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CHOTT EL JERID 2D ACQUISITION - 2022

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Overall project area:

▪ 1,600 km2 of sebkha covered with explosives
▪ 1,000 km2 of sand dunes covered with vibrators

Main challenges:

➤Logistics in sebkha for equipment and personnel transportation

➤Number of drilling teams (20 drilling teams to supply)

➤Water management for drilling teams

➤Uneven ground conditions and inaccessible areas

840 km explosives + 210 km vibros

Project figures: drilling

▪ 20 drilling teams
▪ 220 points drilled per day(average)
▪ 16,800 points drilled
▪ 220,000 meters drilled
▪ 235,000 meters of casing used

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Autonomous shooting technique (time slot)

▪ 6 loading teams
▪ 6 shooting teams
▪ 240 SP per day
▪ 50 tons of explosives use

Sand dunes area, 100% line clearing required

▪ 2 fleets of 2 vibrators
▪ 380 VP per day
▪ 5 upholes drilled with Fraste drilling rig

▪ 1,200 stations harvested daily
▪ Real-time QC in the field
▪ Ambient noise monitoring
▪ SEGD file for each SP populated along the data harvesting 

▪ Sercel WiNG Nodal system
▪ Highest sensitivity system (max offset 9,000 m)
▪ Real-time QC in the field
▪ 86,000 receiver stations laid out
▪ 1200 stations laid out & picked up daily
▪ 6000 WiNG nodes on crew

Acquisition system: Sercel WiNG nodal system (6000 channels) Light drilling: 16 Balco 500 tractor, 10 Balco 200 tracks mounted Heavy drilling (Up hole): 1 Fraste drilling rig
Vibro: 5 Sercel Nomad 65 Neo equiped with Sercel VE 464 Specific vehicles: 10 buggy 4x4, 10 Kubota on tracks, 15 Polaris Vehicles: 5 Buses 4x4 and 30 light vehicles

Staging Camp: offices, clinic, workshops, water & diesel storage 

➤Drilling: 20 teams (Balco 500 Tractor + Balco 200C) – 220 hole/d

➤Explosive: 6 loading teams + 6 shooting teams – 240 SP/d

➤Vibro: 2 fleets of 2 N65 (flip-flop) – 380 VP/d
Uphole & LVL: 10

Expat International: 10 => Crew manager, HSE Advisor, Chief Observer, Geophysicist, drilling supervisor (Ex CGG)

Local Senior Staff:    25 => Tunisian experienced senior staff (Ex CGG)

Local labors : 155 => Employed localy (including subcontracted)

Total :  190
 
Field conditions change along the day according to temperature
 
▪ Identifying and mapping the whole surface conditions
▪ Dispatching resources according to ground conditions
▪ Using wooden planks to move equipment
▪ Special teams to recover vehicles stucked

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