Drilling Report from Zion, June 18
June 22, 2009 by admin
Drilling Operations on the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 Well
We are now drilling at approximately 15,100 feet, 84% of the way to our final target drilling depth on our well, at approximately 18,000 feet in the (deep) Permian geological layer.
The picture above – An angel’s view of the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 drillsite – is an aerial photograph of the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 wellsite.
Just in case you assume that we are using Zion’s precious cash resources to hire expensive planes and aerial photographers, you should know that Glen Perry, Zion’s President and Chief Operating Officer, met a pilot who was so fascinated by Zion’s exploration work that he offered to take some photographs next time he was ‘in our area’…
As you can see from the resulting photograph, it was a clear day over Kibbutz Ma’anit and the picture clearly shows the large scale of Zion’s operations. You can get an idea of scale from the few cars on the site.
I’ll pick out some of the photograph’s main features for you:
(a) in the center, the 2,000 horsepower drilling rig
(b) 75% of the way up the rig mast, is a white rectangle – that’s a small platform, called the ‘monkeyboard’, and is 80 feet above the drill floor
(c) the (yellow) main gate is at the bottom left, and the emergency back gate (also yellow) is at the top right
(d) in front of the rig, at the bottom of the pipe ramp are pieces of steel casing to go into the well
(e) just to the left of the rig are the (diesel) fuel tanks that power the rig
(f) to the right of the rig is the reserve mud pit
(g) the cabins on the right of the site (next to the parked cars) are for the drilling manager, the mud logging, the directional drillers, the rig crew and various storage cabins.
(h) many of the ‘red dots’ on and around the rig are members of the rig crew.
When I saw the photograph, I was reminded of Nanci Griffith singing ‘From a distance’:
“From a distance, there is harmony, And it echoes through the land.
From a distance we are instruments, Marching in a common band.”
Drilling Progress Report
Here is (weekly) Progress Report #6, for the week ended Thursday, June 18, 2009, from Glen.
“This past week our drilling reached a depth of approximately 15,100 feet (4,600 meters).
As in previous weeks, the drilling is proceeding very well indeed and we are ahead of schedule. To date, our maximum drilling rate has been approximately 35 feet (10.7 meters) per hour and we have been averaging approximately 15 feet (4.6 meters) per hour.”
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Zion will never hit the Mother load, until they punch a 28000 ft well at the southwest corner of the dead sea. This place has signs of oil everywhere! Wake up Zion this is a no brainer! Dan