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I have forgotten, when did Zion say they had money to (date?) It seems they would have to have some information good or bad by that date?
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KyOil, how thick of casing and cement can a perf gun penetrate?
Correct, as KyOil has pointed out that MJ1 already has a 20 degree deviation form vertical at some depth
flatron see post 21697
KyOil, Hope you have a great road trip this weekend.
I was wondering again! As most of us on this board assume MJ1 is going to be productive bigly. I had some questions about directional drilling from a central platform. So if the laws of physics apply here, you can only get so much fluid/gas through a pipe of a given diameter, at a given pressure, at a given length, and bunch of other factors. It doesn't seem likely that oil/gas of enough production volume is going to make it to the surface from 16K at 7500PSI through a 3.5 inch (variable size) pipe.
So I started looking at directional drilling formulas trying to figure out at what depth you would have to start a new diverted well bore to go from vertical to horizontal at the desired depth of say 16K. Once that is figured out then you could look at the Zion PRs to see what the casing size is at that depth.
So once all that is determined you could extrapolate "potential production" using the "flow results", X number of wells per platform, diameter of horizontal well bore, yada, yada, yada.
It looks to me a deviation of 2 degrees per 100 ft looks reasonable?
Anybody have the casing sizes from Zion's PRs handy?
Check out this guy
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/well-trajectory-j-profile-example-directional-suwat-pongtepupathum
Nodrama, Facebook conversation occurred Friday July 20 at about 8:30PST
I messaged poster to confirm date, will update when I receive a reply.
RatBike, no FaceBook under new comments
Daniel58,
Yeah, I dunno I haven't been real exuberant about these projected PR dates, I have been there done that for too many years, I'll just wait until the news drops. I will say that I'm more confidant that the results are on there way, with the conformation from Zion's Regan that the testing is still in progress and not currently halted or delayed, I was very conflicted on that!
A couple of questions at large:
What happened to the drilling report due to Israel?
What about the testing of additional zones of interest and effect on the release of flow testing results?
Daniel58, It is not real obvious but It was the first comment that came up when selecting newest comments, and showed a edit time stamp of 2h. I didn't see an actual timestamp on the comment but I think it was posted today.
Interesting FB post
Vito Carbonaro I contacted Zion Oil and Gas, Inc. via their chat line today. I did not really expect to get any new information, but they did respond, and this is a transcript of the chat:
Me:
Please tell us what is going on with MJ1. It has been a month since last updated. Please tell us what is going on...thank you...
Agent:8:11 AM
Hi, thank you for contacting us. Please excuse the delay, I may be assisting other investors as well.
For general questions, please email info@zionoil.com.
Ragan:8:14 AM
Sure. While we can't predict a specific press release date, and it would have been nice to have a completed report of results available sooner, the testing is currently very much active/in process, and we await substantive updates in coming weeks right along with you. As soon as we have material information to reveal, we will share it quickly. The test process just requires quite a bit of flexibility over there.
Me:
Thanks.
Me:
You do realize that "We'll have more in a couple weeks" is kind of the same answer we have been getting for a long time...
Me:
Please encourage them to give us some kind of data soon...
Me:
I know it isn't up to you, but please relay my request...
Ragan:8:28 AM
I certainly get that. I will continue to raise the flag on this urgency, as has already been done this week. I'm certainly not trying to be evasive or indirect in response to your question. The only info available from me/this office at present is affirmation that indeed the testing is indeed in process at the moment, it has not been halted or completed without sharing the results; I can't provide a narrow/precise timing window, as it may again change, but broadly, expectation is for near-term reporting--weeks--not long-term stretch out for the process into extra "months", or the Fall.
JRyan, Good job! Did Zion actually confirm that flow testing is actually ongoing and not in delay mode?
That is the real question that needs to be answered, if testing is actually happening then it is only a matter of time. If they are delayed then who knows how long it will be, just saying been there done that!
"Sorry for unicode issue"
So here is a screenshot of the FB page for the Tirat Avi kibbutz
see pictures of Zion well site. Much info, but of course all in Hebrew.
If you take that same Hebrew phrase on the left side of image just above Home and google it you will see many web pages which you can translate into English. If the guy in white shirt and black hat can be ID'd as working at the kibbutz maybe we can find an email address as well?
You may have success if you translate tirat avi into Hebrew, copy and
paste into FB then look for the "the phrase that must not be named" then copy and paste into google.
I can also email the phrase to anyone if it remains an issue
"unicode characters problems I'll address tomorrow"
I was on Facebook this evening and I searched for ????? ???? ??? the webpage is hard to make heads or tails of because its in Hebrew but I found a couple of interesting pictures there.
Also if you google ????? ???? ??? several webpages are found select translate and a lot of information is available about Tirat Avi. This needs more research..
KyOil, Are going to buy a Green tractor or one of those red or orange ones?
KyOil, when the flow testing spans several weeks as it is in MJ#1. What actually has to be done and how long does it take to shut down the process each Shabbat? Then what and how long does it take to start the process back up at the end of Shabbat? How much time is lost in the shut down and start up process each week?
Thanks
Microcaps1, Yes I asked him to release an operational update, I didn't expect him to tell me the details in an email. You make a good point!
I emailed Dustin Guinn and I got a response earlier this week.
