCAL REGIMES AND TAXATION
Taxation
Competitive Tax Environment
The federal and provincial governments tax companies operating in
Newfoundland and Labrador on the basis of net income. Municipalities tax
business property and/or asset value. Provincial tax relief is available to
qualifying companies under the Economic Diversification and Growth
Enterprises Program (EDGE). There are other business assistance programs
and generous training partnerships.
The EDGE program
offers attractive tax
concessions that
are among the
most
generous in North
America.
The EDGE Program
Your new or expanding company may qualify for EDGE status should you
choose to locate in Newfoundland and Labrador. EDGE is a program that
includes attractive tax concessions (and other incentives) that are among some
of the most generous being offered in North America. If a company is making
a minimum capital investment of $300,000 or has incremental sales of
$500,000 and can create ten new local jobs, it may qualify for: A ten year tax
holiday from provincial corporate income tax, health and post-secondary
education tax, and municipal tax (in participating municipalities); A further
5-year period, over which these taxes will be phased in at a rate of 20% of the
basic rate annually.
Provincial Taxes and Premiums
In Canada, businesses pay corporate income tax at
both the Federal and Provincial level, health and
post-secondary education tax, and workers
compensation premiums.
The Federal Corporate income tax rates are:
- 28% (large corporations)
- 21% (manufacturing corporations)
- 12 % (small business rate)
Companies must also contribute to two employee
benefit programs: Employment Insurance and the
Canada Pension Plan. Employers must deduct
premiums for each of these programs from their
employees' pay and make employer contributions.
20
15
10
5
0
Mtg.
Other
Provincial Corporate Tax Rates
Non-Mtg.
Mtg.
Small
Business
Figure 6.1
A comparison of
Newfoundland’s
provincial
corporate tax rates
with other eastern
Canadian
provinces.
Non-Mtg.
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)
Newfoundland and Labrador's Provincial Sales Tax (PST) and Canada's national Goods and Services tax
(GST) are combined to form the 15% Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). It is applied to the same goods and
services as the GST. By allowing full input tax credits to businesses, goods and services (produced within
this province) will be more competitive in both local and global markets. Harmonization of these taxes
reduces the administrative burden of tax on business.
Municipal Taxes
Local governments provide a wide range of municipal services and form a tax base from one or both of
property tax and business occupancy tax. While property tax rates vary across municipalities, rates are
still well below national averages. In addition, the EDGE program allows municipal governments to grant
qualifying companies a ten-year tax holiday from property tax followed by a 5-year phase-in.

Section 7
GOVERNMENT OF
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND LABRADOR
RELATED WEB LINKS
Industrial Infrastructure
Page 38
Department of Mines and Energy
For further information, please
contact;
Gary Calahan
Director of Communications
Phone: (729) 729-4890
Fax: (709) 729-2871
Email: gcalahan@mail.gov.nf.ca
City of St. John’s
www.city.st-johns.nf.ca
City of Corner Brook
www.city.corner-brook.nf.ca
City of Mt. Pearl
www.mtpearl.nf.ca
Capital Coast
www.entnet.nf.ca/capital-coast
Bull Arm Construction Site
www.bullarm.com/
Friede Goldman Facility at Marystown www.enterprise.newcomm.net/fgn/
Fiscal Regimes and Taxation
Economic Diversification and Growth Enterprises Program (EDGE)
www.success.nfld.net/business/programs.html
Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)
www.gov.nf.ca/fin/hst/hstmain.htm
Worker’s Compensation Commission www.wcc.nf.ca
Employment Insurance
www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/ei/common/home.shtml
Human Resources Development Canada www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca
We’re on the
web!
www.gov.nf.ca/
mines&en
The document is also
accessible at the Department
of Mines and Energy website
Http://www.gov.nf.ca/mines
&en/
Education and Training
Memorial University
www.mun.ca
Marine Institute
www.ifmt.nf.ca
College of the North Atlantic
www.northatlantic.nf.ca
Centre for Cold Ocean Resources Engineering www.mun.ca/research/publications/centres/ccore.html
Institute for Marine Dynamics
www.mun.ca/recruit/virtour/imd.html
Boards, Organizations and Companies
Canada Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board www.cnopb.nfnet.com
Newfoundland Offshore Industries Association www.noia.nf.ca
Terra Nova Project
www.terranovaproject.com
Hibernia Management Development Corp. www.hibernia.ca

Section 8 Page 39
Bibliography, Endnotes and Acknowledgments
Reports and Papers Utilized Preparing this Document
1. Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board. Annual Report 1999-2000.
2. Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board. Schedule of Wells - Newfoundland Offshore Area.
3. Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board Released Geological and Geophysical Reports:
Czarnecki, M. “Evaluation of Carson, Bonnition and South Flemish Pass Basins”, 1994
McIntyre, J. and Sinclair, I. K, “Geophysical and Geological Assessment of the Ridge Complex”, 1994
Sherwin, D, “Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Southern Grand Banks”, 1990
Sinclair, I. K, “Review of Western Newfoundland Geology”, 1990
4. DeSilva, N. R. “Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Systems Offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.” Petroleum Geology of Northwest
Europe: Proceedings of the 5th Conference, 1999
5. DeSilva, N. R. “Submarine Fans on the Northeastern Grand Banks, Offshore Newfoundland”, Submarine Fans and Turbidite Systems,
The Fifteenth Annual Research Conference of the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation, 1994
6. Harvey, P. J. and MacDonald, D. J, “Seismic Modeling of Porosity Within the Jurassic Aged Carbonate Bank”, Canadian Journal of
Exploration Geophysics, Vol. 26, Nos 1 & 2, Dec. 1990
7. Keen, M. J. and G. L Williams, eds. Geology of the Continental Margin of Eastern Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, 1990.
8. Kerr and Associates, “Geology and Petroleum Potential of the Western and Eastern Grand Banks” (2 Parts), a special report to industry,
1985 (available at the C-NOPB Library, St. John’s, NFLD.)
9. Sinclair, I. K. “Tectonic Control on Sedimentary Evolution of Three North Atlantic Borderland Mesozoic Basins” European Association
of Petroleum Geoscientists & Engineers (EAPG) Annual Conference, 7-11 June, 1993.
Endnotes
1. Bruce, Gary C., Vice President Offshore Development and Operations, Petro-Canada, Hibernia and Terra Nova: The Beginning of an
Industry, 1998
2. Bruce, Hibernia and Terra Nova.
3. North Sea oil and gas reserves estimates were compiled from the following sources:
- The Oil & Gas Journal, International Petroleum Encyclopedia 1998, Pennwell Publishing
- The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate website, “The Petroleum Resources of the Norwegian Continental Shelf”.
- The UK’s Department of Trade and Industry, The Brown Book.
4. Reserve and Discovered Resource figures from Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board, Annual Report.
5. Undiscovered Resource figures were taken from the following sources:
- Proctor, Geological Survey of Canada Report, 1984
- Drummond, East Coast Gas– The Big Picture, 1998.
- Williamson et al., A Hydrocarbon Charge Model of the Hibernia Drainage Area, Jeanne d’Arc Basin, Offshore Newfoundland, 1999.
6. M. G. Fowler and K.D. McAlpine “Egret Member: A Prolific Kimmeridgian Source Rock from Offshore Eastern Canada”, in B.J Katz,
(ed) Petroleum Source Rocks, (Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1993).
Acknowledgments
This report was prepared by the Petroleum Resource Development Division of the Department of Mines and Energy. Seismic sections and
several figures were provided by the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NOPB) and the Geological Survey of Canada
(GSC). Seismic interpretations were provided with certain lines received from the C-NOPB and the GSC and additional interpretation was
carried out by geophysical consultant Ian Atkinson. Phonse Fagan coordinated the project and edited the final report. Dave Hawkins provided
a critical review. Photographs were provided by: Hibernia Management and Development Company (HMDC), Terra Nova Alliance,
Memorial University of Newfoundland, the City of St. John’s and the Department of Industry Trade and Technology. Special thanks are also
extended to: Neil DeSilva, Trevor Bennett and Lewis Manuel of the CNOPB and Corinna Basha and Lisa Clarke of the Department of Mines
& Energy.

