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Well 24th has come and gone and not a whisper as to yet movement. (Not to say it has not started of course)?

Anyways hopefully the 25th will have that signed agreement posted and the starting flag fall for action at Surprise.

BUT at least we have some news as to events happening soon which will obviously drag into late December, the news will obviously be watched well by many majors and others.

Finding producing wells of oil or gas in Australia today is still like finding the proverbial "Lasseters Gold" as we all know.

Anyways just recalling the eventual plans. Considering we know the oil is there in some USEFUL quantities at least the following article indicates that the deviation will make things much more interesing to say the least.

"The drilling rig and associated equipment is planned to commence mobilising to the site by the 24th October 2011 and be ready for the re-entry of Surprise-1 in the first week in November. The Company plans to complete the drilling and testing of Surprise-1 by about the first week of December. The Company has completed the renewal of access roads, the airstrip, the drilling pad and sump and has most of the required casing and hardware on hand.

In accordance with the Northern Territory Department of Resources, (DOR) regulations, the well has been renamed Surprise-1 Sidetrack-1 (S1ST1) in recognition of the plan to sidetrack ton one side of the lower part of the existing well bore to get fresh reservoir through existing oil shows for testing and evaluation.
Following the rig incident in December 2011, the well bore through various promising oil shows has been exposed to slightly overweight mud for approximately 10 months to date which would undoubtedly have caused formation damage."

So the "Part sidetrack at depth" will be VERY interesting. Maybe a nice well developed fracture zone would bring an extra spurt of pressure. An interesting Month of November ahead to say the least!

Come on JH - when's the action starting please???