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How soon? Is the time frame needed to certify results to the Railroad Commision reason for delay? Are they waiting for completion of testing for all 3 wells to maximize the PR impact? Could they also be shoring up additional leases to enlarge exploration field? Don't know, but the management also has a 330 million share stake in this coming together. I'm betting soon. Just a brief from another outfit that just completed a drill and shows infastructure or pipelines not required before testing of the well.
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Maverick Oil and Gas, Inc. has reached total drill depth of 6,245' on Travis 641-H, the second well in its Maverick Basin project in Texas, and is awaiting completion after the rig moves off location. Maverick anticipates that testing will be completed in two weeks, after which facilities and pipelines will be constructed. First sales are anticipated early next year. A third well is expected to be started sometime in January. The Maverick Basin project is Maverick's joint venture with Blue Star, the independent owned by Jerry Jones, and Touchstone Resources USA Inc. Maverick has a net 37.5% interest in the project
Lowtrade- Every niche of this security that I could DD has been positive and some of my forward looking projections have come about also( strike on well #1). The risk of being pink I believe is made up in the current share price and also believe management to be sincere in bringing the filings up to date. The strike I believe to be larger than most are expecting and that Peter Maupin is already in the process of rethinking his drilling strategy and that should show positive results on the remaining leases. MM's do have control currently but have lost it in the past and will lose control again. The numbers will change the entire picture with an idea of what size reserves are there and revenue projections. Its all good to me.
Feels like news is coming - Typical shake before
Hey Max - Got a theory here- A company just completed 6 gas wells here on the west side of cook inlet. The success of the wells has been kept quiet, but the locals in the area say these were solid finds. Theroy is if good leaked out the leases that are coming up could get very expensive. Could Titan be trying to seal up a few more leases before everyone got wind? Just curious.
Max- That golden cross on GEOI was truely golden. I got a good feeling about the coming week here at TNOG. Lots to look forward to and yes, timing.
Crude oil 55.08 and climbing. Tnog's going to get top dollar for their oil.
The real DD- not from the haze of stupidity
Posted by: osignal2001
In reply to: None Date:5/24/2005 9:14:04 AM
Post #of 866
Some basic DD, pics and past posts;
TNOG is a Junior Oil company that is looking great. Check the chart and you will see a 4 month uptrend. A lot of buzz is being generated on TNOG and its production potential.
Chart Provided By Dragon52
http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.web?c=tnog,uu[g,a]dicayyay[db][pb50!b200!b25!b13!b5][vc60][iut....
Current share structure info per IR: last checked 03/28/2005
750 million authorized
660 million O/S (330 million held by insiders)
Roughly 330 million float
Website: www.titanoilandgas.com
TNOG Check these oil tank pic's out, say VALIDATION?
There had been word of a wait period for new oil tanks required to perform the certification testing on the new oil strike at well#3, seems these pictures support the rumblings. These tanks have been estimated at 5000 gallons each!
By DRAGON52 on RB: some picutres not posted before... tnog
http://www.novakcapital.com/TNOGgallery/07.html
water doesn't burn and oil does burn doesn't it?
http://www.novakcapital.com/TNOGgallery/10.html
Website has many pictures of current drilling site, you can also observe a video feed from the latest oil strike, it is also below in DD page.
Titan Oil and Gas currently has plans for 20+ wells to be pumping oil. They currently have well "Stanley #1" already showing great signs of pressure and having produced around 1000 barrels of oil during January 2005. Updates are expected on wells Stanley #1B (well#2) as well #3.
In the Wilson County Project there are 20 existing abandoned vertical well bores that can be used to launch new horizontal laterals. Although it is difficult to determine exact reserves in the Wilson County field as a whole, an estimate can be made based on its size – approximately three miles long and ¾ miles wide. As such, a minimum of Two Million barrels of recoverable oil can be assumed, as well as appx. Four million mcf (thousand cubic feet) of natural gas.
Latest Update: They are going to allow the transfer agent to give out current share structure info as a way of building trust with investors. This was investors can verify themselves that the company is not diluting, nor up to any funny business.
Expecting production numbers soon and they intend to drill more holes on different locations. Look for updates soon.
TNOG FYI from our Petroleum Engineer
The advantage with this technology is that we can use existing wellbores in order to "kick off" for horizontal laterals. The ability to use small casing for this technique as well as the decrease in costs as this technology has become more common, results in a unique opportunity - see the recent article an overview of horizontal technology attached (attachment no. 5). As we can use abandoned wells in this field in order to produce the reserves in place, it reduces our costs from $750,000 to approx. $150,000 per well.
