Newfoundland: Flat Bay high-pour oil coring starts

Vulcan Minerals Inc., St. John’s, and Investcan Energy Corp. began a 4-week program to drill five core holes near the Flat Bay-1 light oil discovery well in the Bay St. George basin in western Newfoundland.

Alan Petzet

Sept. 27, 2011

The Flat Bay oil deposit consists of light, 34° gravity oil as shallow as 100 m in low-permeability conglomerates and sandstones (OGJ Online, Nov. 4, 2010). Pour point is 9° C., which exceeds reservoir temperature at the depths intersected.

The five holes will be drilled in an area 4 km from north to south to obtain reservoir information to help design an oil recovery method that will involve injection of energy to stimulate flow.

About the Author

Alan Petzet

Chief Editor Exploration

Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.

Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.