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Our main pre-drill goal of establishing the existence of hydrocarbons in the Lower Cruse has been achieved, significantly de-risking what we expect will be an imminent Saffron field development. We achieved light, high quality oil flow to surface (circa 40° API) from two test intervals in the Lower Cruse. For operational reasons (including prudent cost management), our testing was deliberately limited to a combined perforation of 16' even though the logging of the Lower Cruse showed over 300 feet of high-quality sands. As such, we believe that the appraisal of the Lower Cruse, expected in Q3 2020, will be stage 1 of a Lower Cruse development that we now calculate has an NPV of circa US$90m.
Saffron 1 was never planned as a production well always an exploration well until they found oil at only 450'.
3 zones in the Middle Cruse with one having a gross pay of 1,000' interval 4 with minor sand migration ( a big plus) and 60 wells planned.
The MC is over pressured at 0.6psi and at those depths is very high.
Pressures increase the deeper the layers at about 1lb per foot in rock and less with water e.g. undersea.
The Lower Cruse had the issues with moving shales only 2 x 8' zones perforated but had an API of 40, that's fantastic, over 300' still to perforate of "open" flowing sands.
The 2 zones 5&6 had pressures of 0.7 & 0.9 psi. As i understand it a pressure at that depth is very high and should flow unaided for a long time.
This well has given Cerp so much potential for future growth and the economics make it potentially far better than sub sea plays.
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Hi cerp I wouldn't read to much into the use of appraisal just as you can't term a well a production well until you've actually drilled it and found commercial quantities.
Hi William just be careful Irene doesn't try to groom you as for BP these two companys are very similar in that they both produce oil.
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Saffron 1 was never planned as a production well always an exploration well until they found oil at only 450'.
3 zones in the Middle Cruse with one having a gross pay of 1,000' interval 4 with minor sand migration ( a big plus) and 60 wells planned.
The MC is over pressured at 0.6psi and at those depths is very high.
Pressures increase the deeper the layers at about 1lb per foot in rock and less with water e.g. undersea.
The Lower Cruse had the issues with moving shales only 2 x 8' zones perforated but had an API of 40, that's fantastic, over 300' still to perforate of "open" flowing sands.
The 2 zones 5&6 had pressures of 0.7 & 0.9 psi. As i understand it a pressure at that depth is very high and should flow unaided for a long time.
This well has given Cerp so much potential for future growth and the economics make it potentially far better than sub sea plays.
Chess what's all this re zero figure about
Saffron - The Pmean STOIIP for the Lower Cruse 77mmbbl, with recoverable volumes from a development of 11.5mmbbl. NPV10 circa US$88m. This prospectivity has been validated by EPI Group, the independent geological and geophysical consultancy company. 25 sept 2019. Saffron 1 recovered 40° API oil from lower cruise but exceptionally high pressures and drilling through the crumpled fault lines meant extra heavy drilling fluid was used which effected test results and the completion of the well in the lower cruise depths where the 40° API oil was recovered from.
Saffron 2 - to be drilled as a twin to Saffron 1, from the same drill pad. Saffron 2 to target the Lower Cruse intervals encountered in drilling Saffron 1, with a targeted Total Depth of 4557 feet. The key objective of Saffron 2 is an extended production test and subsequent conversion to a production well aimed to produce the circa 40° API oil encountered in Saffron 1.
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Correction should read S1