I asked him to release an operational update, I made it clear that I was not asking for any testing results,
as I know Zion wants to release that information ASAP. I specifically asked for conformation that the testing of zones 2-3 were started on time and that there have not been any unforeseen events that
have caused any additional delays.
His response was (paraphrased):
**********
1. Thank you for your support of the work Zion is doing and your passion for Israel.
2. Zion's goal is to always be transparent within reason with our shareholders. Zion will continue to update shareholders in as timely a fashion as possible.
*******
He didn't address my request for update on testing operations, seems like a complete information blackout! I'm not sure why an operational update of the nature I asked for is not reasonable?
sdbosco 2009
No response to me, emailed Zion 4 days ago
KyOil if you could manage a couple more jars, then you could buy a car then you wouldn't have to drive the tractor to church! HAHA
Love ya brother
Spike, I hear you, at this point I would settle for Zion confirming that they actually started testing zone 2-3 on time and there are no delays.
Another issue is possibly that plans made with the consent and help from the previous WH administration may not be so doable now.
Microcaps, I'm not a map expert but I loaded the coordinates into google earth pro and there is little icon at top of screen which allows you to scrub back and forth image history. What I could see was that
images from that region were uploaded 1st 12/30/2004, last 11/14/2013 so don't really know for sure. I'm
not sure that copyright is related to date the image was taken, but what do I know.
microchips can you tell when the image was taken? Google maps is not real time and i'm not sure how often satellite images are uploaded?
Also there are other satellite services that often times have better images, may cost some money but just a thought
Moses, very interesting information, this guy Dutch Sinse has some compelling data. If he is correct and the recent "Israel" earthquakes have occurred on the "plate boundary and are at the fulcrum of pressure" we should expect increased seismic activity in the near future?
tisdal The Big Picture is in error!
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Each report is for the 24-hr period ending at 7:00 AM Israel local time on the date shown.
April 11, 2005: FINISH RIGGING UP. TEST BLOW OUT PREVENTORS (BOP'S) AND CHOKE MANIFOLD. PERFORM RIG ACCEPTANCE TEST. PICK UP 8" DRILL COLLARS (DC'S). TAG CEMENT AT 59 METERS (M). DRILL CEMENT FROM 59M TO 122M.
April 12, 2005: WASH & DRILL CEMENT FROM 122M TO 400M. PICK UP 5" DRILL PIPE AND TRIP INTO HOLE (TIH). TAG CEMENT AT 1355M. CIRCULATE HOLE CLEAN. TEST CASING TO 1000 PSI - OK. DRILL CEMENT PLUG FROM 1355M TO 1470M.
April 13, 2005: DRILL CEMENT FROM 1470M TO 1688M. FORMATION INTEGRITY TEST. TRIP TO PICK UP STABILIZERS.
April 14, 2005: TRIP IN HOLE. TAG FILL AT 1660 M. WASH & REAM TO TOP OF CEMENT (TOC) AT 1760M. DRILL CEMENT FROM 1760M TO 1805M. TRIP FOR NEW BIT.
April 15, 2005: FINISH TRIP FOR NEW BIT. NO FILL ON BOTTOM. DRILL FROM 1803M TO 1807M. WIRELINE SURVEY @ 1800M - 2 DEGREES. WASH & REAM FROM 1807M TO 1946M.
April 16, 2005: WASH & REAM FROM 1946 METERS (M) TO 2226M. CIRCULATE BOTTOMS UP (CIRC BU). PULL OUT OF HOLE (POH) INTO CASING. SHUT-IN WELL FOR SHABBAT.
April 17, 2005: OPEN PIPE RAMS AFTER SHABBAT. TIH. WASH AND REAM FROM 2226M TO 2322M. HIGH TORQUE FROM 2294M TO 2322M.
April 18, 2005: WASH & REAM FROM 2322M TO 2335M. DRILL NEW HOLE FROM 2335M TO 2371M. CIRC & COND MUD. SHORT TRIP TO CASING SHOE. TIGHT SPOT AT 2305M- 75000# OVERPULL. CIRC & COND MUD. POH. LAY DOWN (LD) BIT & 2 STABILIZERS. RIG UP (RU) WEATHERFORD CASING CREW TO RUN 10 3/4" LINER.
April 19, 2005: FINISH RIGGING UP CASING CREW. RUN 10 3/4" CASING. MAKE UP LINER HANGER. CIRC & COND MUD. START IN HOLE WITH LINER - HUNG UP ON FIRST JOINT (JT). PULLED FREE AT 350K. FOUND PACKER ELEMENT TORN. START IN HOLE WITH LINER - HUNG UP AGAIN ON FIRST JT. FOUND PACKER SETTING SLEEVE SHEARED & PACKER. ATTEMPTING TO SET. REPLACE SHEAR BOLTS IN SETTING SLEEVE. TIH WITH LINER WITH 53 STANDS (OF 3 JTS EACH) + DBL (OF TWO JTS). SET HANGER WITH LINER SHOE AT 2365M. CIRC & COND MUD. RU CEMENTING HEAD, DROP BALL, SET HANGER. SHEARED AT 2200PSI. RELEASE FROM HANGER. STRING WEIGHT - 110,000 LBS. CEMENT LINER WITH LAPIDOTH'S BJ PUMPING UNIT. USED 9000KG CLASS G CEMENT. THE DART SHEARED WITH 90 BBLS DISPLACEMENT AT 1200PSI. BUMPED PLUG WITH 245 BBLS DISPLACEMENT AT 700 PSI OVER DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE AT 6:56AM. BLED BACK 1.5 BBLS. BOP VALVES HELD.
