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Allans55, do you honestly think that they dug a hole in the ground for the purpose of extracting Gold and then went and left significant quantities of easy to access visible Gold in the walls? dream on
A good time to remind ourselves why we are here, (If anyone know any different please share)
Caspian Sunrise Summary.
BNG:- 1561 sq Km contact area, 40 Km from Tengiz (Nearology)
MJF:- Shallows Export licence to 2043
141:- Spud 2015 depth 2500m Sidetrack commence Dec 2023 27m of stuck pipe
142:- Spud 2015 depth 2500m Dec 2023 new sidetrack, 3 intervals, 1 now flowing at 160 BOPDs
143:- Spud 2013 depth 2750m Tender for pipe lines to GZU Oct 2023
144:- Spud 2017 depth 2750m up to 700 BOPDs 7mm choke
145:- Spud 2017 depth 2750m Workover failed Feb 2024
146:- Spud 2017 depth 2750m
150:- Spud 2019, 1st infill well, up to 500 BOPDs
151:- Spud 2020, 3rd infill well
152:- New well planned as a horizontal drill
153:- Spud 2020 depth 2503m Workover in prog was producing 830 BOPDs 8.5mm choke
154:- Spud 2021 depth 2548m, up to 645 BOPDs
155:- Spud expected Nov 2023 completed Q1 2024 TD 3000m
South Yelemes:- Shallows Export licence to 2046
54:- Soviet sub economic 30BOPD workover Q1 2024 2000m targeting Dolomite
805:- 160 BOPDs sidetrack Dec 2023, 2222m targeting Dolomite
806:- Workover Q1 2024 2000m targeting Dolomite was flowing at 150 BOPDs with 807
807:- Workover Q1 2024 2000m targeting Dolomite
808:- Spud 2017 3200m 6 intervals potential new structure, drilled to 3070m, inconclusive testing, high water saturation, 2 shallow intervals of interest not yet tested
Yelemes Deeps:- 36sqKm Salt layer typically 3000m – 3500m
801:- Sinopec drill, spuded Dec 2014 Drilled to 4950m/5050m? Jul 2015, now blocked, waiting for rig
802:- Stuck pipe , work halted Total depth 4200m flowed at 700-900 bopd 100m earlier than expected looking for partners
803:- Spud Dec 2023 target depth 4200m TD Mar 2024 at 500m Feb 2024
804:- New well planned
Airshagyl deeps:- 58sqKm Salt layer typically 3700m – 4000m
A1:- Maps only
A2:- No mention on any maps (Possibly old Soviet era well)
A3:- Maps only
A4:- Maps only
A5:- Blocked, 63m interval flowed at 3800 Bopd 19mm choke for 15 days Dec 2017, flowed at 1500 Bopd 12mm choke Feb 2019 for 40 days. New sidetrack from 3769m to 4405m Nov 2023
A6- Drilled 2015 to 4516m Repair required Q4 2023
A7- At 2150m to be continued to 5300m Q1 2024 interval of interest at 4000m
A8- 3 oil bearing intervals, now abandoned
A9 New well planned to find perimeter of Airshagyl TD 5300m targeting Jurassic prospect
A10 New well planned
Block 8 Deeps:- 2823sq Km contract area, cost $60m from future production at $5 per barrel
Well P-1:- Drilled 2016 Depth 4203m, P1+P2 Combined 110 BOPDs did flow up to 800 BOPDs, Sholkara structure
Well P-2:- Drilled 2019 Depth 3449m Sholkara structure
AKD-4:- Reached target depth 3922m prep for testing Nov 2023 Akkuduk structure
T-2D:- Reached 3408m target 3500m prep for testing Nov 2023 Toresai structure
3A Best:- 1347 sq Km contract area under the Total E+P owned Dunga field (15,000 BOPDS)
Additional fields:-
Nsanovskoye Field:- TBC
Tolkyn Fiel
Yeh, I can see why the are so hell bent on A5 looking at my notes,
A5:- Blocked, 63m interval flowed at 3800 Bopd 19mm choke for 15 days Dec 2017, flowed at 1500 Bopd 12mm choke Feb 2019 for 40 days. New sidetrack from 3769m to 4405m Nov 2023
George, I bored myself reading so much stuff on 808, please see below, if anyone knows anything else about SY shallows please post
South Yelemes:- Shallows Export licence to 2046
54:- Soviet sub economic 30BOPD workover Q1 2024 2000m targeting Dolomite
805:- 160 BOPDs sidetrack Dec 2023, 2222m targeting Dolomite
806:- Workover Q1 2024 2000m targeting Dolomite was flowing at 150 BOPDs with 807
807:- Workover Q1 2024 2000m targeting Dolomite
808:- Spud 2017 3200m 6 intervals potential new structure, drilled to 3070m, inconclusive testing, high water saturation, 2 shallow intervals of interest not yet tested, not a priority
Any idea of what happened to well 808?