DD by: narrowway2001
22 May 2005
3 wells at 50bpd = 150bpd x $50 a barrel =$7,500.Thats 2.7 million $ a year. 2.7 mill./ 670 mill. shs. =.004 earn.per sh. x PE oF 14 = A SHARE PRICE of .056---shortly.
AND with 15 wells, that would be 5 x .056 for a SHARE Price of .28...very conservative,no pump..
-----------OIL SMELLS LIKE VICTORY-------------------------
DD by: rtplacerttime
07 May 2005, 11:35 AM EDT Msg. 9209 of 9265
Two things: The companies exploring for oil are having a hard time getting there hands on equipment. You have stated that and I confirmed that with DD. Second, I have talked with Clayton at the TNOG IR Co. He had me believe that they were to release flow numbers this past week on Well #3, but that did not happen. I don't like being misled, for whatever reason. So I called the most direct person with the company. That person returned my call. I asked him very pointed questions about the current and future projects. He gave the answers. I may have not liked what I heard because they showed that Clayton was not honest with me. The point being is the Amount of Oil in Well #3 is big. Once they get the proper equipment in to verify what they already know, a PR will give us shareholders and the general public the facts. The company in my opinion does not want to put out info that may be overly optimistic. The numbers from Well #3 will be what they will be. Any number should have a positive impact on the SP. We seem to have a good bunch of people here on this board doing excellent DD. As everyone continues there own input from the DD that they are doing, it will help the overall SP gain ground in a nice upward fashion.
by: rtplacerttime 07 May 2005, 11:35 AM EDT
Msg. 9209 of 9265
Gabe, The PE who I spoke to believes that they have hit big oil. As I posted before, they needed larger holding tanks to confirm the pressure they had when they made it through the last core of the Phase 1 of drilling. To get the flows #s, they must pump and sustain a constant pressure for a period of time. Since they are getting so much oil/pressure that means they needs these larger tanks.
For instance, your water at your house pumps somewhere around 14 gpm. So to do an accurate test, you would need at least a 50 gallon drum to perform a test that would quantify your pressure reading.
By Dragon52 10 May 2005, 10:59 AM EDT
Msg. 9754 of 10151
Well #3 Video is in the press release section...
http://www.titanoilandgas.com/news_release.htm
nice... and it ain't water... slicky stuff is oil...
waiting for the tank battery so it can flow... soon real soon.
Info from Zeus earlier;
By: zeus_otc_god
18 Mar 2005, 09:59 PM EST
Msg. 571034 of 597667
Jump to msg. #
TNOG "Please All Read........
I live in San Antonio, Texas less than 30 miles from Wilson County. I know that that whole area has tons of oil, wells are all over the place and I have a couple friends that are getting royalties from wells on their land out that way. I was somewhat skeptical if this company was real or not and this is what I found. I traced down the Wilson County Clerks Office and spoke with a woman named Yvonne. I had her look up to see if their were any Oil Leases under Titan Consolidated Inc. She found recent paper work dated Aug 2004 filed by Peter Maupin (Titan's Petroleum Engineer) in behalf on Titan Consolidated Inc. for 15 Oil Leases; they bought the leases and the equipment in writing. She read me some of it that told about Titan buying leases and equipment and that Peter Maupin will received 1/32 of profit from all leases, she offered to fax me the copies but I did not have a fax. Her name is Yvonne, Wilson County Clerks Office, and her phone # is 1-830-393-7308(in San Antonio we do not have to put the "1" in front of number to call but you may need to. not sure). I believe she would be glad to fax you a copy of the Permits and maybe some one could scan and post it, she looked it up under Peter Mapin. Some more info I got from IR which seems to mesh with what I found in Wilson County. According to IR their is 660mil o/s, 330 mil float. They have one well producing 100 barrels a day free flowing (not being pumped yet) and others on the way not to say Natural gas. So this Company is """REAL""" and """PRODUCING""" lock, stock, and barrel...verified. I loaded up today and will be loading up more on Monday....god bless all.
by qcjaguars: 20 May 2005 I think it's worth noting that this excellent DD has also been followed up on by others here on the board. For example, I too called the Wilson County Clerk and talked with Yvonne who sent me about 20 pages of recorded documents confirming Titan's ownership in the leases. This was very easy to do and Yvonne seems more than willing to mail (at THEIR expense) any recorded documents from her office.
