Alkaid-2 history16 Oct 2023 12:00
Ultimately, the ZOI produced an IP30 production rate of c.505 barrels per day ("BPD") of marketable liquid hydrocarbons consisting of oil, condensate and NGLs, as well as natural gas.
It then ran into trouble. I'm very interested in what they can actually achieve. They are not going for big flow rates this time and looking at improving the frac design.
Original data:
The Alkaid-2 well was drilled in 2022 and was positioned to prioritise testing of the primary target (or 'zone of interest', "ZOI"), being the oil zone successfully flow tested in the Alkaid-1 well in 2019. Testing of the ZOI was compromised in Alkaid-2 as a result of wellbore blockages, necessitating a number of cleanout and other remedial operations. Ultimately, the ZOI produced an IP30 production rate of c.505 barrels per day ("BPD") of marketable liquid hydrocarbons consisting of oil, condensate and NGLs, as well as natural gas.
As previously announced, extensive analysis has been undertaken on the Alkaid-2 ZOI results with the data supporting a commercial development based upon 10,000ft lateral development wells, a doubling of the frac efficiency to 40% and assuming no improvement in reservoir quality. The data indicates that well productivity has the potential to improve materially based upon better frac design. Tony Beilman, Pantheon's recently appointed Senior VP of Engineering, and an expert in fracking in North America, believes that with iterative optimisation, Pantheon has the potential to meet typical performance benchmarks, a 4x improvement upon that achieved in the ZOI.
One of the primary objectives of the upcoming Shelf Margain Deltaic test is to assess the efficacy of an updated frac design.