Replies to post #23032 on Zion Oil & Gas Inc (ZNOG)

[Shouldbe]

What I am still a little confused on is what causes the 7500 psi at the bottom of the well bore?

Some people are saying it’s hydrostatic pressure of salt water. I don’t understand that as I would have thought there would be many layers of impermeable rock over the 3 miles such that you could not have a 3 mile water column within the rock structure. (Not talking about the well itself).

Or is the trapped oil and gas at 7500 psi in its formation due to when it was initially formed a long time ago and it’s just wanting to ooze out under its own trapped pressure, nothing to do with water or liquid overburden pressure.

Just trying to get a better understanding.

[green dolphin]

Thanks KyOil for making that clear. I feel better about seeing through the distort part of what is being thrown around as information. It is clear now. Thank you again. As time continues to run out for short covering, we will have to discern more and more.

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[Porgie Tirebiter]

One of the basic properties of a gas is that it expands to fill it's container. The container in this case is the well bore.

If there was higher than normal pressure in any zone of the well bore, it would be reflected along the entire length of the bore. Higher than gradient pressure would be present from the surface to the bottom.

Now, the only pressure number we have to work with is 7,500 psi at a 16,600 ft. depth.

Using a standard gradient of .465 psi/ft we should expect to see 7,719 psi at that depth. I'm using that number only because Zion Oil has declined to share the actual gradient.

.465 * 16,600 = 7,719 psi.

If we have subnormal pressure at any point in the bore, we have subnormal pressure in all parts of the bore. Again, that is a basic physical property of a gas.

On another note: What is 10X heavy gas? 10X heavier than standard atmosphere?? If that's what it means, then we are certainly not talking hydrocarbons.