Reported OIL Out Put
http://webapps.rrc.state.tx.us/PDQ/home.do
STANLEY UNIT
LEASE# 07485
FIELD# 69707200
OPERATOR# 616819
NUTEK OIL INC
900 NE LOOP 410 STE E-121
SAN ANTONIO TX 78209
(210) 829-0442
PRODUCTION:
MONTH BARRELS
Sep-04 0
Oct-04 196
Nov-04 0
Dec-04 378
Jan-05 1,003
Some detail on the well that hit 300ft above the target in phase II
Kosciusko # 1 is a vertical re-completion of an existing horizontal well with a history of good production. The Company is drilling vertically from the bottom of the existing hole appx. 550 feet to the target zone, for a total depth of appx. 7,200'. Phase 1 of the drilling program has now been completed, with 4 concrete plugs drilled out to a total depth of 3,589', and steel tubing has been ordered from Cressman Tubular, of Addison, TX.
Titan's Petroleum Engineer, Pete Maupin, comments: "Everything has progressed as expected thus far. We have ordered a large workover rig, capable of deep drilling to reach our target depth, from Capital Well Services of Charlotte, TX. We look forward to the completion of this well." (**This is new completed**)
DD: TheCardinalR
23 May 2005, 08:39 PM EDT
If they can establish to the RRC that this well is producing from an entirely new formation beneath the Austin Chalk - and there seems to be little doubt that they have done so - there'll be a new allowable determination, anyway, being from a heretofore unproduced formation. The RRC isn't in the business of penalising people for having the guts to look further up - or down - an existing wellbore.
DD: TheCardinalR
23 May 2005, 08:28 PM EDT
And here's the specific section discussing "allowables" for oil wells:
http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.TacPage?sl=R&app=9&p_dir=&p_rloc=&p_....
DD: IMO A Very Good Post By: TheCardinalR
19 Apr 2005, 02:40 PM EDT Msg. 1384 of 7445
It was no coincidence that this DOA lawsuit balloon was floated immediately after the news of what was clearly a defining moment for the Company. Thieves don't try to steal something - even legally - unless they think there's something worth stealing.
But be that as it may; the sentence in the PR that kept returning to my mind, over and over, was this one:
"We encountered high pressures 300 feet above our original target zone and decided to complete the well at this depth."
and I alluded to this in an earlier post on this thread as being very significant. Now, after some research in the RRC's archives and some calls to friends in the Oil Patch down that way, this piece of information takes on even greater significance.
They've encountered this formation on what appears to be a structural "high" based on the regional dip in that area. Extrapolating production data from wells to the west [ regional dip in that part of TX runs west-to-east, with the rise being in an easterly direction ] and talking to people familiar with the area convinces me they've found this formation right at its "sweet spot", the point at which a formation gives best production. The "...high pressures" encountered support this theory.
So, it's no surprise that Snidely Whiplash and The Gang From The Great White North are now trying to steal it, legally.
Lead time example from IHUB
Posted by: farnrth1 Date: 5/5/2005 1:47:35 PM
(notice dates)
The time frame for testing this co. has after completing a well
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Maverick Oil and Gas, Inc. has reached total drill depth of 6,245' on Travis 641-H, the second well in its Maverick Basin project in Texas, and is awaiting completion after the rig moves off location. Maverick anticipates that testing will be completed in two weeks, after which facilities and pipelines will be constructed. First sales are anticipated early next year. A third well is expected to be started sometime in January.
TNOG gets listed under New & Expanding Business for March.
http://www.oilonline.com/news/headlines/business/
Posted by the CardinalR, New Math
Here's the rule-of-thumb math:
[bbls/day] X $spotpriceofoil X 30 X .875 = gross production revenue - per month.
The .875 multiplier takes care of the mineral owner(s)' 1/8 cut.
Now, out of gross production revenue everybody gets their respective Working Interest share, LESS taxes, fees, and what Everybody-Else-With-Their-Hand-Out can make a legal, legitimate claim upon.
Posted by: farnrth1 Date:5/7/2005 2:27:42 PM
Notice the reference to pressure as to what has occurred on well 3
Extraction
Generally the first stage in the extraction of crude oil is to drill a well into the underground reservoir. Historically, in the USA some oil fields existed where the oil rose naturally to the surface, but most of these fields have long since been depleted. Often many wells will be drilled into the same reservoir, to ensure that the extraction rate will be economically viable. Also some wells may be used to pump water, steam or various gas mixtures into the reservoir to raise or maintain the reservoir pressure, and so maintain an economic extraction rate.