APPENDIX A - RELEASED GEOLOGICAL AND
GEOPHYSICAL REPORTS
Page 40
Parcel 1 Parcel 3
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-C055-001E 12-Jul-83 1.58 km
8620-G005-001P 11-May-71 24.81 km
8620-G005-011P 15-May-80 11.19 km
8620-J008-003E 23-Sep-82 36.53 km
8620-M003-004E 15-Sep-66 18.51 km
8620-M003-005E 25-Sep-67 53.6 km
8620-M003-017E 28-Jul-73 17.55 km
8620-S014-008E 07-Mar-83 387.38 km
8624-C055-001E 17-Sep-82 18.4 km
8624-G005-001P 19-May-82 28.21 km
8624-G005-002P 05-Aug-82 18.55 km
8624-G005-009P 22-Apr-84 117.47 km
8624-H006-001E 14-Jul-81 41.09 km
8624-H006-006E 23-Oct-84 158.33 km
8624-H006-009E 23-Oct-84 101.87 km
8624-M003-003E 09-Oct-71 9.59 km
8624-M003-005E 25-Jun-71 135.68 km
8624-M003-013E 30-Aug-72 37.76 km
8624-M003-026E 22-Jul-75 55.34 km
8624-M003-031E 10-Nov-78 26.88 km
8624-M003-032E 30-Aug-79 36.57 km
8624-M003-034E 29-Nov-79 75.72 km
8624-M003-037E 15-Dec-80 26.58 km
8624-M003-038E 08-Jun-81 104.89 km
8624-M003-039E 15-Oct-81 32.99 km
8624-M003-046E 09-Jun-82 114. km
8624-M003-048E 26-Aug-83 88.29 km
8624-M003-050E 08-Jul-84 88.58 km
8624-P028-081E 24-Nov-85 12.08 km
8924-S006-001E 25-Aug-90 333.17 km
Approximate total for parcel #1
Parcel 2
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-C055-001E 12-Jul-83 98.38 km
8620-G005-001P 11-May-71 19.26 km
8620-J001-010E 13-Oct-80 1.5 km
8620-J008-003E 23-Sep-82 63.75 km
8620-M003-004E 15-Sep-66 38.05 km
8620-M003-005E 25-Sep-67 30.53 km
8620-M003-017E 28-Jul-73 31.4 km
8620-M003-021E 25-Jul-74 1.22 km
8620-S014-008E 07-Mar-83 402.31 km
8624-C055-001E 17-Sep-82 58.75 km
8624-G005-001P 19-May-82 39.3 km
8624-G005-002P 05-Aug-82 21.48 km
8624-G005-009P 22-Apr-84 85.22 km
8624-H006-009E 23-Oct-84 202.73 km
8624-M003-005E 25-Jun-71 104.85 km
8624-M003-013E 30-Aug-72 25.97 km
8624-M003-026E 22-Jul-75 .35 km
8624-M003-031E 10-Nov-78 4.88 km
8624-M003-032E 30-Aug-79 77.44 km
8624-M003-034E 29-Nov-79 23.51 km
8624-M003-037E 15-Dec-80 40.7 km
8624-M003-038E 08-Jun-81 157.32 km
8624-M003-039E 15-Oct-81 38.33 km
8624-M003-046E 09-Jun-82 169.99 km
8624-M003-048E 26-Aug-83 135.8 km
8624-P003-001E 16-Dec-81 14.9 km
8924-J001-001E 08-Jul-90 1685.65 km
Approximate total for parcel #2
2213.16 km
3573.57 km
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-A004-003E 27-Aug-65 19.41 km
8620-A004-004E 31-Aug-67 12.06 km
8620-A004-006E 08-Jan-73 35.34 km
8620-C055-001E 12-Jul-83 45.8 km
8620-G005-001P 11-May-71 2.46 km
8620-G005-011P 15-May-80 2.76 km
8620-J001-010E 13-Oct-80 16.78 km
8620-J008-003E 23-Sep-82 5.5 km
8620-M003-004E 15-Sep-66 11.93 km
8620-M003-005E 25-Sep-67 1.38 km
8620-M003-017E 28-Jul-73 .32 km
8620-S014-008E 07-Mar-83 149.47 km
8624-A004-003E 10-Dec-68 44.1 km
