The two wells that were drilled by Talisman Energy in Fortierville and in the s
posted on September 15, 10 1:26 PM (Log in to use the IP Check tool) [?]

Published September 14, 2010 at 8:04 | Updated September 14, 2010 at 08:05
Work fracturing ahead

*

Vincent Perron, coordinator and spokesman for Talisman Energy, ... (Photo: Marcel Aubry)

Enlarge

Vincent Perron, coordinator and spokesman for Talisman Energy, the well Fortierville when work of fracture will be made this fall.

Photo: Marcel Aubry


Marcel Aubry
The Nouvelliste

(Becancour) The two wells that were drilled by Talisman Energy to Fortierville and in the St. Gertrude the City of Bécancour, earlier this year, will be the subject of hydraulic fracturing work later this fall.

Talisman has completed drilling at these two locations between early May and mid-August 2010, first in Fortierville, and then to St. Gertrude. These two wells are currently waiting to be fractured.

"We must carry out the work of hydraulic fracturing in these two wells there-and then to evaluate their production capacity," said Vincent Perron, coordinator and spokesman for the Alberta company in Quebec.

The beginning of this work is expected by mid-October if all goes well, "said Mr. Perron, noting that normally it should be Fortierville first and second St. Gertrude.

Normally, he said, the operation of a well fracturing as such, it rarely exceeds two weeks. He added that this process usually requires the presence of 25-30 employees at the site.

In late 2009 early 2010, Talisman has also conducted drilling Gentilly before moving to his drill Leclercville, a neighboring municipality of MRC de Bécancour, at the end of January. Drilling operations have been completed around mid-March.

Work hydraulic fracturing have been made in these two wells since the spring and Talisman to conduct the evaluation of gas potential of these two wells.

The work of both teams therefore consists of two test wells, analyzing and determining the gas flow.

This work, which normally lasts between 30 and 90 days, requires the presence of 5 to 10 employees on each of two sites.

Incinerators instead of flares

To test the ability of producing wells, Mr. Perron said that in the past, the industry used flares that produced flames fairly high in the sky.

People could then see the flames from a distance. Things have changed however and they are now incinerators that burn natural gas.

"There is also no light, no flame in the open air and the combustion efficiency of gas is 99.9%," says the spokesman of Talisman.

During the test period, the gas quality is analyzed as well as the presence of H2S (hydrogen sulfide, a poisonous gas) in natural gas. But Mr. Perron is categorical. He says there is no H2S.

"This is something we constantly assess and, in Quebec, is the advantage of our natural gas," he said. It is very, very clean. It is pure methane to about 98%. I would say we are lucky to have a gas as clean as that since there is virtually no preprocessing done before we can sell it. "

Talisman has no plans to do more drilling in the region by the end of the year.

"We first want to proceed with the evaluation of all our wells and then be able to make decisions about where we will focus our future drilling," he says, stressing that decisions will be taken in this regard is likely in 2011, when the company will have a better idea of the potential gas wells.

Mr. Perron said Talisman has invested more than $ 80 million since the company arrived in Quebec in 2005. He stated that a portion of 20% of this amount, approximately $ 16 million was paid to local businesses.

"It's a strict policy here. We want to maximize the economic benefits in municipalities where it conducts business, "he says.

At Auberge Godefroy tonight

People who want to learn more about how to make the industry will attend, from 19 pm this evening at Auberge Godefroy in Bécancour, at an information meeting to be held under the responsibility of 'Oil and Gas Association of Quebec (QOGA) chaired by André Caillé.