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That is not how it works. ExxonMobil is one of number of parties that has interest in the lease. They cannot keep confidential certain information from the other partners and invested stakeholders.
Joint-venture partners ExxonMobil, Oil and Gas Development Company and Pakistan Petroleum Limited.

That is not how it works.



You have to pay for the latest GPS location of the Saipem 12000. However, the live map with the coordinates is free.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:66.120/centery:22.478/zoom:13

This is very strange as this drill ship left and its last position was received "2019-03-15" and now only Tugs and special craft, i dont know who is feeding them false news or delayed news maybe some sort of strategy.
 
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Is it possible that the oil theft will be done in case the corrupt rulers return again or as the well is 250+km from shore, Exxon-Mobil can load the oil in US tanker ships and carry out theft even in presence of IK Govt.?

I suspect such things in case of large Chagi Gold-Copper mines. Otherwise how a country like Pakistan with so huge manpower suffering economically and IK visiting friendly countries for loan.

Is there a way out to bring these corruption practices to zero by severe punishment and even death penalty if allowed by Islamic Sharia?
This is very strange as this drill ship left and its last position was received "2019-03-15" and now only Tugs and special craft, i dont know who is feeding them false news or delayed news maybe some sort of strategy.


No drillships and land drill rigs work off very tight schedules and contracts. The cost of having a drillships on location is 10s of thousands of dollars a day. You don't play hide 'n seek and conspiracy theories with high stakes oil and gas operations.

Just a single mess up offshore can take you easily into the millions in additional costs. People will losses their jobs.

Ignore Pak media. They are retarted.
 
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Is it possible that the oil theft will be done in case the corrupt rulers return again or as the well is 250+km from shore, Exxon-Mobil can load the oil in US tanker ships and carry out theft even in presence of IK Govt.?

I suspect such things in case of large Chagi Gold-Copper mines. Otherwise how a country like Pakistan with so huge manpower suffering economically and IK visiting friendly countries for loan.

Is there a way out to bring these corruption practices to zero by severe punishment and even death penalty if allowed by Islamic Sharia?


Honorable Sir,

Crude oil as it comes out of the well is not like gold or silver ore or raw diamonds that can be easily stolen/pocketed and resold on the sly albeit at a lower price. As I have mentioned in an earlier post; the liquid that comes out of the ground is a mixture of crude oil, water & sediments /salt.

Therefore, one would need to build an offshore production platform before the production is started. Offshore platforms are very large structures with the capability to drill, explore (if need be), extract, store & process crude oil / or natural gas and pump the same into a loading vessel or pipeline. In most cases, the platform also has facilities to house the workforce as well.

I am also aware of FPSO’s (Floating production, storage and off-loading system), these are also very large structures and not something that can remain hidden for long. It is however always possible to steal crude oil (I have seen it happen in Nigeria). This can only be done with the connivance of all the partners. The normal way would be to under declare the reserves. Then since the actual company that is operating the loading terminal controls what is written on the Bill of Lading; you load more oil (Say 1.2-million barrels) but declare that you loaded only 1-million.
 
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Honorable Sir,

Crude oil as it comes out of the well is not like gold or silver ore or raw diamonds that can be easily stolen/pocketed and resold on the sly albeit at a lower price. As I have mentioned in an earlier post; the liquid that comes out of the ground is a mixture of crude oil, water & sediments /salt.

Therefore, one would need to build an offshore production platform before the production is started. Offshore platforms are very large structures with the capability to drill, explore (if need be), extract, store & process crude oil / or natural gas and pump the same into a loading vessel or pipeline. In most cases, the platform also has facilities to house the workforce as well.

I am also aware of FPSO’s (Floating production, storage and off-loading system), these are also very large structures and not something that can remain hidden for long. It is however always possible to steal crude oil (I have seen it happen in Nigeria). This can only be done with the connivance of all the partners. The normal way would be to under declare the reserves. Then since the actual company that is operating the loading terminal controls what is written on the Bill of Lading; you load more oil (Say 1.2-million barrels) but declare that you loaded only 1-million.
@Khafee
 
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The drillship Saipem 12000 left the lease end of March. I have been watching the live satellite map of the area daily from here: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:66.115/centery:22.493/zoom:14

As you will also see the drillship isn't there but other ships are especially the PACIFIC HERON which is a development ship. They are now building the infrastructure on the seabed surface basically.