April 20, 2005: WAITING ON CEMENT (WOC). REMOVE CEMENTING HEAD AND PULL OUT OF HANGER. POH AND LAY DOWN LINER RUNNING TOOL. SLIP AND CUT DRILL LINE. TIH WITH OPEN-ENDED DRILL PIPE (DP) TO 1580M. DID NOT TAG TOP OF LINER (TOL) AT 1554M. PULL UP TO 1551M. PICK UP KELLY. CIRC.
April 21, 2005 :RU CEMENTING UNIT AND STAGE- SQUEEZED THE LINER TOP. WAITED ON CEMENT WHILE HOLDING 630 PSI BACKPRESSURE. BLEED OFF PRESSURE, RIGGED DOWN THE CEMENTING HEAD, POH, MADE UP A 12-1/4" BIT AND TIH TAGGING CEMENT AT 1548M. DRILLED CEMENT TO TOP OF LINER AND PRESSURE TESTED LINER TOP AND CASING TO 2000 PSI. POH, PICKED UP 9-7/8" BIT AND STARTED BACK IN HOLE.
April 22, 2005: POH. RETRIEVE SURVEY. MAKE UP (MU) 9 7/8 BIT, SHOCK SUB, 2 STABILIZERS AT 60' & 90', AND 9 JTS HWDP. TIH TO 1380'. SECURE WELL FOR HOLIDAYS. WELL SHUT IN FOR SHABBAT AND PASSOVER. WILL RESUME DRILLING OPERATIONS AT 7AM, 4/25/2005.
April 25, 2005: RIG SHUT DOWN FOR SHABBAT AND PASSOVER.
April 26, 2005: STARTED DRILLING RIG AFTER HOLIDAY SHUTDOWN. DRILLED FROM 2397M TO 2450M WHILE CHANGING MUD SYSTEM FROM BENTONITE TO POLYMER.
April 27, 2005: DRILLED FROM 2450M TO 2520M, CURRENTLY DRILLING AHEAD.
April 28, 2005: 24 HRS DRILLING FROM 2520 M TO 2599M.
April 29, 2005: 22 1/2 HRS DRILLING FROM 2599M TO 2662M. DROPPED SURVEY AND STARTED OUT OF HOLE FOR NEW BIT. CURRENT ACTIVITY - TRIPPING FOR NEW BIT AND PREPARING FOR SHABBAT.
May 2, 2005: DRILLING RESUMES AFTER PASSOVER.
May 3, 2005: DRILLED FROM 2662M TO 2673M. DRILL COLLAR TWISTED OFF - LEFT 11 DRILL COLLARS IN THE HOLE. PULLED OUT OF HOLE, PICKED UP FISHING TOOLS, TRIPPED IN HOLE AND RETRIEVED DRILL COLLARS. STARTED CHANGING OUT BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY.
May 4, 2005: CHANGE OUT DRILL COLLARS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT. TRIP IN HOLE BACK TO BOTTOM. DRILL FROM 2673M TO 2704M.
May 5, 2005: DRILL FROM 2704M TO 2780M.
May 6, 2005: DRILL FROM 2780M TO 2886M.
May 7, 2005: RIG SERVICE. DRILL FROM 2886M TO 2914M. SLUG, DROP SURVEY, POH INTO CASING. SECURE WELL FOR SHABBAT. WILL RESUME DRILLING OPERATIONS AT 10PM, 5/7/2005.
May 8, 2005: RIG SHUT DOWN FOR SHABBAT. FINISH POH FOR NEW BIT. MU NEW BIT #5 AND TIH. PU KELLY & BREAK CIRC AT CASING SHOE.
May 9, 2005: DRILLED FROM 2914M TO 2989M. NO PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED.
May 10, 2005: DRILLED FROM 2989M TO 3035M. LOST 100PSI PUMP PRESSURE. TRIPPED FOR WASHOUT. FOUND CRACK IN DRILL COLLAR BOX CONNECTION. REPLACED BIT, SHOCK SUB, AND 4 DRILL COLLARS.
May 11, 2005: FINISH POH. REPLACE QUESTIONABLE DRILL STRING COMPONENTS. TIH. DRILL FROM 3035M TO 3082M.
May 12, 2005: DRILL FROM 3082M TO 3116M. POH INTO CASING. SHUT IN AND SECURE WELL FOR THE ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY.
May 14, 2005: DRILL FROM 3142M TO 3165M. PULLED UP INTO CASING TO SHUT DOWN FOR SHABBAT. WILL RESUME DRILLING OPERATIONS AT 10PM, 5/14/05.
May 15, 2005: RIG SHUT DOWN FOR SHABBAT UNTIL 10PM. AT 10PM, STARTED GENERATORS AND TIH TO BOTTOM. DRILLED FROM 3165M TO 3186M.
May 16, 2005: DRILLED FROM 3186M TO 3278M. LOST 150 PSI PUMP PRESSURE. CHECKING SURFACE EQUIPMENT FOR CAUSE OF PRESSURE LOSS.
