Zion Oil & Gas Inc (ZNOG)

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Puzzle pieces coming together. MJ#1 = HPHT Well

This quote verifies what KyOil proposed on this board with his first post. Note that HPHT as a term came into existence after investigation into disasters that occurred in drilling off the coast of the UK and Scotland. This is where BOP and well control equipment to handle such situations would be more readily available. This is where Zion mentioned getting some of the equipment necessary prior to continuing drilling to TD.

HPHT
1. adj. [Drilling]
Pertaining to wells that are hotter or higher pressure than most. The term came into use upon the release of the Cullen report on the Piper Alpha platform disaster in the UK sector of the North Sea, along with the contemporaneous loss of the Ocean Odyssey semisubmersible drilling vessel in Scottish jurisdictional waters. In the UK, HPHT is formally defined as a well having an undisturbed bottomhole temperature of greater than 300oF [149oC] and a pore pressure of at least 0.8 psi/ft (~15.3 lbm/gal) or requiring a blowout preventer (BOP) with a rating in excess of 10,000 psi [68.95 MPa]. Although the term was coined relatively recently, wells meeting the definition have been safely drilled and completed around the world for decades.