8624-A004-005E 15-Sep-69 27.18 km
8624-A004-017E 11-Sep-74 21.13 km
8624-C004-005E 14-Sep-80 69.57 km
8624-C004-008E 14-Jul-81 84.22 km
8624-G005-001P 19-May-82 27.86 km
8624-G005-002P 05-Aug-82 12.78 km
8624-G005-009P 22-Apr-84 40.39 km
8624-H006-001E 14-Jul-81 234.75 km
8624-M003-003E 09-Oct-71 5.81 km
8624-M003-005E 25-Jun-71 35.7 km
8624-P028-004E 06-May-80 79.02 km
8624-P028-014E 18-Jan-81 24.92 km
8624-P028-017E 13-Nov-81 39.51 km
8624-P028-047E 07-Nov-82 1.5 km
8624-P028-058E 20-Sep-83 29.28 km
8624-P028-070E 12-Jun-84 24.95 km
8624-S018-001P 05-Aug-84 143.55 km
8924-P028-002E 26-Aug-90 14.83 km
8926-P028-001E 27-May-88 36.87 km
8926-P028-002E 06-Oct-88 4.77 km
Approximate total for parcel #3
Parcel 4
1305.86 km
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-C020-003E 29-Oct-71 91.38 km
8620-G005-011P 15-May-80 51.43 km
8620-J008-003E 23-Sep-82 34.3 km
8620-M003-004E 15-Sep-66 28.13 km
8620-M003-017E 28-Jul-73 272.43 km
8620-S014-008E 07-Mar-83 196.09 km
8624-A004-003E 10-Dec-68 26.11 km
8624-A004-005E 15-Sep-69 7.72 km
8624-A011-002E 18-Sep-72 62.4 km
8624-C055-001E 17-Sep-82 77.98 km
8624-G001-001E 24-Nov-80 10.83 km
8624-G005-001P 19-May-82 62.32 km
8624-G005-002P 05-Aug-82 103.14 km
8624-G005-009P 22-Apr-84 396.11 km
8624-H006-001E 14-Jul-81 350.5 km
8624-J001-002E 10-Mar-81 117.1 km
8624-M003-003E 09-Oct-71 14.98 km
8624-M003-005E 25-Jun-71 222.29 km
8624-M003-013E 30-Aug-72 26.3 km
8624-M003-038E 08-Jun-81 17.5 km
8624-P003-001E 16-Dec-81 181.28 km
8624-P028-006E 02-Apr-81 25.94 km
8624-P028-039E 07-Apr-82 39.71 km
8624-P028-040E 07-Apr-82 27.28 km
8624-P028-061E 23-Sep-83 208.93 km
8624-P028-076E 24-Jun-85 24.96 km
Approximate total for parcel #4
2677.12 km

Appendix A
Parcel 5
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-C006-001E 11-Jan-71 55.51 km
8620-C020-003E 29-Oct-71 32.5 km
8620-G005-001P 11-May-71 75.4 km
8620-G005-011P 15-May-80 33.06 km
8620-M003-004E 15-Sep-66 37.55 km
8620-M003-017E 28-Jul-73 137.4 km
8620-S014-008E 07-Mar-83 71.99 km
8624-A004-008E 06-Sep-71 40.7 km
8624-C055-001E 17-Sep-82 17.45 km
8624-G005-001P 19-May-82 100.6 km
8624-G005-002P 05-Aug-82 243.67 km
8624-G005-009P 22-Apr-84 440.73 km
8624-H006-001E 14-Jul-81 277.19 km
8624-J001-002E 10-Mar-81 133.46 km
8624-M003-003E 09-Oct-71 15.14 km
8624-M003-005E 25-Jun-71 56.06 km
8624-M003-013E 30-Aug-72 10.81 km
8624-M003-038E 08-Jun-81 1.63 km
8624-P003-001E 16-Dec-81 149.25 km
8624-P028-006E 02-Apr-81 182.82 km
8624-P028-021E 25-Aug-81 16.07 km
8624-P028-022E 25-Aug-81 92.32 km
8624-P028-040E 07-Apr-82 315.31 km
8624-P028-061E 23-Sep-83 383.41 km
Approximate total for parcel #5
Parcel 6
2920.01 km
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-C020-003E 29-Oct-71 93.42 km
