RE: not much happening yet6 Nov 2020 22:48
The company say they will drill a single vertical into the Cornbrash, Bridport Sands and Sherwood Sandstone for the production of oil. The geological formation which the site lies on has been producing oil in Dorset for more than 60 years, with the Sherwood Sandstone reservoir at a depth of 1,800metres.
Access to the site is expected to be either off the A354 Blandford Road using an existing farm track which passes Bardolf Manor with a second access, via a private farm track off the A35 Athelhampton Road.
South Western Energy say that previous testing and a desktop study indicates the presence of hydrocarbons under the site. If the well finds enough to make the site commercially viable oil will be transported by road using tankers to the Fawley Refinery near Southampton.
The proposed well site is in the corner of a field most recently used to grow maize with the application being made with the landowners consent and using his tracks with only minor alterations, mainly repairing pot holes.
The drill rig will be brought to the site in the early hours to minimise disruption and is carried on a standard six-wheeler lorry with accompanying lorries of similar size with other equipment.
|The company say that during the site works there will be around 15 people employed and that, where possible, local services and suppliers will be used.
Establishing the site is expected to take two weeks, with ten weeks for drilling and testing. If adequate reserves are found the construction of a production site could take another 10 weeks which may be followed by up to 25 years of extraction.
Drilling would continue 24 hours a day for about 6-8 weeks with testing also 24-hours a day for up to two weeks.
Production would also mean 24-hour working with 8 tanker movements a day, based on volumes from the well.
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