May 17, 2005: CHANGED BIT AND BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY. TRIP TO BOTTOM. LOST 500 PSI PUMP PRESSURE WHILE REAMING LAST JOINT. POH LOOKING FOR WASHOUT/FISH.
May 18, 2005: PULLED OUT OF HOLE AND FOUND BROKEN STABILIZER. MADE UP FISHING TOOLS AND TIH. LATCHED FISH AND PULLED OUT OF HOLE. STARTED IN HOLE WITH BIT TO RESUME DRILLING.
May 19, 2005: FINISH TRIPPING BACK TO BOTTOM. DRILLED FROM 3278M TO 3362M IN 21 HOURS.
May 20, 2005: DRILLED FROM 3362M TO 3460M IN 23.5 HOURS.
May 21, 2005: DRILLED FROM 3430M TO 3448M. PULLED UP INTO CASING TO SHUT DOWN FOR SHABBAT. WILL RESUME DRILLING OPERATIONS AT 10:30 P.M. 5/21/05.
May 22, 2005: WELL SHUT IN FOR SHABBAT UNTIL 10:30 PM. STARTED GENERATORS, TIH TO BOTTOM, DRILLED FROM 3448M TO 3460M.
May 23, 2005: TRIPPED FOR NEW BIT AND SHOCK SUB. DRILLED FROM 3460M TO 3473M.
May 24, 2005: DRILLED FROM 3473M TO 3527M IN 23.5 HOURS.
May 25, 2005: DRILLED FROM 3527M TO 3582M. LOST 400 PSI PUMP PRESSURE. CHECKED SURFACE EQUIPMENT AND FOUND BAD PRESSURE SENSOR. DRILLED FROM 3582M TO 3608M.
May 26, 2005: DRILLED FROM 3608M TO 3676M.
May 27, 2005: TRIPPED FOR NEW DRILL BIT. VISUALLY INSPECTED DRILL COLLARS. DRILLED FROM 3676M TO 3689M.
May 28, 2005: DRILLED FROM 3689M TO 3700M. PULLED UP INTO CASING TO SHUT DOWN FOR SHABBAT. WILL RESUME DRILLING OPERATIONS AT 10:30 PM, 5/28/05.
May 29, 2005: STARTED GENERATORS AFTER SHABBAT. TRIPPED IN HOLE TO BOTTOM. DRILLED FROM 3700M TO 3710M.
May 30, 2005: DRILLED FROM 3710M TO 3725M. DRILL RATE DROPPED TO 0.6 MPH. TRIP OUT OF HOLE TO CHANGE BIT AND DRILL COLLARS.
May 31, 2005: FINISHED PICKING UP NEW DRILL COLLARS. TRIPPED IN HOLE TO 2665M. SLIPPED AND CUT DRILL LINE. DRILLED FROM 3725M TO 3734M.
June 1, 2005: DRILLED FROM 3734M TO 3758M. EXPERIENCED VERY HIGH TORQUE AT 0400. START TRIP FOR NEW BIT.
June 2, 2005: TRIPPED FOR NEW BIT. PICKED UP NEW SHOCK SUB AND 5 ADDITIONAL DRILL COLLARS. TRIPPED IN HOLE AND REAMED FROM 3724M TO 3737M. PULLED OUT 20 STANDS TO CIRCULATE AND CONDITION MUD.
June 3, 2005: CIRCULATED AND CONDITIONED MUD. STAGED BACK IN HOLE WHILE RAISING MUD WEIGHT. ENCOUNTERED FILL AT 3724M. REAMED TO 3738M.
June 4, 2005: REAMED FROM 3738 TO 3758 METERS, DRILLED TO 3763 METERS (12,349 FEET) AND SHUT DOWN FOR SHABBAT.
June 5, 2005: START GENERATORS AFTER SHABBAT. TRIP BACK TO BOTTOM. DRILL FROM 3763M TO 3768M.
June 6, 2005: DRILLED FROM 3768 METERS (12,359 FEET) TO 3851 METERS (12,631 FEET) WITH NO PROBLEMS.
June 7, 2005: DRILLED FROM 3851 METERS (12,631 FEET) TO 3950 METERS (12,956 FEET) WITH NO PROBLEMS.
June 8, 2005: DRILLED FROM 3950 METERS (12,956 FEET) TO 4014 METERS (13,165 FEET) WITH NO PROBLEMS.
June 9, 2005: TRIP FOR NEW BIT (17.5 HOURS). DRILLED FROM 4014 METERS (13,165 FEET) TO 4028 METERS (13,211 FEET).
June 10, 2005: DRILLED FROM 4026 METERS (13205 FEET) TO 4027 METERS. UNABLE TO MAKE CONNECTION AT 4047 METERS. REAM, WORK PIPE, CONDITION MUD. DRILL FROM 4047 METERS TO 4072 METERS (13,356 FEET).
JUNE 11, 2005: DRILLED FROM 4072M (13356') TO 4088M (13408'). PULLED BIT INTO CASING. SHUT IN AND SECURED WELL FOR SHABBAT.
JUNE 12, 2005: RIG WAS SHUT DOWN FOR SHABBAT UNTIL 11PM. AT 11PM, STARTED GENERATORS AND BEGAN TO TRIP IN THE HOLE. HIT BRIDGE AT 3730M. REAMED FROM 3729M 3733M WITH HIGH TORQUE.
