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The 19 days refers to “Working Days” so that means 5 1/2 days per week (Half day on Saturday and Sunday no work).

Now there are folk on Twitter who have been to the AGM where they were told 10 days (again having multiple time lines just causes unnecessary confusion…..loooong sigh).

That would put the completion of isolating the water zone phase around 22nd April (that isn’t taking into account possibly losing 2 1/2 days for long Easter Bank Holiday weekend).

Local schools go back on:

North Downs Primary School Starts 23rd April.
Brockham Green Nursery starts 24th April

B2HS2L - sorry, but I missed your previous post.

I highly doubt Alpha Oil Tools will be providing a specialist with the bridge plug. It’s a small Ma and Pa outfit in the States and US companies hate spending money on what they perceive to be luxuries as in a Specialist.

Large multi-national service companies like Halliburton and Baker Oil Tools would offer an Engineer (which most oil companies would take up the offer, even the Energy Giants lol). I should also say at this point that sometimes especially in the Middle East the Specialist is ‘Special’ and the Company Man ends up doing it himself lol.

So unless there is a Consultant Drilling Supervisor, then it will be Tidswell running and setting it. Link to the setting instructions are at the bottom.

The key things to watch out for while running a bridge plug is:

Normally I would say no to a Scraper Run as the drilling assembly does the same job (through rotation / reciprocating the drill string and circulation) to clean the area. But, seeing this is a remedial / Work Over job and the bridge plug has to pass through a 200m of perforations (potential for jagged metal / damaged rubber element) I think it is a very good investment for increasing your chances of success.

Make sure any pipe to be used has been drifted to ensure the ball will drop all the way and won’t get hung up on an ID obstruction.

Ensure the running speed is kept to a nice controlled rate.

Do not drop the slips in and shock the plug when getting ready to pick up the next joint of pipe.

Keep a very close eye on how many joints of pipe have been run in hole and always knew where you are Bridge Plug depth wise. Make sure you have a start count of pipe on the rack, so it does not cause confusion later on.

Take care running the bridge plug through the top of the liner (reduction in diameter and you can close it in like crushing a can resulting in milling operations to rectify the problem. Take Up and Down string weights with out without circulating.

Once at setting depth reciprocate the plug to lose any torque built up while running in hole (spring effect). Ensure string is full with fluid prior to breaking connection and dropping activation ball (if they have not chosen to run the bridge plug to setting depth with the ball already inside).

Most Critical thing is don’t leave the Driller by himself as that’s when the screw up will happen. Get a nice comfy chair, flask of coffee and watch from start to finish rather than sit in your cabin the whole time. Be Proactive rather than reactive.

http://alphaoiltools.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/HM-Bridge-Plug_Dimensions-and-Technical.pdf

Cardinal - considering you’ve always responded to one of my posts negatively ...then it doesn’t surprise me. Now sorry if it was too technical for you....the basic summary is Balcombe doesn’t have a water issue ...which I have said all along....looong sigh.

Scallywag - I'm just waiting for the confirmation that the water zone is isolated and then I'll repost my previous posts that are still relevant. Up until then I shall wait with baited breath lol

Slotted liners in horizontal wells is pretty much the norm for this type of lithology.

I also read in the RNS that the issue regarding was it completion brine or water is the fact they didn't record the fluid losses correctly whilst drilling the reservoir section, logging it and suspending it. Sadly sloppy paperwork and not applying common sense created the confusion in the initial RNS. Moral of the story is if the fluid has a high salinity than formation water....it has to be completion fluid (brine base) looooong sigh

"Sampling of the brine late in the testing process, initially suggested that this was formation brine. However, when analysed, the salinity of the brine was found to be inconsistent with the formation fluids expected in this horizon but identical to the brine used during the drilling operation. Detailed study of the much earlier drilling records indicated that potentially much larger amounts of brine had been lost during that drilling and that these would not yet have been recovered."

http://www.angusenergy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Annual-Report-and-Accounts-and-Notice-of-Annual-General-Meeting-1.pdf

Scallywag - no I'm saying Australis as thats where Dor has invested in...hence the gas reference.

DoneK - I previously said 14 days from rig arriving to flowing oil (I had expected them to have had the well testing equipment simultaneously rigged whilst isolating the water zone), so isolated in 10-11 days.....like a I said before, they have doubled every timing.

6 days to lower a mast, clean out some tanks, coil up hoses / cables and use a crane to backload rig equipment on trailers......

I hope they carry out a scraper run first.

Well I would be very surprised if Angus were not ahead of schedule seeing they have applied 100% to all their timings lol

Once the bridge plug is set and the water zone isolated then i will feel much happier.

All the best to genuine Angus investors

Scallywag - DL's focus is in Australis involving gas.

