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Save to read list Published by Isabelle Keltie , Editorial Assistant Oilfield Technology, Friday, 29 July 2022 09:00
Pantheon Resources plc, the AIM listed oil and gas company with a 100% working interest in all of its oil projects spanning c. 153 000 acres adjacent and near to transportation and pipeline infrastructure on the Alaska North Slope ("ANS"), is pleased to provide an update on the Alkaid #2 well.
Alkaid #2 well - target vertical depth reached
The Company is now preparing to move up the wellbore for drilling of the horizontal section in the Alkaid Anomaly (primary objective), before casing, stimulating and ultimately flow testing the well. Pantheon believes that in a development scenario, future wells will be drilled with +/- 8000 ft horizontal sections. However, this being the first well in the area, a more conservative approach will be taken with a shorter lateral simply to minimise operational risk. The Company expects to provide a further update to shareholders once the horizontal well has been drilled and cased, but prior to testing.
Pantheon is extremely encouraged by data received to date, however, as always, cautions that a definitive assessment of ultimate commerciality cannot be determined until flow testing has been undertaken.
The Alkaid #2 well is located adjacent to the Dalton Highway and Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) which are the main transportation highway and export pipeline, respectively, and approximately 4.5 miles from the Alkaid #1 discovery well drilled in 2015.
A successful programme at Alkaid #2 would yield early cashflow of significant value at current oil prices. The Alkaid #2 horizontal well is Pantheon's first long term production test well in Alaska and will utilize unconventional oil production technologies applied to conventional oil reservoirs to maximise potential reserves and production. Additionally, the Greater Alkaid oil accumulation sits underneath and adjacent to the TAPS pipeline and the Dalton Highway which is a material financial and operational advantage to Pantheon as it is ideal for year-round "Phased Development". This would minimize upfront capital expenditure and allow production revenues to partly fund future capital needs.
Jay Cheatham, CEO of Pantheon Resources, commented, "I am delighted that the results so far have exceeded our pre-drill expectations. If we achieve a positive flow test on the horizontal section of this well, it will have major positive implications for our Company, proving the deliverability and validating our models. I look forward to keeping the market updated with our progress at this exciting time."
Bob Rosenthal, Technical Director, commented, "Our analysis to date has been overwhelmingly positive. Confirming the presence of the various horizons exactly in the locations we expected gives us great confidence in our subsurface modelling efficacy.
"The results of logging while drilling demonstrates the clear potential for a material upgrade of both the current Alkaid and SMD resources. Though we were unable to assess the maximum depth of Alkaid Deep due to the regulator's requirements, the entire section that we did log was oil saturated giving which is extremely promising.
"Alkaid #2 marks Pantheon's transitioning process from explorer to producer, where we now begin to focus on optimising the development of these large resources. The potential development of two large and separate oil fields sitting on top of each other, the SMD and Alkaid Anomaly respectively, utilising the same production infrastructure on the Dalton Highway with near term production opportunity, is rare and very exciting.
"We have discovered a huge amount of oil on the ANS across our Theta West, Talitha and Greater Alkaid projects which are estimated by management to contain over 23 billion barrels of Oil in Place and over 2.3 billion barrels of recoverable resource in those horizons that have flowed oil, and Alkaid #2 could add to these estimates."
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