JUNE 13, 2005: REAM, TRIP, AND WORK PIPE THROUGH TIGHT SPOTS FROM 3733M TO 4088M. DRILL FROM 4088M (13408') TO 4105M (13464') IN 8.5 HOURS.
JUNE 14, 2005: DRILLED FROM 4,105M (13,464') TO 4,155M (13,628') WITH NO PROBLEMS.
JUNE 15, 2005: DRILLED FROM 4155M (13628') TO 4213M (13818') WITH NO PROBLEMS.
JUNE 16, 2005: TRIP FOR NEW BIT #13. SLIP AND CUT DRILL LINE. DRILL FROM 4,213M (13,818') TO 4,225M (13,858').
JUNE 17, 2005: DRILLED FROM 4,225M (13,858') TO 4,292M (14,077') WITH NO PROBLEMS
JUNE 18, 2005: DRILLED FROM 4292M (14077') TO 4316M (14156'). PULLED UP INTO CASING. SHUT IN AND SECURED WELL FOR SHABBAT. WILL RESUME DRILLING OPERATIONS AT 11:00 PM, 6/18/2005.
JUNE 19, 2005: RIG SHUT DOWN FOR SHABBAT UNTIL 11PM. STARTED GENERATORS AND TRIPPED IN HOLE TO BOTTOM. DRILLED FROM 4,316 M (14,156') TO 4,325M (14,186') IN 3.5 HRS.
JUNE 20, 2005: DRILLED FROM 4,325M (14,186') TO 4,384M (14,379') WITH NO PROBLEMS.
JUNE 21, 2005: DRILLED FROM 4,384M (14,379') TO 4,412M (14,471') WITH NO PROBLEMS. STARTED TRIP FOR BIT AT 2000 HOURS. VISUALLY INSPECTED BHA. FOUND CRACKED BOX ON DRILL COLLAR.
JUNE 22, 2005: FINISH TRIP FOR NEW BIT. DRILL FROM 4,412M (14,471') TO 4,462M (14,635').
JUNE 23, 2005: DRILL FROM 4,462M (14,635') TO 4,523M (14,839') NO PROBLEMS.
JUNE 24, 2005: DRILLED FROM 4,523M (14,835') TO LOGGING DEPTH OF 4,560M (14,956'). CIRCULATED AND CONDITIONED MUD PRIOR TO SHUTTING DOWN FOR SHABBAT.
JUNE 25, 2005: PULL UP INTO CASING AND SECURE WELL FOR SHABBAT. WILL RESUME DRILLING OPERATIONS AT 11PM ON 6/25/2005.
JUNE 26, 2005: RIG SHUT DOWN FOR SHABBAT UNTIL 11PM. TRIP TO BOTTOM. CIRCULATE AND CONDITION MUD PRIOR TO LOGGING.
JUNE 27, 2005: PUMP SLUG. DROP SURVEY. PULL OUT OF HOLE TO LOG. RIG UP MESADA AND RUN DLL/SP, GR/BHC LOGS.
JUNE 28, 2005: FINISHED LOGGING WELL WITH MESADA LOGGERS. TRIPPED IN HOLE WITH BHA. STARTED TO SLIP AND CUT DRILL LINE.
JUNE 29, 2005: SLIPPED AND CUT DRILL LINE. TRIPPED IN HOLE TO BOTTOM AND CIRCULATED HOLE CLEAN. STARTED LAYING DOWN DRILL PIPE.
JUNE 30, 2005: FINISH LAYING DOWN DRILL PIPE AND BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY. START RUNNING 7" PRODUCTION CASING.
JULY 1, 2005: RUN 7" CASING TO 4360 METERS, LEAVING APPRXOIMATELY 200 METERS OF OPEN HOLD BELOW FOR A FUTURE PRODUCTION TEST. MIX AND PUMP 561 SACKS OF CEMENT TO SET CASING.
JULY 2, 2005: RAISE BOP STACK AND SET 7" CASING SLIPS. CUT CASING. SHUT IN AND SECURE WELL FOR SHABBAT. WILL RESUME DRILLING OPERATIONS AT 11PM, 7/2/2005.
JULY 3, 2005: FINISH INSTALLING BOP STACK AND RELATED EQUIPMENT. CHANGE TO 3 1/2" PIPE RAMS. CHANGE PUMP LINERS.
JULY 4, 2005: CHANGED PUMP LINERS. RIGGED UP FLOOR FOR 3 1/2" DRILL PIPE AND 4 3/4" DRILL COLLARS. CHANGED TO 3 1/2" PIPE RAMS. TESTED CASING AND PIPE RAM DOORS TO 2000 PSI. MADE UP 6" BIT, 4 3/4" BHA, AND STARTED PICKING UP 3 1/2" DRILL PIPE.
JULY 5, 2005: FINISH PICKING UP 3 1/2" DRILL PIPE. DRILL CEMENT AND FLOAT EQUIPMENT. START REAMING TO BOTTOM.
JULY 6, 2005: DRILLED CEMENT, WASHED, AND REAMED TO 4560 METERS. TESTED CASING SHOE. DRILLED FROM 4560 METERS (14956') TO 4579 METERS (15019').
JULY 7, 2005: DRILLED FROM 4579 METERS (15019') TO 4636 METERS (15206') WITH NO PROBLEMS.