8620-G005-001P 11-May-71 78.94 km
8620-G005-011P 15-May-80 2.81 km
8620-M003-017E 28-Jul-73 11.41 km
8620-S014-008E 07-Mar-83 444.15 km
8620-T007-008E 26-Nov-73 72.03 km
8624-A004-011E 09-Aug-72 2.35 km
8624-A011-002E 18-Sep-72 51.22 km
8624-C055-001E 17-Sep-82 72.18 km
8624-C055-002E 08-Mar-82 48.57 km
8624-G005-002P 05-Aug-82 147.29 km
8624-G005-009P 22-Apr-84 236.68 km
8624-H006-001E 14-Jul-81 293.63 km
8624-J001-002E 10-Mar-81 164.24 km
8624-P003-001E 16-Dec-81 59.89 km
8624-P028-006E 02-Apr-81 .1 km
8624-P028-040E 07-Apr-82 4.56 km
8624-P028-076E 24-Jun-85 112.83 km
8624-T007-017E 10-Jul-77 166.99 km
Approximate total for parcel #6
Parcel 7
2063.28 km
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-C006-001E 11-Jan-71 4.83 km
8620-G005-001P 11-May-71 40.6 km
8620-G005-004P 12-Feb-72 29.43 km
8620-G005-011P 15-May-80 5.22 km
8620-S014-008E 07-Mar-83 130.6 km
8620-T007-008E 26-Nov-73 26.87 km
8624-C055-002E 08-Mar-82 4.85 km
8624-G005-002P 05-Aug-82 157.37 km
8624-G005-009P 22-Apr-84 28.85 km
8624-H006-001E 14-Jul-81 37.76 km
8624-J001-002E 10-Mar-81 4.74 km
8624-P003-001E 16-Dec-81 8.37 km
8624-P028-006E 02-Apr-81 100.47 km
8624-P028-022E 25-Aug-81 130.91 km
8624-P028-040E 07-Apr-82 8.51 km
8624-P028-061E 23-Sep-83 89.09 km
8624-P028-076E 24-Jun-85 20. km
8624-T007-017E 10-Jul-77 25.06 km
Parcel 8
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-A004-001E 20-Nov-64 384.28 km
8620-A004-003E 27-Aug-65 1648.8 km
8620-A004-004E 31-Aug-67 492.34 km
8620-A004-006E 08-Jan-73 39.85 km
8620-G005-001P 11-May-71 109.91 km
8620-G005-004P 12-Feb-72 62.59 km
8620-H006-004E 23-May-82 365. km
8620-S014-010E 06-Sep-83 654.95 km
8624-A004-003E 10-Dec-68 166.26 km
8624-A004-006E 10-Jan-70 228.18 km
8624-A004-011E 09-Aug-72 31.18 km
8624-A004-017E 11-Sep-74 322.88 km
8624-A025-001E 27-Sep-81 103.51 km
8624-A025-002E 27-Sep-81 123.33 km
8624-D001-002P 12-Jan-70 43.01 km
8624-D001-003P 20-Dec-70 120.84 km
8624-H006-003E 14-Nov-81 259.66 km
8624-H007-013E 08-Apr-81 184.44 km
8624-N010-001E 26-Nov-83 154.56 km
8624-N010-002E 27-Jun-84 93.03 km
8624-P028-007E 25-Feb-81 77.24 km
8624-P028-023E 11-Jan-81 471.85 km
8624-P028-032E 19-Jul-82 18.34 km
8624-P028-066E 10-Oct-83 384.94 km
8624-P028-078E 25-Sep-85 199.15 km
8624-P028-081E 24-Nov-85 47.48 km
Approximate total for parcel #8
Parcel 9
6787.59 km
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-A004-001E 20-Nov-64 193.31 km
8620-A004-003E 27-Aug-65 1343.49 km
8620-A004-004E 31-Aug-67 584.28 km
8620-A004-006E 08-Jan-73 161.7 km
8620-G005-001P 11-May-71 38.05 km
8620-G005-004P 12-Feb-72 129.05 km
8620-H006-004E 23-May-82 783.04 km
8620-M003-005E 25-Sep-67 18.25 km
8620-S014-010E 06-Sep-83 219.18 km
