Parsons Lake Development Plan Application Under the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act

Parsons Lake Development Plan Application Under
the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act

Parsons Lake is one of three natural gas fields proposed for development as part of the Mackenzie Gas Project, to deliver sweet natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) to market.

The Parsons Lake field is located at Parsons Lake in the Northwest Territories, about midway between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk.

ConocoPhillips Canada (North) Limited (ConocoPhillips), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of ConocoPhillips Canada Limited, and ExxonMobil Canada Properties (ExxonMobil) propose to develop natural gas and NGLs from Significant Discovery Licences (SDLs) 32 and 30 (the Parsons Lake field).

ConocoPhillips, the field operator, holds 75% of the Parsons Lake field and ExxonMobil holds 25%. In October 2004, ConocoPhillips, on its own behalf and on behalf of ExxonMobil, submitted the development plan for the Parsons Lake field to the National Energy Board (NEB) for approval under the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act (COGOA).

ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil's predecessors companies starred acquiring 2-D seismic data on the Parsons Lake field in the late 1950s. Some of this seismic exploration led to drilling the Parsons F-09 well, the discovery well for the Parsons Lake field, in 1972. The Parsons F-09 well and subsequent, now abandoned, delineation wells resulted in SDLs 32 and 30 being issued in 1988. ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil also conducted a major 3-D seismic program over the Parsons Lake field in winter 2001–2002.

Based on their most recent interpretations of the exploration data, the proponents estimate that the Parsons Lake field could contain about 64 Gm ³ (2.3 Tcf) of recoverable raw natural gas and NGLs.

The development plan describes the general approach to developing the natural gas resource from the Parsons Lake field. Included in this development plan is a summary of the environmental and socio-economic impact assessments and public consultation programs completed for the proposed Parsons Lake development. Supporting documents submitted as part of the Parsons Lake development plan application include:

Parsons Lake Development Plan Application Under the Canada Oil and Gas Operation Act (signed)
(664 KB PDF)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents	MGP_Parsons_DPA_TOC (649 KB PDF)
1. Introduction	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_1 (1.58 MB PDF)
2. Geology, Geophysics and Petrophysics	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_2 (2.71 MB PDF)
3. Reservoir Engineering	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_3 (320 KB PDF)
4. Reservoir Exploitation	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_4 (393 KB PDF)
5. Design Criteria	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_5 (149 KB PDF)
6. Drilling and Completions	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_6 (1.80 MB PDF)
7. Production Facilities	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_7 (1.03 MB PDF)
8. Pipeline Transport Systems	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_8 (81 KB PDF)
9. Construction and Installation	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_9 (116 KB PDF)
10. Operations and Maintenance	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_10 (254 KB PDF)
11. Safety Plan	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_11 (129 KB PDF)
12. Public Consultation	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_12 (1.75 MB PDF)
13. Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_13 (399 KB PDF)
14. Capital and Operating Costs	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_14 (118 KB PDF)
15. Liability and Compensation Appendix A-F	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Section_15 (104 KB PDF)
Glossary	MGP_Parsons_DPA_Glossary (169 KB PDF)

List of Figures
Figure 1-1	Location of Parsons Lake Field	Embedded in document.
Figure 1-2	Sustainable Development Model	Embedded in document.
Figure 1-3	Parsons Lake Overview	Embedded in document.
Figure 1-4	Directional Drilling	Embedded in document.
Figure 1-5	Parsons Lake Field Development Schedule	Embedded in document.
Figure 2-1	Stratigraphic Column	Embedded in document.
Figure 2-2	Schematic Cross-Section through the North Pool	Embedded in document.
Figure 2-3	Lower Cretaceous–Jurassic Stratigraphic Column	Embedded in document.
Figure 2-4	Parsons Lake Stratigraphy	Embedded in document.
Figure 2-5	Parsons Lake Seismic Coverage	Embedded in document.
Figure 3-1	SDL 30 and SDL 32 Wells Drilled Between 1971 and 1986	Embedded in document.
Figure 3-2	Plot of Reservoir Pressure Versus Depth	Embedded in document.
Figure 3-3	Reservoir Temperature Versus Depth	Embedded in document.
Figure 3-4	Porosity Versus Permeability	Embedded in document.
Figure 3-5	PVT Properties	Embedded in document.
Figure 4-1	Average Annual Rates	Embedded in document.
Figure 4-2	Proposed Buffer Zone	Embedded in document.
Figure 5-1	Wellhead Pressure	Embedded in document.
Figure 6-1	Planned Bottomhole Well Locations	Embedded in document.
Figure 6-2	Thermosiphon Configuration	Embedded in document.
Figure 6-3	Low-Ground-Pressure Vehicle	Embedded in document.
Figure 6-4	Proposed Monobore Completion for Gas Production Well	Embedded in document.
Figure 6-5	Proposed Completion for Waste Disposal Well	Embedded in document.
Figure 6-6	Proposed Completion for Cuttings Injection Well	Embedded in document.
Figure 6-7	Proposed Wellhead for Gas Production Wells	Embedded in document.
Figure 6-8	Proposed Wellhead for Waste Disposal Wells	Embedded in document.
Figure 6-9	Proposed Wellhead for Cuttings Injections Wells	Embedded in document.
Figure 7-1	North Pad Gas Conditioning Schematic	Embedded in document.
Figure 7-2	South Pad and Satellite Well Schematic	Embedded in document.
Figure 7-3	North Pad Preferred Plot Plan	Embedded in document.
Figure 7-4	North Pad Alternative Plot Plan	Embedded in document.
Figure 7-5	South Pad Site Plan	Embedded in document.
Figure 7-6	South Pad and Satellite Well Pad Plan	Embedded in document.
Figure 12-1	ConocoPhillips Canada Stakeholders	Embedded in document.
Figure 12-2	Consultation on Parsons Lake Field Development – Inuvik, 2002	Embedded in document.
Figure 12-3	Three-Dimensional Model of Parsons Lake Natural Gas Field Development	Embedded in document.
Figure 12-4	Three-Dimensional Model of Parsons Lake North Pad	Embedded in document.
Figure 12-5	Community Representatives Visiting Lucas Point Staging Site	Embedded in document.

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