JULY 8, 2005: DRILLED FROM 4636 METERS (15206') TO 4683 METERS (15360') WITH NO PROBLEMS.
JULY 9, 2005: DRILLED FROM 4683 METERS (15360') TO 4695 METERS (15399'). PULLED 13 STANDS INTO CASING. SHUT IN AND SECURED WELL FOR SHABBAT. WILL RESUME DRILLING OPERATIONS AT 11 PM, 7/9/2005.
JULY 10, 2005: TRIPPED TO BOTTOM AFTER SHABBAT. CIRCULATED HOLE CLEAN. START PULLING OUT OF HOLE FOR NEW BIT.
JULY 11, 2005: TRIPPED FOR NEW BIT. DRILLED FROM 4695M (15399') TO 4715M (15465') WITH NO PROBLEMS.
JULY 12, 2005: DRILLED FROM 4715M (15465') TO 4719M (15478'). DRILL PIPE TWISTED OFF AT 4027M. TRIPPED OUT OF HOLE, PICKED UP FISHING TOOLS, TRIPPED IN AND LATCHED FISH. STARTED PULLING OUT OF HOLE WITH FISH.
JULY 13, 2005: FINISHED PULLING OUT OF HOLE AND LAID DOWN FISHING TOOLS. TRIPPED TO BOTTOM. LOST 20,000 LBS STRING WEIGHT. PULLED OUT AND FOUND DRILL COLLAR BACKED OFF. MADE UP FISHING TOOLS AND BEGAN TO TRIP IN THE HOLE.
JULY 14, 2005: TRIPPED IN HOLE WITH FISHING TOOLS AND LATCHED FISH. PULLED OUT WITH FISH AND LAID DOWN FISHING TOOLS. TRIPPED IN HOLE AND REAMED TO BOTTOM. CIRCULATE AND CONDITION HOLE FOR LOGGING.
JULY 15, 2005: CIRCULATE HOLE CLEAN. PULL OUT OF HOLE TO LOG. RIG UP METSADA AND START E-LOGGING WELL.
JULY 16, 2005: RIGGED UP GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE AND RAN VELOCITY SURVEY. TRIPPED IN HOLE WITH BHA AND 5 STANDS DRILL PIPE. SHUT IN AND SECURED WELL FOR SHABBAT. WILL RESUME DRILLING OPERATIONS AT 11 PM, 7/16/2005.
JULY 17, 2005: RIG SHUT DOWN FOR SHABBAT UNTIL 11 PM. AT 11 PM, OPENED WELL AND TRIPPED IN THE HOLE. WASHED AND REAMED TOP OF 6" HOLE FROM 4550M TO 4570M. FINISHED TRIPPING IN THE HOLE.
JULY 18, 2005: CIRCULATED AND CONDITIONED HOLE FOR LOGGING. PULLED OUT OF HOLE AND RIGGED UP METSADA LOGGERS. STILL UNABLE TO ENTER 6" HOLE AT 4560 M. STARTED TO TRIP IN HOLE OPEN-ENDED.
JULY 19, 2005: FINISHED LOGGING WELL. TRIPPED TO BOTTOM AND CIRCULATED HOLE CLEAN. EMPTIED AND CLEANED MUD TANKS. STARTED DISPLACING MUD WITH BRINE WATER.
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Moses, This guy looks like he is using to different software packages, Google Earth Pro and what is the other package? Is it custom or commercially available?
KyOil
Thanks again, such a pleasant informational resource!
KyOil Sorry another question! related to your comment.
Zion took several side wall core samples during drilling, correct me if I'm wrong but they most likely, sent the samples out for testing for Total Organic Carbon. Assuming the samples were taken from the pay zones, Zion should have a pretty good idea of oil per (cubic cm or whatever the unit of measure) of the rock?
So if they know the oil content of the rock, depth of the pay zones, estimated size of the pay zones
(by 2d seismic data), they factor in an assumption that oil bering rock is pretty uniform in geo properties.
Zion can then calculate the rough amount of oil in the reservoir.
The point of the question is, Zion may not know if the well is commerically viable but they must have a pretty good (rough) idea how much oil is in the ground?
But Zion still needed to do flow testing to confirm the production flow, recoverable amount oil, etc?
Sound logical?
KyOil Just curious is there any way to (roughly) estimate the difference in oil recoverey (as a % increase) when comparing state of the art oil well drilling techniques of 1975 and the 2018 enhanced oil recovery drilling techniques ( fracking, longitudinal drilling, etc)?
Thanks
Very Interesting article, not sure if it is accurate or relevant
To cut to the chase read the section "Bad" Estimates
If the international oil majors Exxon, Mobile, Chevron, and Texaco were correct in 1975
Wonder how much oil is left in Ghawar after pumping millions of barrels for 43 years?
How Do Experts Estimate The Size Of Oil And Gas Fields?
October 17, 2008 09:49 GMT
Breffni O'Rourke
But how big is it really?
Turkmenistan is in the news this week after confirming that its South Yolotan-Osman natural-gas field is among the five biggest in the world. That assertion is based on a survey done by an independent British firm.
Such estimates are of vital importance to energy-rich countries, as they cannot plan their national strategies without some idea of what resources they have. So how do surveyors determine how much wealth lies under their feet? And just how accurate are these estimations anyway?
Knowing you have crude oil or natural gas on your territory is one thing, calculating how big your reserves are is quite another.