If the underground pressure in the oil reservoir is sufficient then the oil will be forced to the surface under this pressure. Gaseous fuels or natural gas are usually present, which also supplies needed underground pressure. In this situation it is sufficient to place a complex arrangement of valves on the well head to connect the well to a pipeline network for storage and processing.
Over the lifetime of the well the pressure will fall, and at some point there will be insufficient underground pressure to force the oil to the surface and the remaining oil in the well must be pumped out. see: Energy balance and Net energy gain.
Various techniques aid in recovering oil from depleted or low pressure reservoirs, including Beam Pumps, Electrical Submersible Pumps (ESPs), and Gas Lift. Other techniques include Water Injection and Gas Re-injection, which help to maintain reservoir pressure.
Great Post by farnrth1 over at IHUB
In reply to: None Date: 5/9/2005 6:02:46 PM
Post 434 of 439
Very very interesting info on the Edwards lime formation (note last paragraph)
Regional Geology
The Edwards Shelf Margin trend is parallel to the Gulf Coast from Florida to Mexico. The Edwards Formation is a lower Cretaceous limestone that is 400 to 650 feet thick. The Edwards Lime is roughly divisible into three rock types that were defined by different environments of deposition. The three environments and corresponding rock types are:
1. Back Reef type, tight, pure limestone’s and dolomites that were deposited in shallow water on a broad area north of the reef and shelf margin.
2. Reef and Shelf Margin type, reef and high-energy limestone’s with varying porosity and permeability. These rocks form a one to two mile wide band that extend from Webb and La Salle Counties, through Live Oak County, into Lavaca County. This is where most of the Edwards production occurs.
3. Fore-reef and Basin; shaley limestone and shale which occupy all of the area south of the reef edge. These rocks were deposited in deeper water south of the reef.
The Edwards reef and shelf margin have long been a target for oil and gas exploration. The first phase of activity occurred in the mid 60’s. A second period of activity was during the late 1970’s to mid 1980’s. Edwards’s reservoirs are characterized by a thick or tall gas column, low permeability, moderately low porosity, long reserve life, and gas which contain some carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. Average reserves for a vertical Edwards well are about 2 BCF, but because of the nature of the limestone reservoir they vary dramatically from .5 BCF to over 15 BCF.
Recent work in the Edwards Formation has shown that fracturing and faulting are very important to porosity and permeability development in the reservoir. It now seems likely that many of the “good” Edwards wells intersect small faults and/or fracture swarms that in effect greatly increase the surface area of the wellbore and therefore “producibility” of the well. The recognition of the role of faulting and fracturing in Edwards’s production has led to the realization that horizontal drilling will substantially reduce the chances of drilling marginal wells in the Edwards. In fact horizontal drilling may increase average reserve recovery, increase initial production rate, and accelerate reserve recovery.
By Osignal: TNOG "flowing the well" IMO Good Stuff Going ON!
Some Well Testing Info:
3.3 Extended/Transient AOF and Stabilized AOF
Section 4.3 of Guide 40 clearly states that for the initial deliverability relationship: "A stabilized rate is required to be a calculated value, based on the time to pseudo steady state. This calculation corrects the actual extended test rate to a lower estimated stabilized rate. Higher permeability reservoirs will have very little correction to stabilize, where lower permeability reservoirs will have a large correction. Although the time to pseudo steady state varies with the well geometry and reservoir shape, one can assume a well in the center of a one-section drainage area for a gas well; or if the data or mapping suggests a different drainage area, adjustments must be made as indicated in section 5 of EUB Guide 3: Gas Well Testing Theory and Practice."
Some confusion has existed as to which deliverability relationship must be reported to the EUB for an initial test. Often, the most practical and prudent method of conducting an initial deliverability test would involve flowing the well for an extended period of time rather than to complete pressure stabilization. An extended AOF can then be determined, and the stabilized relationship would be derived through calculations using the extended values with reservoir properties obtained from pressure build-up analysis on the well.
http://www.eub.gov.ab.ca/BBS/requirements/gbs/bulletin-2004-15.htm
TNOG Right Place? By stockrocker IHUB: Oil Fields Are Refilling...Naturally - Sometimes Rapidly
There Are More Oil Seeps Than All The Tankers On Earth
By Robert Cooke
Staff Writer - Newsday.com
4-10-5
Deep underwater, and deeper underground, scientists see surprising hints that gas and oil deposits can be replenished, filling up again, sometimes rapidly.
Although it sounds too good to be true, increasing evidence from the Gulf of Mexico suggests that some old oil fields are being refilled by petroleum surging up from deep below, scientists report. That may mean that current estimates of oil and gas abundance are far too low.