I've tweeted Angus to ask about the NEX bond status considering the last update was 29th September 2017. It was all linked to production and would be good to know with the Brockham / Balcombe flow tests due this year if this meets the trigger requirements.

https://twitter.com/Alan20171717/status/1115875216847245317

http://www.angusenergy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Update-on-NEX-Bond-Issue.pdf

Charlie - yes I had a good laugh at that bit and then a loooong sigh lol Personally I’m tired of these small “Energy Giants” (shake of the head) who feel they need to keep acquiring before they produce. Brockham and Balcombe are company makers and with the expected flow rates should give all investors a healthy return, so why pursue more acquisitions? UKOG is getting close to issuing a share to every citizen on this planet which is actually quite scary. Holmswood was a poor choice to get involved with. The US Shale Players kept buying up more land and then it went horribly wrong. I would like Tidswell to focus on trying to get it right this time...the resurrection of Angus (pardon the pun lol). I will repost my posts from Christmas once the well has been isolated.

Realanalyst - the market wants oil not words. Groundhog Day...sigh

An oilfield timetable is sequential...otherwise its pointless to have it.

Angus have inflated their timings to make themselves look good....actually very good lol, but they got too greedy and now folk are questioning the timings.

Yes it doesn't make sense to rig down the rig equipment, wave it off the site and then pick up the phone to order the well test equipment. Either the well test equipment will arrive after 3 days or they have to wait longer than 2 weeks according to the Angus timeline.

And yes it doesn't take 6 days to rig down and demobilise rig equipment...expect another PB from Angus lol

So the crane is up and offloading the equipment that arrived on Friday...and I'm expecting other equipment such as the rig BOPS, pipe today

Yet missed a huge rig, huge rig generator assembly, huge rig tanks and a huge white crane. So yes sadly finger not on the Angus pulse. I guess you’re focussed on your UKOG investment.

111baker - again wrong information is being posted on here.

Your statement "....fishbone drills with it`s many strands loosens the oil in the kimmeridge levels, this tool being used for the first time in Europe." is wrong. The Weatherford Ultrawave Tool which is a drilling LWD tool was used for the first time in Europe whilst drilling the Brockham well. Fishbone or multi-lateral wells have been used for decades all around the world.

I would be focusing on the HH 2016/2018 Kimmeridge flow tests than something that occurred 30 years ago.

The Majors in the 80's were solely focussed on the Mega Fields. There are fields that have been discovered in the 70's that are only now economically viable due to technological advancements and the price of oil (especially above 100 dollars).

The major advancements have been since the 80's rotary steerable drilling, advancements in LWD real time data acquisition and production techniques.

Angus have the only production licence in the Weald, so they are ahead of UKOG who are now sadly encountering the same Go Slow SCC mentality to please their constituents.

Majors only acquire assets / companies once it has been proven, so wells have to be drilled / flow test proving oil reserves and then that would be the next stage (if they were interested).

When it comes to choosing a suitable site, that is not an issue, unless you try to drill in a conservation zone like the 11 year Holmwood debacle.

Kensington - I think you ruffled his feathers.

It's ironic as WealdOilers missed the rig going in to the Brockham site before Christmas along with the ancillary equipment and even the huge white crane.

I guess you don't pay attention when you're not invested.

Mirasol - everything you wrote is wrong and out of date by decades. And Angus aren’t drilling at Brockham...it’s remedial work.

Oakleaf - I suggest you read my earlier posts on my thoughts for the 14 days.

Angus have classed it as 14 days...look at the Total Time Estimate.....63-68 includes 14 days, no overlap.

Also the 63-68 days is WORKING DAYS ESTIMATED so when calculating the date for start of the flow test you have to remember the working week is 5 1/2 days (half day Saturday / closed Sunday), so I had calculated if the rig had arrived on 12th it would be 16th June for start of flow test (but that was before the rig arriving and doubts on how much Angus have plumped up the timings).

JD_Nau - it is not my method...its the OilField method used worldwide. It works for all companies.

And yes Angus do lose money as they are not generating oil revenue......so production (in any oil company) is the priority. Production overrides Drilling when it comes to making the critical decision.

I do this for a living and I'm passing on what is an accepted cost efficient way of doing things.

Oakleak - its not an estimated program. A drilling, completion worker program is split up into either 15 or 30 minute operations which are added up and split up into phases which you then see the total for each phase in the table provided.

This has so much padding it could be a Double G lol Yo never have over ambitious times. You you use experience to calculate the average time it takes.....its not rocket science.

JD-NAU - this is the model all oil companies follow....except Angus. Angus kept a rig over Christmas for 15 days.....so lets not go down that road hey lol

Isolating the water zone is a simple process if Angus follow good Oilfield Practices and don't take short cuts.

The oil business is about production....so dead time as you put is is inefficient and costs money. How much money does Angus and ultimately PIs lose if they lose 1 day of 1,000bopd oil in tankers? It pays out for more than the daily equipment costs.

And thats why you never have dead time.....cardinal sin.