Operations on the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 Well

As I have mentioned previously, we drilled the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 well to a depth of 17,913 feet (5,460 meters), and on October 2, 2009 released the drilling rig for use on the Elijah #3 well and temporarily suspended operations on the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 well, until a smaller rig becomes available for completion operations on the seven zones that warrant completion testing.

However, before we released the drilling rig we put a ‘wellhead’ in place, as you can see in the above photographs.

Last week I noted that four of the zones are in the upper (Triassic) part of the hole and were seen in the Ma’anit #1 well and three of the zones are in the deeper hole drilled in the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 well.

In the meantime, we continue to analyze the results of the logging together with the other scientific data that we collected during the drilling of the well and we continue to update our scientific database as we prepare our completion and testing procedures.

We want to carry out completion operations at the earliest opportunity, but as with the logging, we have to wait for the correct tools for the job.

In the 1960s the Supremes sang:
“You can’t hurry love, No, you just have to wait.”

Fifty years later, the Zion version is:
“You can’t hurry completion operations, No, you just have to wait.”

But hopefully, not for too long…

In the meantime, we are moving forward with the…

Preparations at the site of the Elijah #3 Well

On Wednesday, October 14, 2009, the mast of Aladdin Middle East’s (AME’s) 2,000 horsepower rig was raised into a vertical position.

Here are some of the photographs taken at the site of the Elijah #3 well, on Wednesday, October 14:

The mast of the drilling rig in a horizontal position

The view from behind the drilling rig before the mast was raised

The mast has been raised and the drilling rig will soon be able to start drilling the Elijah # 3 well.

‘Spudding’ (that is, the start of drilling operations) of the Elijah #3 well is expected next week and operations are expected to last approximately six months.