Recent measurements in a major oil field show "that the fluids were changing over time; that very light oil and gas were being injected from below, even as the producing [oil pumping] was going on," said chemical oceanographer Mahlon "Chuck" Kennicutt. "They are refilling as we speak. But whether this is a worldwide phenomenon, we don't know."
Also not known, Kennicutt said, is whether the injection of new oil from deeper strata is of any economic significance, whether there will be enough to be exploitable. The discovery was unexpected, and it is still "somewhat controversial" within the oil industry.
Kennicutt, a faculty member at Texas A&M University, said it is now clear that gas and oil are coming into the known reservoirs very rapidly in terms of geologic time. The inflow of new gas, and some oil, has been detectable in as little as three to 10 years. In the past, it was not suspected that oil fields can refill because it was assumed the oil formed in place, or nearby, rather than far below.
According to marine geologist Harry Roberts, at Louisiana State University, "petroleum geologists don't accept it as a general phenomenon because it doesn't happen in most reservoirs. But in this case, it does seem to be happening. You have a very leaky fault system that does allow it to migrate in. It's directly connected to an oil and gas generating system at great depth."
What the scientists suspect is that very old petroleum -- formed tens of millions of years ago -- has continued migrating up into reservoirs that oil companies have been exploiting for years. But no one had expected that depleted oil fields might refill themselves.
Now, if it is found that gas and oil are coming up in significant amounts, and if the same is occurring in oil fields around the globe, then a lot more fuel than anyone expected could become available eventually. It hints that the world may not, in fact, be running out of petroleum.
"No one has been more astonished by the potential implications of our work than myself," said analytic chemist Jean Whelan, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, in Massachusetts. "There already appears to be a large body of evidence consistent with ... oil and gas generation and migration on very short time scales in many areas globally," she wrote in the journal Sea Technology.
"Almost equally surprising," she added, is that "there seem to be no compelling arguments refuting the existence of these rapid, dynamic migration processes."
The first sketchy evidence of this emerged in 1984, when Kennicutt and colleagues from Texas A&M University were in the Gulf of Mexico trying to understand a phenomenon called "seeps," areas on the seafloor where sometimes large amounts of oil and gas escape through natural fissures.
"Our first discovery was with trawls. We knew it was an area of massive seepage, and we expected that the oil seeps would poison everything around" the site. But they found just the opposite.
"On the first trawl, we brought up over two tons of stuff. We had a tough time getting the nets back on board because they were so full" of very odd-looking sea.floor creatures, Kennicutt said. "They were long strawlike things that turned out to be tube worms.
"The clams were the first thing I noticed," he added. "They were pretty big, like the size of your hand, and it was obvious they had red blood inside, which is unusual. And these long tubes -- 3, 4 and 5 feet long -- we didn't know what they were, but they started bleeding red fluid, too. We didn't know what to make of it."
The biologists they consulted did know what to make of it. "The experts immediately recognized them as chemo-synthetic communities," creatures that get their energy from hydrocarbons -- oil and gas -- rather than from ordinary foods. So these animals are very much like, but still different from, recently discovered creatures living near very hot seafloor vent sites in the Pacific, Atlantic and other oceans.
The difference, Kennicutt said, is that the animals living around cold seeps live on methane and oil, while the creatures growing near hot water vents exploit sulfur compounds in the hot water.
The discovery of abundant life where scientists expected a deserted seafloor also suggested that the seeps are a long-duration phenomenon. Indeed, the clams are thought to be about 100 years old, and the tube worms may live as long as 600 years, or more, Kennicutt said.
The surprises kept pouring in as the researchers explored further and in more detail using research submarines. In some areas, the methane-metabolizing organisms even build up structures that resemble coral reefs.
It has long been known by geologists and oil industry workers that seeps exist. In Southern California, for example, there are seeps near Santa Barbara, at a geologic feature called Coal Oil Point. And, Roberts said, it's clear that "the Gulf of Mexico leaks like a sieve. You can't take a submarine dive without running into an oil or gas seep. And on a calm day, you can't take a boat ride without seeing gigantic oil slicks" on the sea surface.
Roberts added that natural seepage in places like the Gulf of Mexico "far exceeds anything that gets spilled" by oil tankers and other sources.
"The results of this have been a big surprise for me," said Whelan. "I never would have expected that the gas is moving up so quickly and what a huge effect it has on the whole system."
Although the oil industry hasn't shown great enthusiasm for the idea -- arguing that the upward migration is too slow and too uncommon to do much good -- the search for new oil and gas supplies already has been affected, Whelan and Kennicutt said. Now, companies scan the sea surface for signs of oil slicks that might point to new deposits.
