More of the same please30 Jul 2024 07:30
A reminder of what they found in the upper part of this well, let's hope for more of the same and hopefully even better coming from the new targeted faults.
"The well has been successfully drilled to 961m MD and has reached its TD in granitic Basement. The well encountered elevated helium shows, over twenty times above background, whilst drilling through the Lake Beds Formation, Red Sandstone Group, Karoo and Basement targets. Elevated readings and an increased frequency of helium shows were encountered whilst drilling through the faulted zone.
An increase in temperature was also recorded which suggests the movement of deeply sourced fluids migrating along the fault, which is likely liberating the helium. The helium readings were measured from the drilling mud using the Micro Gas Chromatograph and validated using the onsite portable Mass Spectrometer.
In addition to helium, the well has encountered a high concentration of hydrogen in the Lake Beds Formation over a 6m interval. Hydrogen shows continued to be encountered throughout the Karoo section and into Basement."