In mid-March the drill encountered a high pressured zone (what the media has been calling a kick and falsely jumping up and down about)... They had to pull out of hole (POOH) and they then re-entered the well again. The kick off and dog legged the well... Which means instead of drilling straight down they kind of side tracked and tried to drill to the target bottom hole.
Which looks a bit like this:
Build+Hold+and+Drop+Directional+Well+Profile+-+S+profile+Wells.png


This was probably completed end of March to an apparent depth 5,000 ish meters. (Not credible media sources for the depth)


Then they probably ran the following tests:
1. DST - Drill Stem Test - to collect fluid samples and do an initial build_up fall off pressure tests.
2. Then they probably did an AOF .Absolute OpenFlow Test... Which is basically opening the well up to maximum flow to find out the deliverability (how well the zone will flow back to surface).
3. Then they probably did an extended pressure buildup test to collect pressure data using gauge recorders to find out what the pool boundaries (how big is the pool). The basically do this by shutting in the well (i.e. now flow) after the step 2 above and just record pressures bottom hole.

4.Tho pressures recorded are analyzed ... You will normally shut-in and record from days to almost weeks ... If not more. You are basically gathering transient pressure data and with enough shut-in you start seeing boundary dominated data if the area of investigation is large enough. Basically, think of it this way....

Imagine in a lake you drop a large stone in the middle of the lake... You then watch the waves travel across the lake to the shores and then you know how big the lake is. (Very simple analogy)

Part 4 is what everyone is waiting for. That pressure data was sent to Houston for analysis. Sometime in April, it takes a couple weeks to analyse by an experienced Well Tester.

So everything you hear in the media about reserves this or that .. or about them still drilling... Please ignore.

Wow... That was long.. sorry.

Sir you shared very good information.do you believe that we can find oil?
 
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Honorable Sir,

Crude oil as it comes out of the well is not like gold or silver ore or raw diamonds that can be easily stolen/pocketed and resold on the sly albeit at a lower price. As I have mentioned in an earlier post; the liquid that comes out of the ground is a mixture of crude oil, water & sediments /salt.

Therefore, one would need to build an offshore production platform before the production is started. Offshore platforms are very large structures with the capability to drill, explore (if need be), extract, store & process crude oil / or natural gas and pump the same into a loading vessel or pipeline. In most cases, the platform also has facilities to house the workforce as well.

I am also aware of FPSO’s (Floating production, storage and off-loading system), these are also very large structures and not something that can remain hidden for long. It is however always possible to steal crude oil (I have seen it happen in Nigeria). This can only be done with the connivance of all the partners. The normal way would be to under declare the reserves. Then since the actual company that is operating the loading terminal controls what is written on the Bill of Lading; you load more oil (Say 1.2-million barrels) but declare that you loaded only 1-million.
So it mean there are high chances of oil theft (as you gave example of Nigeria) as Pak has almost every one corrupt in politics, bureaucracy, judiciary etc. Same theft might have been hapening with GCC nations as controlled almost fully by Americans n Europeans.
 
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Ab ye gas Imran Khan ke lie huway $ billions ka interest pay karne ke kam ai gi.

Honorable Sir,

Crude oil as it comes out of the well is not like gold or silver ore or raw diamonds that can be easily stolen/pocketed and resold on the sly albeit at a lower price. As I have mentioned in an earlier post; the liquid that comes out of the ground is a mixture of crude oil, water & sediments /salt.

Therefore, one would need to build an offshore production platform before the production is started. Offshore platforms are very large structures with the capability to drill, explore (if need be), extract, store & process crude oil / or natural gas and pump the same into a loading vessel or pipeline. In most cases, the platform also has facilities to house the workforce as well.

I am also aware of FPSO’s (Floating production, storage and off-loading system), these are also very large structures and not something that can remain hidden for long. It is however always possible to steal crude oil (I have seen it happen in Nigeria). This can only be done with the connivance of all the partners. The normal way would be to under declare the reserves. Then since the actual company that is operating the loading terminal controls what is written on the Bill of Lading; you load more oil (Say 1.2-million barrels) but declare that you loaded only 1-million.