"People are using airplane surveys for the slicks and are doing water column fluorescence measurements looking for the oil," Whelan said. "They're looking for the sources of the seeps and trying to hook that into the seismic evidence" normally used in searching for buried oil.
Similar research on known oil basins in the North Sea is also under way, and "that oil is very interesting. There are absolutely marvelous pictures of coral reefs which formed from seepage [of gas] from North Sea reservoirs," Whelan said.
Analysis of the ancient oil that seems to be coming up from deep below in the Gulf of Mexico suggests that the flow of new oil "is coming from deeper, hotter formations" and is not simply a lateral inflow from the old deposits that surround existing oil fields, she said. The chemical composition of the migrating oil also indicates it is being driven upward and is being altered by highly pressurized gases squeezing up from below.
This upwelling phenomenon, Whelan noted, fits into a classic analysis of the world's oil and gas done years ago by geochemist-geologist John Hunt. He suggested that less than 1 percent of the oil that is generated at depth ever makes it into exploitable reservoirs. About 40 percent of the oil and gas remains hidden, spread out in the tiny pores and fissures of deep sedimentary rock formations.
And "the remaining 60 percent," Whelan said, "leaks upward and out of the sediment" via the numerous seeps that occur globally.
Also, the idea that dynamic migration of oil and gas is occurring implies that new supplies "are not only charging some reservoirs at the present time, but that a huge fraction of total oil and gas must be episodically or continuously bypassing reservoirs completely and seeping from surface sediments on a relatively large scale," Whelan explained.
So far, measurements involving biological and geological analysis, plus satellite images, "show widespread and pervasive leakage over the entire northern slope of the Gulf of Mexico," she added.
"For example, Ian MacDonald at Texas A&M has published some remarkable satellite photographs of oil slicks which go for miles in the Gulf of Mexico in areas where no oil production is occurring." Before this research in oil basins began, she added, "changes in reservoired oils were not suspected, so no reliable data exists on how widespread the phenomenon might be in the Gulf Coast or elsewhere."
The researchers, especially the Texas team, have been working on this subject for almost 15 years in collaboration with oil industry experts and various university scientists. Their first focus was on the zone called South Eugene Island block 330, which is 150 miles south of New Orleans. It is known as one of the most productive oil and gas fields in the world. The block lies in water more than 300 feet deep.
As a test, the researchers attempted to drill down into a known fault zone that was thought to be a natural conduit for new petroleum. The drilling was paid for by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Whelan recalled that as the drill dug deeper and deeper, the project seemed to be succeeding, but then it abruptly ended in failure. "We were able to produce only a small amount of oil before the fault closed, like a giant straw," probably because reducing the pressure there allowed the fissure to collapse.
In addition to the drilling effort and the inspection of seeps, Whelan and her colleagues reported that three-dimensional seismic profiles of the underground reservoirs commonly show giant gas plumes coming from depth and disrupting sediments all the way to the surface.
This also shows that in an area west of the South Eugene Island area, a giant gas plume originates from beneath salt about 15,000 feet down and then disrupts the sediment layers all the way to the surface. The surface expression of this plume is very large -- about 1,500 feet in diameter. One surprise, Whelan said, was that the gas plume seems to exist outside of faults, the ground fractures, which at present are the main targets of oil exploration.
It is suspected that the process of upward migration of petroleum is driven by natural gas that is being continually produced both by deeply buried bacteria and from oil being broken down in the deeper, hotter layers of sediment. The pressures and heat at great depth are thought to be increasing because the ground is sinking -- subsiding -- as a result of new sediments piling up on top. The site is part of the huge delta formed over thousands of years by the southward flow of the massive Mississippi River. Like other major deltas, the Mississippi's outflow structure is continually being built from sands, muds and silts washed off the continent.
Analysis of the oil being driven into the reservoirs suggests they were created during the so-called Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods (100 million to 150 million years ago), even before the existing basin itself was formed. This means the source rock is buried and remains invisible to seismic imaging beneath layers of salt.
In studying so-called biomarkers in the oil, Whelan said, it was concluded that the oil is closely related to other very old oils, implying that it "was probably generated very early and then remained trapped at depth until recently." And, she added, other analyses "show that this oil must have remained trapped at depths and temperatures much greater than those of the present-day producing reservoirs."
At great depth, where the heat and pressure are high enough, she explained, methane is produced by oil being "cracked," and production of gas "is able to cause sufficient pressure to periodically open the fracture system and allow upward fluid flow of methane, with entrapment of oil in its path."