8624-A004-003E 10-Dec-68 137.08 km
8624-A004-006E 10-Jan-70 189.37 km
8624-A004-011E 09-Aug-72 111.74 km
8624-A004-017E 11-Sep-74 41.88 km
8624-A025-001E 27-Sep-81 41.14 km
8624-D001-003P 20-Dec-70 2.96 km
8624-G005-003P 19-Dec-82 72.22 km
8624-H006-003E 14-Nov-81 223.09 km
8624-H007-013E 08-Apr-81 23.74 km
8624-N010-001E 26-Nov-83 50.59 km
8624-P028-023E 11-Jan-81 558.09 km
8624-P028-066E 10-Oct-83 19.98 km
8624-P028-077E 15-Jul-85 25.85 km
8624-P028-078E 25-Sep-85 334.12 km
8624-P028-081E 24-Nov-85 12.77 km
Approximate total for parcel #9
5314.97 km
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Approximate total for parcel #7
853.53 km

Appendix A
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Parcel 10 Parcel 12
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-A004-001E 20-Nov-64 46.78 km
8620-A004-003E 27-Aug-65 110.52 km
8620-A004-004E 31-Aug-67 196.04 km
8620-A004-006E 08-Jan-73 24.81 km
8620-G005-001P 11-May-71 54.8 km
8620-G005-004P 12-Feb-72 89.52 km
8620-H006-004E 23-May-82 152.94 km
8620-J001-001E 14-Oct-72 2.14 km
8620-S014-010E 06-Sep-83 334.53 km
8624-A004-003E 10-Dec-68 3.83 km
8624-A004-006E 10-Jan-70 239.12 km
8624-A004-011E 09-Aug-72 217.42 km
8624-A004-017E 11-Sep-74 111.61 km
8624-A025-001E 27-Sep-81 36.87 km
8624-A025-002E 27-Sep-81 1.79 km
8624-D001-003P 20-Dec-70 73.01 km
8624-G005-003P 19-Dec-82 52.02 km
8624-H006-003E 14-Nov-81 268.45 km
8624-H007-013E 08-Apr-81 41.85 km
8624-N010-001E 26-Nov-83 382.16 km
8624-N010-002E 27-Jun-84 468.11 km
8624-P028-007E 25-Feb-81 76.5 km
8624-P028-023E 11-Jan-81 420.48 km
8624-P028-024E 16-Nov-81 10.76 km
8624-P028-066E 10-Oct-83 26.38 km
8624-P028-078E 25-Sep-85 44.12 km
8624-P028-081E 24-Nov-85 37.46 km
8624-T007-018E 10-May-77 2.09 km
8624-T021-005E 18-Apr-81 3.14 km
8624-T021-009E 21-Jul-83 69.87 km
Approximate total for parcel #10
Parcel 11
3599.08 km
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-A004-001E 20-Nov-64 200.86 km
8620-A004-003E 27-Aug-65 1226.19 km
8620-A004-004E 31-Aug-67 394.22 km
8620-A004-006E 08-Jan-73 284.31 km
8620-G005-001P 11-May-71 53.65 km
8620-G005-004P 12-Feb-72 40.13 km
8620-H006-004E 23-May-82 746.79 km
8620-M003-005E 25-Sep-67 58.38 km
8620-S014-010E 06-Sep-83 334.46 km
8624-A004-003E 10-Dec-68 59.14 km
8624-A004-006E 10-Jan-70 314.45 km
8624-A004-011E 09-Aug-72 93.51 km
8624-A004-012E 10-Jan-72 23.13 km
8624-A004-017E 11-Sep-74 195.17 km
8624-A025-001E 27-Sep-81 108.38 km
8624-D001-003P 20-Dec-70 94.47 km
8624-G005-003P 19-Dec-82 83.48 km
8624-H006-003E 14-Nov-81 196.97 km
8624-H007-013E 08-Apr-81 110.37 km
8624-N010-001E 26-Nov-83 174.21 km
8624-P028-007E 25-Feb-81 33.83 km
8624-P028-023E 11-Jan-81 463.68 km
8624-P028-078E 25-Sep-85 202.1 km