That's correct... it's same with foreign mining companies.
They make contracts with rulers of corrupt states e.g. Pakistan, for let's say 25% share in profit for a period of 20 years of mining rights, but how much is the gold in the ore /slurry which is being loaded on to the ship, is never correctly mentioned and why should they?
This is very well known among the business world, but still this is applicable in every poor and third world state.
Long live the backwardness, where people are made to believe that the horizon of democracy and statesmanship is talk shows and measure who insulted who most.
 
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So it mean there are high chances of oil theft (as you gave example of Nigeria) as Pak has almost every one corrupt in politics, bureaucracy, judiciary etc. Same theft might have been hapening with GCC nations as controlled almost fully by Americans n Europeans.

It can only happen if there is a lot of export of crude oil; would not work in case of natural gas. In case; crude oil is found in sufficient quantity and is exported through a loading terminal operated by a crooked company, it is a possibility. Of course, there are two Pakistani partners but that is no recommendation for honesty???

But chances of this actually happening are pretty slim as we still do not know if any worthwhile discovery has been made, it is crude oil or gas and how much of it is there?

I never came across any such incident in Kuwait, Bahrain or UAE. In Iran, only irregularities I came across was in case of imports getting slightly 'Off-spec' cargoes accepted by bribing the terminal officials. Can't say about Saudi Arabia but I doubt it. You need really crooked and greedy local people to get away with for any length of time.
 
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https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:66.118/centery:22.511/zoom:18

As per @Clutch this was location of "Saipem 12000" But now at same place a fire fighting vessel "Pacific Grouse" along with a "Tug and Special Craft" a Tug is towing ship but what is this "Tug and special Craft?" isnt it the drilling ship and Pacfic HERON is also nearby i guess its near anyways i want to ask if presence of a Fire Fighting Vessel is OK? i hope everything is Ok.
 
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Offshore drilling is not a straight forward event. Any expert can shed some light on it. The rock zones that harbour the fuel are highly pressurised due to hydrocarbon gasses and steam .It is an art to muster the right technique to exploit the deposits.The first stage is to drill to a certain level successfully and than comes the mud sample testing stage where specialised labs check the trace of hydrocarbons,porosity and permeability of the rock and other factors. If there are signs of hydrocarbons those levels are breached by fracking to unleash the fossil fuel trapped in them. Once the fuel is unearthed and depending on the pressure the valve gauge are set to commence a steady flow. For few weeks the flowrate and the decline rate are measured and also the viscosity of the fuel is determined. Sometimes the well dries out after few days or the flow is determined to be uneconomical.
Before commencing commercial output the well undergoes rigorous testings.Any one who says of being rich overnight is living in a fools paradise. Lets pray Allah listens to us this time and one day puts Pakistan on the seat of OPEC.
 
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https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:66.118/centery:22.511/zoom:18

As per @Clutch this was location of "Saipem 12000" But now at same place a fire fighting vessel "Pacific Grouse" along with a "Tug and Special Craft" a Tug is towing ship but what is this "Tug and special Craft?" isnt it the drilling ship and Pacfic HERON is also nearby i guess its near anyways i want to ask if presence of a Fire Fighting Vessel is OK? i hope everything is Ok.

I haven't worked offshore and have basic understanding of offshore drilling operations.

Having said that, I think the Pacific Grouse has actually been at the site since the beginning.

It could be part of normal operations to have have a fire fighting vessel on site if they are opening the well up.

"Tug and special Craft"
Anchor handling tug supply vessel

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AHTS Normand Master alongside the Balder at Thunder Horse Oil Field

AHTS Balder Viking handling anchors for the Semi-submersible Platform Transocean Arctic
Examples of AHTS vessels

ROV at work in an underwater oil and gas field. The ROV is operating a subsea torque spanner tool on a valve on the subsea structure.
Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vesselsare mainly built to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow them to location, and use them to secure the rigs in place. AHTS vessels sometimes also serve as Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRVs) and as supply transports.

Many of these vessels are designed to meet the harsh conditions of the North Sea, and can undertake supply duties there between land bases and drilling sites.[1][2] They also provide towing assistance during tanker loading, deepwater anchor handling, and towing of threatening objects.

AHTS vessels differ from Platform supply vessels (PSVs) in being fitted with winches for towing and anchor handling, having an open stern to allow the decking of anchors, and having more power to increase the bollard pull. The machinery is specifically designed for anchor handling operations. They also have arrangements for quick anchor release, which is operable from the bridge or other normally manned location in direct communication with the bridge. The reference load used in the design and testing of the towing winch is twice the static bollard pull.