Suppose that your geologists have used seismic imaging to pinpoint the likelihood of oil. That's a technique in which sound waves are fired into the ground, and the reflected waves allow the geologists to build a picture of the rock types underground. Oil will usually be found trapped in porous rock formations covered by impenetrable rocks.
So your seismic imaging has indicated promising geological conditions, and you drill an exploratory well. That produces oil, and you think you might have a real bonanza.
Manochehr Takin, an analyst with the Center for Global Energy Studies in London, cautions that this is where things start to get complicated.
"It is important to know what is the size of the oil and gas deposit you have discovered, because when you drill a well into the subsurface and find oil, it's as though you have this huge mass of [material, like a haystack,] and you have one needle, one long needle which goes down and gives you some information, but how do you know the size of this haystack?" Takin says.
Governments can unwittingly or knowingly exaggerate the extent of their resources. The bigger the resources, the more clout the nation has in the world, and the greater the chance of attracting investment.
The experts, according to Takin, have learned to interpret signs. For instance, how thick is the rock layer where the oil or gas was found? What is the pressure of the rising oil, at the bottom of the drill shaft, compared with at the top of the shaft? Does the flow decrease in the hours and days following the strike?
"All these things have to be interpreted, and then you can come up with estimates, and in the end you still only have one well, so other wells have to be drilled, so it is a complicated process, and one can be a long way off [in terms of accuracy]," Takin says.
"Sometimes the second and third wells do not show anything, although the first well has been promising, so you don't know the real extent of the oil and gas you have found."
Proven Reserves
The classic way to estimate the size of an oil or gas field is to create a circle of drills around the first well, and move these drills ever outwards into larger circles, until the extent of the field is gauged.
But accurately estimating the volume of the reservoir remains difficult. The resources are not lying neatly underground in a "lake," with defined boundaries, but instead follow the haphazard distribution of the rock formations.
The investment bank Simmonds and Company explains it this way: "Despite an oil-field technology revolution, estimating reserves is still akin to actuarial estimates of [the] remaining years in a human life -- a scientific guess."
In any event, in oilman's language the term "proven reserves" has a somewhat elastic meaning. Under the scale known as OOIP -- original oil in place -- proven reserves are those estimates with a 90 percent probability of being correct. And this category only applies to oil fields that are already producing.
The next category below that are estimates with an 80 percent probability of being correct, in cases where the field is known but not yet developed. And so on, downward, to the high-risk estimates that give only a 20 percent probability of being correct.
And difficulties of geology apart, politics can enter into the equation, too. Governments can unwittingly or knowingly exaggerate the extent of their resources. The bigger the resources, the more clout the nation has in the world, and the greater the chance of attracting investment. Take Mexico as an example.
"For many years its reserves were reported as being 50 to 60 billion barrels, and then they had auditors and others from outside, and they reduced that to 20 to 30 billion," Takin says. "And then, in order to attract investment they had to go to an even more restricted and definitive evaluation of reserves, [namely the standard] according to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission."
The result was that Mexico's reserves were in the end estimated at below 20 billion barrels -- only one-third of the Mexican government's original evaluation.
'Bad' Estimates
Another case where estimating appears to have gone badly wrong for some reason is at Ghawar, the world's largest oil field in Saudi Arabia. In 1975, international oil majors Exxon, Mobile, Chevron, and Texaco estimated that the 60-year-old field at most still had some 60 billion barrels to recover.
But almost 30 years later, after producing millions of barrels every day, Ghawar was estimated by the Saudi ARAMCO company as still containing 125 billion barrels. Who is right?
It's not that the oil giants don't make mistakes. Royal Dutch-Shell caused a stir in business circles in 2004 by reducing estimates of its proven oil reserves by a total of 20 percent, or nearly 4 billion barrels.
After the Shell revelation, many industry analysts questioned whether the overestimation of reserves is common among corporations and governments. This, of course, would mean that the world has less oil and natural gas than most people think.
https://www.rferl.org/a/How_Do_Experts_Estimate_The_Size_Of_Oil_And_Gas_Fields/1330630.html
GoldBug7 Interesting post. One thing a lot of people are over looking is that in the eyes of G-D Israel only processes a small fraction of it's promised land
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The land God gave to Israel included everything from the Nile River in Egypt to Lebanon (south to north) and everything from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River (west to east). So, what land has God stated belongs to Israel? All of the land modern Israel currently possesses, plus all of the land of the Palestinians (the West Bank and Gaza), plus some of Egypt and Syria, plus all of Jordan, plus some of Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Israel currently possesses only a fraction of the land God has promised.
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When you also look at the near term opportunities that Israel may have to take possession of all of it's promised land (destruction of Damascus, Psalm 83 war, Ezekiel 38,39) the upper limit of Israel's wealth
is impossible to calculate.
]Imperial, Thanks for reading my posts.
Not really sure what your statement below has to do with my post! As far as my post is concerned it is immaterial.
I've listened to him on youtube and I can tell you with 100% certainty that he has a very well defined comprehension of who Gog and Magog are.
I was talking about the "hook in the jaw" not Magog.
Many believe that the hook is oil, where else would such great wealth come from? If there are other possible sources I would certainly like to hear about them! While the substance of the "hook" is currently still theory, IMHO MJ#1 will be revealed as the first of many productive wells in that substance. If Joel were to get interested in this idea, he could bring greater world wide attention to the possibility of a new piece of the end-times puzzel being found.