Potential new structure
With well 808, Caspian Sunrise has explored a potential new structure, targeting Cretaceous Jurassic and possible Triassic horizons. If successful, the new structure has the potential to rival the success of the MJF structure.
As previously announced, well 808 was spudded in January 2017 and drilled to a depth of 3200 m in March 2017 without incident and six intervals of interest identified.
Caspian Sunrise has previously announced the lower intervals tested between 3038 - 3030 m, with between 3014 and 3008 m containing shows of oil films but tested water with gas and are not considered worth pursuing. However, the company now believes that there may be a leak in the well casing, thus resulting in water inflow.
Once the casing has been assessed, and repaired if required, Caspian Sunrise will retest the lower intervals and also the remaining intervals between 2714 - 2716 m; 2646 - 2648 m; 2557 - 2559 m, and 2356 - 2363 m are planned for perforation and testing.
In the event, the results of testing the remaining intervals at well 808 indicated the presence of a significant quantity of oil a further two wells are planned for later in 2017.
A slightly harsh appraisal Sdyas, however I do feel that peoples expectations have been unrealistically raised by George, ALBA is (Amongst other things) a Gold exploration company, NOT!! a Gold production company, therefore it is realistic that no Gold has been produced. ALBA are searching for and then proving up Gold bearing ore, this may or may not end up with anything at all , that's the exploration game. George however is playing a "Hype" game, he has to keep the Gold fever going, that's his job, stop looking at this through rose tinted glasses, its a gamble, PS:- The waste tips are just that, 4000 tons at an average grade of 1.7g per ton (Albas own figures) yet George has whip up a frenzy by announcing very high grade individual samples, put your thinking head on and invest for what it is
Ocelot, indeed ALBA have a lot of plates spinning and a lot of potential, however they dont have a lot coming in and filling the ALBA coffers, the bottom line is, does the SP rise on potential or does it rise on achievements
Lots of structures to play with on Block 8, I sincerely hope they don't mess this one up, all to play for here
Block 8 Deeps:- 2823sq Km contract area, cost $60m from future production at $5 per barrel
Well P-1:- Drilled 2016 Depth 4203m, P1+P2 Combined 110 BOPDs did flow up to 800 BOPDs, Sholkara structure
Well P-2:- Drilled 2019 Depth 3449m Sholkara structure
AKD-4:- Reached target depth 3922m prep for testing Nov 2023 Akkuduk structure
T-2D:- Reached 3408m target 3500m prep for testing Nov 2023 Toresai structure
Nookie, you need to re-read the RNSs, average grade 500g/T are you having a laugh, the average grade across the waste tip was 1.7g/t these are ALBAs own figures, released in their RNS, forget individual high grade samples which could extrapolate to ridiculous figures 1.7g/t over approximately 4000 tonnes, do your own calcs
Formerlyeasyp, the NCZ starts approximately 300m from the bottom of the already dug Morris shaft, head frame and winding gear in place (Winding gear in need of refurb) Morris shaft is full of water which has accumulated since maintenance was stopped (The water has been tested as clean and suitable for discharge) it has very minimal water ingress