For reference only, and not a recommendation to buy or sell, always do you own DD prior to investing
I see the cr*p has started here. (lol) staged? No it was staged in Iraq with real oil and American actors. Ha Ha
I like the engineering team experience here. Looks like they could be worth a closer look. Any information useful that might help with the DD?
Refer to post #648 by Osignal- Yes most here believe Tnog has a chance to become a junior oil company. Our Petroleum Engineer knows his business also.
And that's why your posts are respected as well Osignal.Keep up your good work on Tnog's behalf. Team effort is what its all about. Its hard being a Pinky. (lol) Thanks
couple upticks and they'll be gone anyway.
A different company, although the time frame should be close. Notice that said testing would be done prior to pipelines or other functions begin. Its been a week and a half since the correct size tanks were put in place. So I say soon.
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Maverick Oil and Gas, Inc. has reached total drill depth of 6,245' on Travis 641-H, the second well in its Maverick Basin project in Texas, and is awaiting completion after the rig moves off location. Maverick anticipates that testing will be completed in two weeks, after which facilities and pipelines will be constructed. First sales are anticipated early next year. A third well is expected to be started sometime in January. The Maverick Basin project is Maverick's joint venture with Blue Star, the independent owned by Jerry Jones, and Touchstone Resources USA Inc. Maverick has a net 37.5% interest in the project
Some here were there at the .oo3 and lower to friend- Go back to posts from first of April and see. Proof that we were supporting TNOG before the discovery of well #3. This board has been supportive to all opinions and left to the individual to decipher whats good and whats bad. I myself am in complete agreement with Max as this being a long term hold and patience will be rewarded. I believe I was buying TNOG before the RB board was established for TNOG. My hero- Charlie Munger
Typical of the Pinks. The chart does tell me we are in a uptrend. Lowtrade did a excellent job of explaining the MM actions in a earlier post. Buying power will take control back. That will come with the flow numbers. I'm here as a speculator meaning higher risk . I like the odds.
Typical of the Pinks. The chart does tell me we are in a uptrend. Lowtrade did a excellent job of explaining the MM actions in a earlier post. Buying power will take control back. That will come with the flow numbers. I'm here as a speculator meaning higher risk . I like the odds.
Oil prices nearing 55.00. I hope your wrong too. The looks of everything is saying a easy .05. There's been no pumping on this board- only solid DD.
Need them numbers Max. If this is a big hit, we'll see some major interest here. I can see .05 easily with good nos.imo
Oil 53.00 Bl - TNOG .0175 Geeez.
Lowtrade- Not what we wanted to hear(lol). The flow numbers should be the catalist that'll set this puppy free. That 50 and 200ma cross isn't going to hurt either.
Peak oil- Is this just theory? Opinions of some are saying different. Good read
http://peakoil.blogspot.com/
Titan is at the right place at the right time.
Lowtrade- You should write a book. I'd buy one.
Got time. Thumb thru some of the opinions on this site.
http://wolf.readinglitho.co.uk/index.html
Lowtrade- I have been watching a little closer with your guidance and the games you speak of are making more sense as the day moves along.Thank you for the insight that is often overlooked.
JT hold on to them- good things to come here. Don't get distracted by the day to day games.
Previous arangement Titan has made with Midway or could be in addition to the new wells. No idea of cost but the deal sounds of good business practices.
Titan announces gas separator installation on Stanley Unit (Austin Chalk) Wilson County, TX.
Distribution Source : PrimeZone Media
Date : Tuesday - September 21, 2004
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 21, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Titan Consolidated, Inc. (Pink Sheets:TTCS) President Kent Jacobson announced today that the Company has installed a gas separator unit on its project in the Stanley Unit (Austin Chalk) Wilson County, Texas.
Additional gas treating equipment, including an H2S Sample Monitor, has been provided by Midway Pipeline, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas. Titan has advanced the installation costs, which will be returned by means of an additional 5% payment to Titan each month above the current gas sales price, per terms of Titan's contract with Midway.
The gas separator and ancillary equipment will allow natural gas to be treated on-site, allowing Titan to get the best attainable market price on anticipated production.
Thanks again, Lowtrade- more knowledge to build on
Its become the norm- We know what we got here.Just a bump in the road.
Don't know the technicals- What I've seen is 2" comes coiled on reels and is basicaly plowed in as you would fiber optic cable inner duct( my experience) which I've seen a mile or more plowed in a day. 4" will come in pipe standard lenghts and has heat treated connections. All of which are buried.This specfic pipe here is for the city which uses pressures of 8000psi or more in 4". Also very cost effective. This is a new era in construction materials.