Your next statement again misses the mark! Not interested in publicity for Zion.
But I agree that it would be inappropriate to attempt to draft him into getting involved in Zion Oil publicly.
Again your third statement is IMHO way abeam. Do you really know who Joel Richardson is? From his website:
Joel Richardson is a New York Times bestselling author, film-maker, and teacher. Joel lives in the United States with his wife and five children. With a special love for all the peoples of the Middle East, Joel travels globally, preparing the Church for the great challenges of our time, teaching on the gospel, living with biblical hope, the return of J****s. He is the author, editor, director, or producer of several books and documentaries, and is the host of the popular online program, the Underground.
Many credits self-censored do to possible conflict with blog subject matter, see website for more info
https://joelstrumpet.com/about/
Such a non-spiritual endorsement would be inappropriate, IMHO, because Zion is outside of the interest area he could
logically be expected to gravitate to because he is a missionary and Bible teacher.
Imperial Whazoo
What makes you think he is on vacation?
Don't you think it would be of interest to him to find the "hook in the jaw of Magog"?
I just saw that Joel Richardson is in Israel, maybe if we start a tweet campaign to him he will check out
progress on MJ#1
https://twitter.com/Joel7Richardson
Don't shoot me I'm just the computer guy (paraphrased from Sir Elton)
Steve021360,
Thanks for the advice, but I don't care what others think. There are certain among us that
have a mindset that seems to be intractable to any other views. I just put out a couple of ideas if someone has cogent well reasoned arguments in opposition then bring them on.
My nature is that I'm always looking for the best solutions and/or explanations for things around
me no matter where that leads me, no emotions! I have no idea if the Megiddo Valley reservoir goes all the way to the Golan, but I read that Ghawar is 16X175 miles long. So can Megiddo be 25 miles or more? Plus why would G-D mess around with a couple Billon barrels of oil after he made such a big deal of saying what he was going to do for his people in Israel.
As far as Genie goes it seems like such a good plan to pool well information to get the reservoir characterized asap.
Several recent discussions on Genie oil. How about a what-if exercise, assume for a minute that
1. Oil is the hook in the jaw of Magog
2. Zion is part of the toolset that G-D uses to bless Israel with great wealth
3. Megiddo valley is dead center for delivering the blessing of the deep
4. MJ#1 is part of that oil reservoir which is world class in size (think Ghawar)
4. Genie is not a scam
From what I have read, Zion can only realistically provide a best guess estimate with 3rd
party confirmation on the reservoir size in the short term. To truly describe a very large reservoir will take many wells and lots of time.
See the excerpts below from 2 different sources.
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Now you have very accurate numbers for porosity and thickness, and reasonable numbers for horizontal extent of the reservoir. That's enough to release an estimate of "oil in place".
Note that most of the "oil in place" will STAY in place forever and is technically or economically unrecoverable. To determine what fraction of the oil is feasible to recover, you actually have to flow the well through a measurement package and monitor reservoir pressures. Based on the pressure response (i.e. how fast the reservoir bleeds down while flowing) you can learn a ton of info about the true extent of the reservoir, expected lifespan of the well, optimal flow rates, and total recoverable reserves. (The math of this is quite complicated but the method is very informative.) This is generally how "oil in place" numbers get turned into "reserves" which are reported to the government and may be claimed on the books as assets.
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If the above is accurate then Zion can provide these "reserve" numbers shortly. To fully characterize the reservoir then the below process is necessary?
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As more wells get drilled we try to link up the data between the wells by integrating the seismic survey with special tools called sonic and density logs. Then using software like Petrel, we can
make a very accurate model of the whole reservoir by extrapolating between the wells using seismic and sonic log data and much more. The last guys to get in on the act are the reservoir engineers,
and they take the reservoir model and run it though a black oil simulator like Eclipse. The Eclipse simulator lists the oil, water and gas the reservoir should have produced over time and
the theoretical pressure drop, and we compare that to what has actually been produced by the reservoir. If the results do not agree, then the team tweaks the model and the simulator parameters. Then they run the simulator again, until the simulator run results agree with the actual field production results. Once this history match is as close to perfect as we can make it, the simulator is then run out into the future to show how the oilfield will perform years from now. At this point the team will be in general agreement that they know how much oil is there, how much can be produced to surface, and how long that might take to achieve. The results are very important because based on this the company can start to plan the most efficient way to produce the field and can report to the shareholders how much oil is in the field. Based on this information, shareholders can make informed investment decisions.
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This is where Genie comes in, once Zion announces MJ#1 "reserve" numbers, and if Genie is not a scam and the estimated "reserve" numbers include the Golan. Wouldn't Genie and Zion fall all over themselves to combine each others multiple well data into the "black oil simulator"? This is assuming that everyone believes Zion and Genie are tapping into the same oil pool. This could
knock off years of independent drilling/testing if they combined data. Then if results are positive
both companies could jointly announce that they are both drilling in the same reservoir and each company and their third party consultants have determined that the oil reservoir is really huge.
Win-Win for both companies and shareholders and Israel, the companies are really not competitors
so I don't see a real problem!!
Hasn't Zion said they could drill up to 5 wells from same position/platform?
So would they move the derrick?