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• Detailed Drilling and Completion Plan T-1 (Heater-Producer Test Well) (Figure 8-1) • Drill up to a 24" diameter hole a minimum of 40 feet with at least 5 feet into competent bedrock. Historically, surface casing holes have been 40 feet deep. • Run 40', 94#, J-55 Surface Casing. • Cement with "Neat Cement" to surface. • Rig up diverter and wait on cement a minimum of 4 hours. • Drill out from surface casing with nominal 12 1/4 " diameter bit. Drill to a depth to where the down hole survey tools will not be influenced by the steel surface casing. • Trip out of the hole and put on a mud motor with nominal 12 '/4 "bit. Utilize the motor and surveys to stay vertical to a depth of 1158 feet. Complete directional surveys every 40 feet. • Directionally drill the nominal 12 1/4 " hole to 60 ° inclination (from vertical) at 2205 feet MD, 2024 TVD (-top of the Rl) then hold 60° to TMD of 2530 feet. • Open the 12 1/4 " hole to 18" with hole opener. Circulate to clean and condition hole. • Run 11 3/4 " casing to TMD of 2530. Casing will be 759 J-55 to the retort top (-top of the RI) and alloy steel throughout the retort zone. • Cement to surface from the inflatable cement packer at the retort roof. • Wait on cement for 12 hours. • Conduct Mechanical Integrity Test - described below • Condition the hole and install the heater and production assembly. Mechanical Integrity Testing AMSO will employ methods and standards generally accepted in the industry to prove mechanical integrity of its heater-producer well. After the cement has cured, the heater- producer well will be shut in and subjected to air pressure of 1000 psi. This pressure will be held and measured for at least 30 minutes and any pressure change noted. The pressure must be held within 5% to prove the well has mechanical integrity. Mechanical integrity testing will occur every three years or until the heater-producer well is plugged and abandoned. 21