Just a observation- Here in Alaska we are using a new tech for high pressure Natural Gas that is basically a high tensile plastic that comes in 20' sections and a crew is able to run this out in minimal time. If this tech is used in Texas it shouldn't be a long wait with only right of way issues being a problem.
50.35 and rising
Crude prices on the rise should also help. Crude inventory down 1.6 mil. bls should see a spike back up in crude.
Also to keep in mind is the fact the earlier part of this year Titan suffered loss of manhours and down time due to muddy conditions moving heavy equipment in and out of the drill sites. The summer months are here and Texas dirt roads are like paved highways for the next 5 months. Should see a lot of progress towards more well completions. Should be a regular PR machine.
Well worth the effort on DD and that good ole gut feeling.
Same feelings Lowtrade, but as I mentioned I believe it to be lease useage only.
Old news but shows how the plan has come together at this point. There is mention of other leases which I take to mean the agreement with AQCI
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2004/04/26/daily13.html
The trend in the Austin chalk makes this interesting for Titan but the fact Titan has drilled thru the Austin chalk and into the Edwards Lime formation has made this exciting.
Results from horizontal drilling have been highly varied. Successes on a large scale have been limited to the Austin Chalk Trend. And even within this sizable trend there are areas which have been unable to realize sufficient reserves to make horizontal wells profitable. It is apparent that not all fractured reservoirs benefit economically by the application of this technology. The two top states, North Dakota and Texas have produced over 285 MMBOE to date through horizontal wells, an important contribution to the US supply. Rapid return of investment due to high initial production rates, ability to implement economies of scale, and the realization of statistical averages with multiple well programs are the driving force behind continued use of the technique in much of the Chalk Trend.
Ref-http://oil.server4.com/horizogj.htm
I believe the agreement with AQCI is strictly for lease purposes and Titan would be the developer of the field where AQCI would only receive royality payments. Some insight to a typical Texas Oil lease.
Production in Paying Quantities
The first case dealt with measuring production in paying quantities during the secondary term of an oil and gas lease (Ridenour v. Herrington, 47 SW3d 117, Waco Court of Appeals, 4/25/01).
Oil and gas leases are divided into two terms, primary and secondary. The length of the primary term is negotiable and generally lasts three to five years. Oil companies must be drilling or have established production at the end of the primary term to enter the secondary term; otherwise, the lease terminates.
MINERAL OWNERS SHOULD NEGOTIATE a minimum royalty provision, regardless of whether the lease is based on the operation or production standard.
If the lease enters the secondary term, its duration depends on one of two standards given in the lease. Older leases use the production standard “for so long as production continues”; newer ones use the operations standard “for so long as operations continue.” The difference is explained later.
Leases based on the production standard created confusion. It was unclear exactly how much production was necessary. Would one barrel of oil produced annually suffice?
In response, Texas courts held that the word production meant production in paying quantities (Clifton v. Koontz, 325 SW2d 684). A lease cannot be held by little or no production for purely speculative purposes (Garcia v. King, 164 SW2d 509). Likewise, when the lease does not specify the period over which the production in paying quantities is measured, the courts use a reasonable time that varies with the circumstances in each case. Texas courts say a minimum of six and a maximum of 17 months is reasonable.
Lowtrade- Good questions- Will see if I can come up with something for you in the next couple days. I haven't been able to get much info from Titan themselfs, but have done my DD from all angles around them. Here's a bit that might have been overlooked that is a excellent example of their business savoy.
Titan announces gas separator installation on Stanley Unit (Austin Chalk) Wilson County, TX.
Distribution Source : PrimeZone Media
Date : Tuesday - September 21, 2004
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 21, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Titan Consolidated, Inc. (Pink Sheets:TTCS) President Kent Jacobson announced today that the Company has installed a gas separator unit on its project in the Stanley Unit (Austin Chalk) Wilson County, Texas.
Additional gas treating equipment, including an H2S Sample Monitor, has been provided by Midway Pipeline, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas. Titan has advanced the installation costs, which will be returned by means of an additional 5% payment to Titan each month above the current gas sales price, per terms of Titan's contract with Midway.
The gas separator and ancillary equipment will allow natural gas to be treated on-site, allowing Titan to get the best attainable market price on anticipated production.
Welcome Dragon- looks like a few astute traders are stopping in lately. Been following your T/A and like your explanations as to events. Hope TNOG holds your attention for awhile.