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Quiz - the clue was 1986 if you knew it was Mexico.

Guys, you are reading different bibles.
I almost posted a question about the abandoning of 1B from Chuk's link , when I saw it was described in Scott's link!
Also Chuk's figure 4-22 showing 2 laterals does not appear in Scott's link!

There is so much info out there it is often impossible to locate it again when you need it. I am virtually certain I saw someone say the cost of the transmission line to Serowe would be financed by Botswana if we got a chunk of the 100Mw. But gave up looking for the podcast. It may have been deleted of course if it was in error (which it certainly is.)

Separate funding could be as a result of that misunderstanding.

Don't beat yourself up Chuk, Donk will do it for you!
Figure 4-22 shows two lateral wells at the surface - a picture is worth a thousand words usually.
What the dashed line signified needed the thousand words unfortunately.

Betfair refused to let me login - so canned VPN - logged in and bet £5 on Aali to win £7.50!
Happy days!
I just spent ages trying to get the text you have reproduced!
I deleted the app that allowed me to do it last week I think?

Maximo on SXX tipped a 20/1 winner in the 2:10 today, (posted it at 1:24 this am) , and blacksheep won £400+ on it at 33/1.
Obviously pays to be sheepish sometimes :O)

2p on the sp here would do me :O)

There is only one lateral.
1AR was completed but 1B was abandoned (dashed line in the image Chuk is presumably the intended bit).

If you underneath Figure 4-21 you'll see confirmation (Page 22)

Gonna have a moan Scott :O)
Just found there is horse racing on TV and could not find the race!
Was confused because the race finally displayed as being the 10:10 am race? A few minutes ago!
Have you twigged?
I did a VPN to the States this morning, and Betfair is using their time :O)

I guess the peak is important because the only way is down after it is exhausted.

For semi-professional quizzers here is a huge clue, the early hosts to my question are ...
No. Year Host nation
1 1930 Uruguay
2 1934 Italy
3 1938 France
— 1942 Tournament canceled due to World War II
— 1946
4 1950 Brazil
5 1954 Switzerland
6 1958 Sweden
7 1962 Chile
8 1966 England
9 1970 Mexico
10 1974 West Germany
11 1978 Argentina
12 1982 Spain

Sometimes questioning somebody's reasoning brings out more value than the original.
Much better than mindlessly uttering "utter bowl lux!" and challenging people to answer questions you don't have the answers for yourself! I wish I could remember which site allows which mild swear words.

To lighten the mood - Impossible came up with this question that football fans might like!
Which country was first to host the world cup for a second time!
The answer is not impossible :O)

Just checked my portfolio and my Avanti shares are still present and correct sir!
I'd expect them to be transferred rather than sold, it will be interesting to what they do!
I expect it will screw my spreadsheet download and reorganise system :O)

My broker advised me they'd be transferred to JP Jenkins (thank god not D Williams, but another Welsh name) where the stock will continue to trade via a matched bargain facility. Event is manatory and effective from 18th Sept.

So you still own your shares and will hear from JP Jenkins in due course I expect! I hope!

The best shortcut I use is the 'reply' to extract the whole thread if it is of interest.
There is no need to reply if you just want to read.
The volumes on here can spread a thread across a huge number of unrelated posts and takes ages to follow.
Choosing 100 posts per page helps as well!

Bakersfield brings back memories!
My wife and youngest boy had an overnighter there on the way to the Grand Canyon by car via the A5!
My experience of American food, supposedly amazing before we went, was anything but!
The pattern continued in Taco Bell where we had had our worst mealof all before going to bed!
I knew something had happened at the time because of little giggles between the other two but it was years later that Liz told me they waited for me to fall asleep and sneaked out to visit MacDonalds for some decent food :O)

On the way back we went through Nevada on the I95 and stopped at the Cottontail ranch for coffee!
Luckily the door was shut and you had the ring a bell to enter for a "fun time" at 11am!
Some English guys were playing football in the vast lorry park but stopped to watch us, in and out - my son was about 17 or 18!
They said "ranch" in Arizona is synonomous with brothel :O) and they thought we were "a forward thinking family".
They were waiting for the rest of their group to meet them, not a "coffee".
Makes my Subways with ranch sauce taste wonderful!

Nice find Scott - it corroborates my theory that Sekaname were into coal production and sold the rights to Tlou on that basis.
They struck lucky because CBM qualify for royalties intended for sacks of coal and a horse and dray. Had they been thinking CBM it seems extremely unlikely they'd have parted with those rights. TLou was way ahead of them in their plans then, and still are!

Your links are dated 2006 and when there was a claim that Sekaname were into CBM from 2001 , i.e. the first in Botswana not Tlou, is poo pooed, all the evidence indicated nothing on CBM before 2007. But those royalties only apply to Lesedi , Mamba and Boomslang are in a different location. Hence the urgency to get into Mamba very soon?