Even if AHTS-vessels are customized for anchor-handling and towing, they can also undertake, for example, ROV (remotely operated underwater vehicle) services, safety/rescue services, and supply duties between mainland and offshore installations.[3]



Here is a quick summary of the type of ships currently on site:

Platform supply vessel

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Platform Supply Vessel
A platform supply vessel (PSV) is a ship specially designed to supply offshore oil and gas platforms.[1] These ships range from 50 to 100 meters in length and accomplish a variety of tasks. The primary function for most of these vessels is logistic support and transportation of goods, tools, equipment and personnel to and from offshore oil platforms and other offshore structures. In the recent years a new generation of platform supply vessel entered the market, usually equipped with Class 1 or Class 2 dynamic positioningsystem.

They belong to the broad category of offshore vessels (OSVs) that include platform supply vessels (PSV's), crane vessels (C/V) and well stimulation well stimulation vessels (WSVs), anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSVs) and Offshore construction vessels (OCVs). Larger offshore vessels have extensive sophisticated equipment including ROVs and tend to accommodate a larger number of people (more than 100)[2]


CapabilitiesEdit

CargoEdit

Deck cargo
A primary function of a platform supply vessel is to transport supplies to the oil platform and return other cargoes to shore. Cargo tanks for drilling mud, pulverized cement, diesel fuel, potable and non-potable water, and chemicals used in the drilling process comprise the bulk of the cargo spaces. Fuel, water, and chemicals are almost always required by oil platforms. Certain other chemicals must be returned to shore for proper recycling or disposal, however, crude oil product from the rig is usually not a supply vessel cargo.

SupportEdit
Common and specialty tools are carried on the large decks of these vessels. Most carry a combination of deck cargoes and bulk cargo in tanks below deck. Many ships are constructed (or re-fitted) to accomplish a particular job. Some of these vessels are equipped with a firefighting capability and fire monitors for fighting platform fires. Some vessels are equipped with oil containment and recovery equipment to assist in the cleanup of a spill at sea. Other vessels are equipped with tools, chemicals and personnel to "work-over" existing oil wells for the purpose of increasing the wells' production.
 
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I haven't worked offshore and have basic understanding of offshore drilling operations.

Having said that, I think the Pacific Grouse has actually been at the site since the beginning.

It could be part of normal operations to have have a fire fighting vessel on site if they are opening the well up.

"Tug and special Craft"
Anchor handling tug supply vessel

Learn more

This article needs additional citations for verification.

AHTS Normand Master alongside the Balder at Thunder Horse Oil Field

AHTS Balder Viking handling anchors for the Semi-submersible Platform Transocean Arctic
Examples of AHTS vessels

ROV at work in an underwater oil and gas field. The ROV is operating a subsea torque spanner tool on a valve on the subsea structure.
Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vesselsare mainly built to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow them to location, and use them to secure the rigs in place. AHTS vessels sometimes also serve as Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRVs) and as supply transports.

Many of these vessels are designed to meet the harsh conditions of the North Sea, and can undertake supply duties there between land bases and drilling sites.[1][2] They also provide towing assistance during tanker loading, deepwater anchor handling, and towing of threatening objects.

AHTS vessels differ from Platform supply vessels (PSVs) in being fitted with winches for towing and anchor handling, having an open stern to allow the decking of anchors, and having more power to increase the bollard pull. The machinery is specifically designed for anchor handling operations. They also have arrangements for quick anchor release, which is operable from the bridge or other normally manned location in direct communication with the bridge. The reference load used in the design and testing of the towing winch is twice the static bollard pull.

Even if AHTS-vessels are customized for anchor-handling and towing, they can also undertake, for example, ROV (remotely operated underwater vehicle) services, safety/rescue services, and supply duties between mainland and offshore installations.[3]



Here is a quick summary of the type of ships currently on site:

Platform supply vessel

Learn more


Platform Supply Vessel
A platform supply vessel (PSV) is a ship specially designed to supply offshore oil and gas platforms.[1] These ships range from 50 to 100 meters in length and accomplish a variety of tasks. The primary function for most of these vessels is logistic support and transportation of goods, tools, equipment and personnel to and from offshore oil platforms and other offshore structures. In the recent years a new generation of platform supply vessel entered the market, usually equipped with Class 1 or Class 2 dynamic positioningsystem.