Approximate total for parcel #11
5491.87 km
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-G005-001P 11-May-71 19.27 km
8620-G005-004P 12-Feb-72 60.22 km
8620-H006-004E 23-May-82 71.31 km
8620-J001-001E 14-Oct-72 104.04 km
8620-J001-002E 10-Jan-73 24.95 km
8620-S014-010E 06-Sep-83 18.4 km
8624-A004-011E 09-Aug-72 55.39 km
8624-A004-017E 11-Sep-74 .9 km
8624-A025-001E 27-Sep-81 .73 km
8624-D001-003P 20-Dec-70 63.4 km
8624-G005-003P 19-Dec-82 81.93 km
8624-H006-003E 14-Nov-81 1.28 km
8624-N010-001E 26-Nov-83 352.54 km
8624-N010-002E 27-Jun-84 190.3 km
8624-P028-007E 25-Feb-81 168.77 km
8624-P028-023E 11-Jan-81 11.68 km
8624-P028-024E 16-Nov-81 77.36 km
8624-P028-078E 25-Sep-85 9. km
Approximate total for parcel #12
Parcel 13
1311.48 km
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-A004-001E 20-Nov-64 53.34 km
8620-A004-003E 27-Aug-65 435.38 km
8620-A004-004E 31-Aug-67 373.37 km
8620-A004-006E 08-Jan-73 58.17 km
8620-G005-001P 11-May-71 127.05 km
8620-G005-004P 12-Feb-72 41.87 km
8620-H006-004E 23-May-82 239.24 km
8620-M003-005E 25-Sep-67 37.89 km
8620-S014-010E 06-Sep-83 111.2 km
8624-A004-003E 10-Dec-68 44.31 km
8624-A004-006E 10-Jan-70 87.67 km
8624-A004-011E 09-Aug-72 216.85 km
8624-A004-012E 10-Jan-72 38.88 km
8624-A004-017E 11-Sep-74 9.5 km
8624-A025-001E 27-Sep-81 23.81 km
8624-D001-003P 20-Dec-70 25.06 km
8624-G005-003P 19-Dec-82 40.59 km
8624-H006-003E 14-Nov-81 62.04 km
8624-N010-001E 26-Nov-83 319.87 km
8624-N010-002E 27-Jun-84 152.7 km
8624-P028-007E 25-Feb-81 104.31 km
8624-P028-023E 11-Jan-81 8.93 km
8624-P028-078E 25-Sep-85 74.1 km
Approximate total for parcel #13
Parcel 14
2686.12 km
Program Number Completion Date Line Segment
8620-T007-005E 29-Jul-71 29.99 km
8620-T007-007E 22-Aug-73 17.4 km
8624-C015-001P 14-Oct-69 22.07 km
8624-T007-006E 14-Nov-70 9.98 km
Approximate total for parcel #14
79.44 km

HIBERNIA 1
1
TERRA NOVA
HEBRON
WHITE ROSE
WEST BEN NEVIS
MARA
BEN NEVIS
NORTH BEN NEVIS
SPRINGDALE
NAUTILUS
KING'S COVE
SOUTH TEMPEST
EAST RANKIN
FORTUNE
SOUTH MARA
NORTH DANA
TRAVE
WEST BONNE BAY
884
406
325
274
34
23
55
18
14
13
10
8
7
6
4
0
0
36
1375
269
2091
315
116
238
144
472
30
-
145
14
77
30
4
8
11
1
-
NORTH BJARNI
GUDRID
BJARNI
HOPEDALE
SNORRI
0
0
0
0
0
2247
924
863
105
105
82
6
31
2
2
Source: C-NOPB website
“Reserves” are those volumes of hydrocarbons, proven by drilling, testing and interpretation of geological, geophysical and engineering data that are
considered to be recoverable using current technology and under present and anticipated economic conditions. Hibernia and Terra Nova are
classified as reserves.

GOVERNMENT OF
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND LABRADOR
Http://www.gov.nf.ca/mines&en/