The Bloomberg link is very valuable coverage because it is clear that the way CBM is collected has not changed in 14 years!
They knew about slow starts and water and dewatering and nought has changed since! To my mind we are on a monorail and people are worried we will take the wrong route? The driver is saying we aren't at the destination yet and people fear that is bad news instead of fact! The annual report told us we aren't there yet as well! We knew that already and expected it to take a few minutes to achieve?

From the bloomberg link

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Coalbed methane booming

By ERIN WALDNER, Californian staff writer e-mail: ewaldner@bakersfield.com Feb 10, 2006
A growing number of oil and gas companies are taking interest in a non-conventional energy source called coalbed methane.

Coalbed methane, or CBM, is a form of natural gas trapped within coal seams and is held in place by hydraulic pressure. When wells are drilled to extract that water, the methane can be captured for use.

Parts of the United States have experienced a surge in CBM drilling in recent years.

"There's a lot of interest in the industry right now," said Brian Rehkopf, vice president of engineering at Bakersfield-based Berry Petroleum Co.

Closed up at 9.5c on 7 trades, with theoretically, just one buy of 3k shares!
I think it proves that it is unambitious PI's who are taking ridiculously low prices for their shares that are to blame.
Having got the spread to 9.7 - 9.8 the night before with close to 100k buys, some clowns accept 9.2c and destroy all my efforts!
Last night, I don't do a thing, and we go up 0.3c and my valuation losses reduce by quitea few hundred quid - because of 7 trades that in total come to that 100k.

How can we be worth 10p with no gas flowing for sale, but only 5p with gas flowing in the expected manner to reach a peak that is expected to be commercial? We are our own worst enemies (should be spelled enemas) imho.

Friday 13th today ...... could be interesting one way or t'other :o) :O(

Distance 100Km / 62 miles
The Lesedi CBM project will require connection to the local power grid. This connection is planned to be made at the town of Serowe, approximately 100 Km from the Lesedi CBM project. A draft transmission line route has been determined with negotiations ongoing with the regional and local land boards and the environmental impact assessment approval process continuing.

Types of Transmission Line
Medium Transmission Line
A medium transmission line is classified as a transmission line with:
A length more than 80 km (50 miles) but less than 250 km (150 miles)
Operational voltage level is from 69 kV to approx 133 kV
Capacitance effect is present
Distributed capacitance form is used for calculation purpose.

Costs (In Wisconsin)
A typical new 69 kV overhead single-circuit transmission line costs approximately $285,000 per mile as opposed to $1.5 million per mile for a new 69 kV underground line (without the terminals). A new 138 kV overhead line costs approximately $390,000 per mile as opposed to $2 million per mile for underground (without the terminals).”

Tlou estimate
At those rates $17,670,000 or, for the higher voltage, $24,180,000
Might be cheaper in Botswana if they reflect higher land and labour costs?
If double voltage doubles the power (dunno) it might be better value for 132kv rather than 66kv (lower voltages in Botswana).

Number of pylons
Average high voltage pylon distance is 365 meters apart. Location and terrain issues may change that as per engineering .
Using that number 274 pylons.

Info from multiple sites whose accuracy is unknown.

I believe Tlou plan to raise a separate fund for transmission. So much to consider apart from flow rates.

Not a waste at all!
There will be a general election and this might make a difference to a manifesto or two?

Pointless had the perfect question for a ex-programmer. You'd think!

they gave the initial letter and a clue!
A - Title character of an 1865 Lewis Carrol novel
J - Mount Semeru in on this island
R - Red gemstone formed from corundum
A - Augusta Lovelace was known by this first name
J - Golden globe winners Roberts and Louis-Dreyfus share this first name

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I knew Ada but did not solve their clue!
I solved the clue for Alice, but never heard of it.
Solved and knew Java!
And total failure on Ruby, and Julia
Good job I retired!

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Decided it was coming ever so requested a cancellation less than an hour ago!
Got this reply ....

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Best regarding.

The interesting bit for me was the methane would have been adsorped in the reverse process that it will be desorped, which sounds very feasible or even better?
I was concerned that trillions of cu ft of methane could exist but could be locked inside inpermeable coal that has to be heated to release it's gas. I think anthracite is one, noted for it's slow burning! I grew up with a solid fuel Ideal boiler in the kitchen and a coal fire in the lounge.
We had two bunkers, one for anthracite and one for ordinary coal.

I don't believe the price of the mineral rights was the major factor for Botswana being targetted by TLOU.
Tony saw the 0.5 billion population of Southern Africa had severe energy shortages and that Botswana were outbidding other countries to get their electricity. He saw a huge market in the region (inside and outside Botswana , with the infra-structure in place to buy from him via Serowe a mere 70Km away). A 70Km investment for the advantage of thousands of miles of distribution lines has to be good business.
Talking of which, in the face to face interview with Andrew Scott, Tony said that line was planned to take at least double our 10Mw target for the first few generators. By the time we have fully utilised that 20Mw+ capacity, I reckon we will be established as a going concern instead of an ongoing concern :O) to some of you.