They belong to the broad category of offshore vessels (OSVs) that include platform supply vessels (PSV's), crane vessels (C/V) and well stimulation well stimulation vessels (WSVs), anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSVs) and Offshore construction vessels (OCVs). Larger offshore vessels have extensive sophisticated equipment including ROVs and tend to accommodate a larger number of people (more than 100)[2]


CapabilitiesEdit

CargoEdit

Deck cargo
A primary function of a platform supply vessel is to transport supplies to the oil platform and return other cargoes to shore. Cargo tanks for drilling mud, pulverized cement, diesel fuel, potable and non-potable water, and chemicals used in the drilling process comprise the bulk of the cargo spaces. Fuel, water, and chemicals are almost always required by oil platforms. Certain other chemicals must be returned to shore for proper recycling or disposal, however, crude oil product from the rig is usually not a supply vessel cargo.

SupportEdit
Common and specialty tools are carried on the large decks of these vessels. Most carry a combination of deck cargoes and bulk cargo in tanks below deck. Many ships are constructed (or re-fitted) to accomplish a particular job. Some of these vessels are equipped with a firefighting capability and fire monitors for fighting platform fires. Some vessels are equipped with oil containment and recovery equipment to assist in the cleanup of a spill at sea. Other vessels are equipped with tools, chemicals and personnel to "work-over" existing oil wells for the purpose of increasing the wells' production.
Thanks Buddy that is informative will read it detail.
 
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If the Drilling process is complete then who and why someone is feeding them false news?

Kekra-1 well: Drilling to restart today after 12-day pause
ISLAMABAD: Almost after pause of 12 days, the drilling that was stalled on April 8 at the depth of 4,810 meter at Kekri-1 well in the country’s ultra-deep sea is ready to restart today (April 20), as cementing job followed by casing has completed, a senior official at Petroleum Division told The News.
After the process of cementation, the lining was imperative to secure the cementing completed from any untoward incident and more importantly, the lining (casing) process has also completed. Now the Mobile Exxon with ENI as operator at Kekra-1 well is all set to restart today the drilling of the remaining 650-800 meters under second side tracking.

“This would substantially reduce the risks of the operator not completing the well in the current weather window,” the said. Kekra-1 well has now entered a phase where the operator will, for the first time, begin to receive information that would help in determining the well prospects. This would include results from LWD (Logging While Drilling), Salinity Testing, potential hydrocarbon traces in mud and rock samples and hydrocarbon kicks.

Time required to drill the remaining depth will depend upon the Rate of Penetration (RoP). The penetration rate is significantly slower for northern region of Pakistan, than the southern region.

“We don’t yet have precedents to form a reliable estimate for the RoP for Offshore Indus – G, where Kekra-1 is being drilled. An RoP of 10 meters per hour (generally considered low) would mean that it would take 80 hours or a little more than 3 days to reach the target depth.”

After completion of drilling, the operator will likely do wire line logging which could take another 3-4 days. This will likely be followed by another casing and cementing exercise that can take 4-6 days. At this stage, a substantial amount of information regarding the well prospects will be known, however, the results (discovery or dry well) will require completion of proper testing.

Now the ENI which is the operator at Kekra-1 well is also facing the major threat of tide season which may mar the whole spudding process and it will have to complete the drilling process earlier.

The drilling was initiated with 19 percent probabilities, which, according to the experts, get reduced when side tracking starts taking place. In Kekra-1 well case, second side tracking was underway. Officials said when side tracking process is initiated, this means that first plan of drilling was not well worked out.

It is interesting to note that earlier when at Kekra well vertical drilling reached at depth of 4,799 meters on February 21, a high pressure was felt causing huge mud loss and because of unsafe operation the well was plugged by March 23. Then the first side tracking started and when it reached down to 3,100 meters, it again met failure, which is why the hole was also blocked. After that the second side tracking began.

According to experts, the side tracking means that the first plan to drill the well was not well-thought-out and worked-out. Under the new timeline, the drilling under second tracking is to go down up to 5,460 meters deep by April end.

However, the official still fear the delay on account of cementation, spudding process may enter in the month of May which will be detrimental as in this month seas turns very rough.

Khalid Mustafa

April 20, 2019
The News International
 
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