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Gold/Mining/Energy : Bearcat (BEA-C) & Stampede (STF-C) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dale Schwartzenhauer who wrote (1461)	9/13/1998 3:48:00 AM
From: TANTRAMAR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2306

Dale: Your comments are correct. The EUB's flaring permit will limit the amount of gas to be flared such that the provincial ambient air guidelines of 0.017 ppm SO2 will not be exceeded. They will likely structure the permit so that this limit is not even approached. The original #1 discovery well flared gas with 29% H2S at a rate of 3.35 million cubic feet per day, with a total of 32.9 million cubic feet flared during the test program.(these numbers come from a Stampede oils news release of November 29, 1994) I do not have flaring gas flow numbers for the ESSO 2-21 test this past spring, but I seem to recall that the number of 3 or 4 million cubic feet per day appeared on the thread. The flare that appeared during that test was about 25 feet high when I was watching. A flare of that size or only half that size would be visible in some directions for 15 to 20 miles or more, at night from the 7-25 well. Not to belabor the point, this well is different in that it is highly visible as it sits on top of a ridge, 300-400 feet above surrounding land. To see most of the other wells involved in this play you had to be within a mile or two of them. I don't expect a big flare, but even a small to medium one will be visible for a long way. I guess what we all do now is cross our fingers and hope that we see any sort of flare shortly. Regards From Alberta

To: Dale Schwartzenhauer who wrote (1461)	9/13/1998 10:20:00 AM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2306

Dale, My hope is that they hire the some of the political operatives who live down here to stage the flare activity so that what ever is allowed is done in a way that gets maximum exposure. Bob

To: Dale Schwartzenhauer who wrote (1461)	9/15/1998 2:02:00 PM
From: grayhairs	Respond to of 2306

Hi Dale, Following completion operations, the 7-25 well will be placed on production test. Why? A production test will be carried out to obtain critical information about the reservoir and the fluids therein. A properly designed test will provide insight about: 1) Current productivity at various levels of back pressure on the wellhead. This info is crucial to accurate predictions of future well productivity (with the well in an "as is" state). 2) The current amount/degree of wellbore damage or stimulation. This information is critical to the assessment of whether or not more $$ should be spent on additional stimulation of the wellbore (with the objective of further increasing well productivity). 3) Reservoir boundaries in close proximity to the wellbore. 4) Minimum reserve volumes. 5) Reservoir pressure, temperature and reservoir fluid composition all of which are important to the determination of recoverable reserves. A well test is only very rarely carried out at the maximum well capability (and that is when the capability is low!!). The test is not intended to "show the goods" but rather to enable "calculation of the goods". Like you Dale, I doubt that we'll see a huge flare. (And the tight hole status tends to support that view.) Later, grayhairs