Terra Nova production shut in following oily water discharge investigation, clean up

As much as 150,000 b/d of oil production remains shut in from Terra Nova field off Newfoundland, pending investigation of an oily water discharge from the field Sunday.

Nov. 24, 2004

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Nov. 24 -- As much as 150,000 b/d of oil production remains shut in from Terra Nova field off Newfoundland, pending investigation of an oily water discharge from the field Sunday. Operator Petro-Canada and the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board are reviewing the incident (OGJ Aug. 9, 2004, p. 44).

Terra Nova lies 350 km east-southeast of St. John's, Newf. in the Jeanne d'arc basin.

Petro-Canada has deployed floating absorbent booms to clean up the oil and is searching for affected wildlife and tracking the slick, which by Tuesday was 40 km south-southeast of the field covering a rectangular area 6.1 km by 5.5 km.