dragon oil, page-6

Thanks psi81 with that info Good stuff

Anyway getting bored while waiting and found something resmbling perhaps what Dragon Oil is doing at Hamammet West 3. into the CARBONATES...
From http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2013/05/05/new-oil-drilling-process-in-kingston-open-door-for-county/

Just a short extract that I found interesting...

"The oil well, located off Carmel Church Road, is using a drilling procedure utilizing long, lateral horizontal drain holes to drill into the Austin Chalk formation.
The Austin Chalk (carbonates) formation is commonly found across numerous oil fields in Texas, Louisiana and in some portions of Mississippi.

MS Onshore LLC, the Jackson company operating the new well, is using a horizontal drilling technique to enhance the productivity of the wells by intersecting multiple fracture sets, according to the drill permit filed by the company to the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board.

This unit and well will place the well and drain hole at the optimum geologic location for the purpose of encountering multiple naturally-occurring micro-fractures, thereby significantly increasing the likelihood that commercially productive quantities of hydrocarbons will be encountered in the well,” the permit stated.

“A critical element in the drilling of a commercially-productive pool well is the ability to intersect as many naturally-occurring micro fractures as possible.”
Woody Allen of Allen Petroleum Services said the operation is unique in that the company is essentially running two wells simultaneously.
“First they drilled the vertical well to a true vertical depth of 11,500 feet and went back up several feet and ran a horizontal well there,” Allen said. “That type of drilling in the Austin Chalk has never been done before in Mississippi.”

Because the vertical wells would often miss the vertical fractures (does this sound like what happened to Hamammet West 2 23 years ago???), Allen said drilling horizontally across the Austin Chalk gives the company a greater chance of hitting the potential vertical fractures.

The complicated drilling procedure also requires a different rig than most rigs normally used in the area, Allen said.“It’s much larger than any rig that’s historically been used in our area simply because they needed that extra power,” Allen said. “They need that extra horsepower and more rig to go horizontal to be comfortable knowing they have enough power to do it.”
A typical rig drilling in the Wilcox formation can take up to one week to drill, Allen said. The new rig in the Kingston area will take approximately 45 to 50 days to drill, he said.

Sound like Dragon knows exactly what it is doing to maximise its chances.
Obviously much more to drilling for oil now days than those earlier days of pot luck...umm .. call it whatever.

Horizontal, correct entry angles, aim at fractures using 3D info. Known oil reservoir. Make your own conclusions.

Must be close to about 1800m now based on last drill report.
Go Dragon, Go Jacka!!!