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Careful Mickey ,so is pride. Congratulations on your leak last week. The speed at which it was removed was frigtening .

James were there any indications that Te9 was not going to work?

James Parsons : none whatsoever. Some might point to the lack of institutional investors over the years, or the CEO selling his shares, or the lack of interest in the Sidi buyout, or the failure of Te8 and Badile, or the leaks during drilling, or the share price collapse but not me as far as I am concerned the tickets are as golden today as at the Pumpkin 2 years ago. I have just been told we have zero listeners today.

I think 48 letters expressing no confidence in the leader and his strategy need to be sent to the chief whip by the end of today to get an official vote of no confidence.

Although Te10 is a totally different play what is the same is that it is the same seismic team and the same people interpreting what they see. It would be ridiculous to think that there is no carry over. The model has not worked for Te9 and that means the interpretation is incorrect. The interpretation for Te10 might also be incorrect.. It is down to opinion.

I think everyone has missed the important part: we are into the dolomite zone. Now there was a car. I will be going up to Silverstone testing a '72 model in a few days time. If you ever get the chance to drive one car make sure it is a dolomite. When Sound hit gas that is the car I am going to buy.

From the last FSC :

in what way does the TE9 Paleo play differ from TE-8?


Brian Mitchener (Exploration Director)

we expect to drill into the Paleozoic at a deeper stratigraphic level

The recent RNS stated a total measures depth of 2925m was reached. Te8 reached a target depth of 3120m. Te8 went 359m into the palaeozoic from 2762m. Has the deeper cartographic level been reached already or will more drilling be required? Everything about the Te9 drill suggests formations are higher than expected from seismic.

Thanks for the reply. Interesting times indeed.

Exploration, would the idea of perhaps continuing the drill make Sound reluctant to insert the liner at this stage?

From 12 October 2018 FSC :

Good Morning, are we expecting to find the same results of T8 Paleozoic, in the drilling of T9 and T10 Paleozoic. Thanks.


Brian Mitchener (Exploration Director)

No we are hoping to penetrate different stratigraphic intervals with more potential

Perhaps they have stopped at the mudstones because it has "more potential".

From the 12 October 2018 FSC :

Was the palaeozoic charged with gas when you drilled into it at TE8.


Brian Mitchener (Exploration Director)

some gas was encountered while drilling through the upper part of the Paleozoic, but the sands were tight and the state of the hole prevented a full analysis

Sandstone at Te8 then and mudstone at Te9. The question is why stop at the mudstone? The TD was still short of target depth.

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I don't want to go against the flow here but MTT did suggest that what was being seen at Te9 was not what was expected. That there were porosity/ permeability concerns. That was before the RNS in which Exploration raised the issue of carboniferous mudstones as opposed to carboniferous sandstones. Does anyone know if the lack of a 7" lining indicates anything?

Off topic I know but when you monitor highly energetic particles do you have any calibration on volatility of the hydrocarbons in situ? For instance methane is extremely volatile and would be more likely to move upwards whilst hexane less volatile and the c20's and c30's not likely to migrate upwards and so not highly energetic. I suppose you must have to be able to distinguish between oil and gas. Or is it simply methane you monitor?

Good spot on the mudstones but what does it mean? Are the sandstone not there? Here is an extract from the final Gr8 result:

Sound Energy, the African and European focused upstream gas company, recently completed the drilling of its third well at Tendrara in Eastern Morocco, TE-8, achieving Target Depth at 3,120 metres. The Company is pleased to report the results of the well, which have now been finalised and agreed with the Company's Strategic Partner.



TE-8 was drilled some 359 metres into the Paleozoic and identified the full series of Westphalian sandstones (between 2,762 metres through to 3,120 metres), which are one of the producing horizons in neighbouring Algeria. The sandstones are confirmed to lie in a separate pressure regime to the overlying TAGI play in a large tilted fault block beneath the TE-5 horst and the Lakbir High. Gas shows were encountered over this interval and subsequent petrophysical analysis suggests that these sandstones may be permeable and likely to be producible with mechanical stimulation.

Are the mudstones above or below the sandstones? Would not the mudstones be rich in organic matter anyway?

in many respects. It is not the share price that is worrying. It is the fact that Te9 was chosen first because it is the best prospect in terms of chance of success. According to the modelling described in the deep dive it should have good porosity/permability. Sound has five or six similar targets at Tendrara. After the RNS yesterday we know the well has bean drilled on budget and on schedule. To go on to the Palaeozoic means the Tagi has not been compromised. At the last fireside chat when asked what the minimum porosity Schlumberger can extract gas from rock was said:

" The TAGI ranges from 0.1 to 10mD permeability, which we have no problem stimulating. Unconventional rocks range down to 0.001mD and mechanical stimulation techniques have clearly been applied globally".

So, even if as MTT said that the porosity and permeability was not as expected the company should get a result of there is gas in the Tagi. If no gas then the modelling is all to pot and surely the remainder of the drills are compromised as like MTT what they are seeing is not what they expected. Nothing has changed therefore in terms of outcome in the last week. It is still a binary outcome whatever that means. Everything to play for.

Sorry for the upset. The post was for Mickey but I cannot contact him any other way but on this bulletin board. I do think there is something odd happening on this board today. People might remember how long it took to find out what happened at Te8. Certainly a long time after this RNS.

https://www.investegate.co.uk/sound-energy-plc--sou-/rns/tendrara--te-8-results/20170328070012

Thanks for the reply Mickey. Personally I believe you. Do you know if your post was reported by a member of this bulletin board or Sound Energy? Can you say at what level your mole is working? The RNS is very sad - " on budget and on schedule" replaces the usual exuberance. Did you yourself write the post at 13.37pm? It appeared to be inserted at a later time of did I just miss it at the time?

Mickey what happened today? Certainly strange goings on. Was your post removed because it was untrue or because it contained information you should not have had in your possession? It was removed very quickly. I have seen threats of violence and abusive comments remain on this board for days. I agree it is worrying that the company rushed out a RNS when a 7.00am message is the norm. I think you might have caught them trying to put lipstick on a pig.

FWIW I believed you and sold my shares. How did you post your retraction because I posted an observation at 13.48 and could not see your post at 13.47. I noticed it appeared later.

What about the 7" lining? Is it not required? Is that good or bad?