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Gold/Mining/Energy : KOB.TO - East Lost Hills & GSJB joint venture -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: grayhairs who wrote (1057)	12/15/1998 12:32:00 PM
From: Check	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15703

Hi Grayhairs, are you sure about the "reasonable handle" or are you just trying to keep the poor man awake? And if former, are we talking liquids or the gas as well? Thanks

To: grayhairs who wrote (1057)	12/15/1998 12:34:00 PM
From: Salt'n'Peppa	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15703

Well blowout deliberately reignited Okay, Greyhairs (I feel like I'm talking to a Hobbit!!! <ggg>), you got me back. Here's the latest from Mr. Christie (and his elves?? <ggg>): Filed: December 14, 1998 By BOB CHRISTIE Californian staff writer e-mail: bchristie@bakersfield.com The blown-out natural gas well near Lost Hills is again ablaze, but this time the flame is controlled and where the well's operators have chosen it to be. That's a huge difference from the two weeks between Nov. 23 and Dec. 8, when the well fire 45 miles northwest of Bakersfield raged at the site of the blowout. The new flame was intentionally lit Monday after a new blowout preventer and diverter assembly was placed on the well head last week by workers from Boots & Coots International Well Control of Houston. Natural gas from the well is now being piped to two burn pits designed to allow the safe disposal of the gas the well is producing, according to Aidan Walsh, president of Elk Point Resources Inc. of Calgary, whose subsidiary, Bellevue Resources Inc., operated the well. The well continues to flow an uncontrolled mixture of water, natural gas, condensate and light oil. Equipment designed to separate the water and liquid hydrocarbons from the natural gas is in place and working well, Walsh said. The water and hydrocarbons are being put in tanks, then trucked to processing and disposal sites. Walsh would not say how much natural gas was being flared, or how much liquid gas and oil was being produced. "Before, we just couldn't measure volumes," Walsh said. Now, although measurable, it is too soon to disclose flow rates "until we are able to establish some consistent volumes," Walsh said. The well will likely flow uncontrolled for at least another six to eight weeks, the minimum amount of time needed for a new well to be completed. When that well reaches 13,000 feet, the drill bit will be aimed to intersect the existing well. After the bit enters the blown out well's bore, cement will likely be pumped into the well to "kill it." Because the blown well's metal liner is likely damaged, controlling it by simply closing off a surface valve isn't considered by experts as a likely option. If they tried that, the well could blow out around the casing. The well is one of the deepest in Kern County, at 17,640 feet, and apparently discovered an unknown reservoir of oil and gas. Several more exploration wells will need to be drilled before the size of the find can be confirmed.