# Union Jack Oil West Newton operations update

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/union-jack-oil-west-newton-operations-update/412852138
- Published: 2020-08-18T07:26:35+01:00
- Author: Giles Arbor

**[Union Jack Oil](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/union-jack-oil-plc/ujo.l)
plc** ([LON:UJO](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/union-jack-oil-plc/ujo.l)),
a UK focused onshore hydrocarbon production, development and exploration company,
has noted that Rathlin Energy (UK) Limited, the Operator of PEDL183, will shortly
be communicating the following update to local residents and the West Newton Community
Liaison Group.

Union Jack Oil holds a 16.665% interest in PEDL183, containing the conventional 
West Newton A-1 discovery well and the successful West Newton A-2 appraisal well.

“Rathlin Energy (UK) Limited is pleased to provide an update on the activities at
the West Newton B _site.  All operations are being conducted in accordance with 
Covid-19 related restrictions._

The wellsite and access track construction work has now been completed.  All permits
and permissions are in place to commence conductor drilling operations and any pre-
operational conditions have been satisfied.

_The active area of the site has been fully lined with __an impermeable HDPE membrane
and a surface water discharge system has been installed which allows for environmental
isolation of the wellsite. Two drilling cellars have been installed.  Northern Power
Grid has completed the electrical connection to the site which will allow the operations
to utilise mains electrical power for site requirements, rather than diesel generators,
where possible._

The site is fully fenced and during operations the site will have a manned security
presence 24 hours a day seven days a week.

On Monday 17 August 2020, the conductor rig and associated equipment was mobilised
to site. Conductor drilling operations will commence shortly and will be conducted
Monday – Saturday between the hours of 07:00 – 18:00.  Access changes to nearby 
roads, agreed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council, will remain in effect.

The conductor rig will drill to a depth of approximately 80 metres into the Cretaceous
chalk where steel casing will be installed and cemented to surface. The conductor
casing will provide a stable base for the main drilling rig and protect surface 
formations during the drilling operations.  Following completion of this phase of
operations, the conductor rig will be demobilised and the site prepared for arrival
of the main drilling rig. 

The main drilling rig will be mobilised to the site and rigged up over a period 
of one to two weeks in preparation to drill the main borehole to a depth of approximately
2000 metres. Once the drilling operation starts it will continue 24 hours a day.
Site access will also be required 24-hours a day, seven days a week, however, most
deliveries shall be planned for daytime hours.

The drilling operations will continue for six to ten weeks.  Once completed, the
drilling rig will be demobilised from the site over a period of approximately one
week.

The information gathered during the drilling of West Newton B-1 will inform a subsequent
programme of well testing to establish productive capability and any future drilling
operations.”

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