Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions) Our first question is coming from Larry Busnardo with Tristone Capital.
Larry Busnardo - Tristone Capital
Hey, good morning, Jim or good afternoon I guess now.
Jim Flores
Good afternoon Larry. How are you?
Larry Busnardo - Tristone Capital
It has been a long day. Can you just run us through the process or the remaining process at T-Ridge. I know you have got a couple of the steps out of the way and run it down in terms of the timing and when we can expect things to happen here going forward.
Jim Flores
Well, as we understand it and all of this has been dictated by the government agencies in California, not us. So we have to be response to it. Basically here in the second quarter, we should give you by quarters, because of the dates are -- they have websites and you can find that type of thing. We are looking forward to understanding the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission final recommendations to the office of state lands and the office state lands commission should grant the lease and then it will go to the California Coastal Commission in the third quarter that will grant their permit and then get final approval by the MMS for operations off of the federal platform, and we plan on having drilling operations commenced by October 1st and hopefully first of all by year end.
Larry Busnardo - Tristone Capital
Okay. Is there anything that needs to be done from a facility standpoint, once you drill and to bring those wells on, there was everything already in place?
Jim Flores
Well, we are producing 9,000 barrels a day net out there right now, so the easy answer is no. The more specific answer is as we are bringing on a different reservoir, different landowners, we are going to need some duplicate vessels and things of that nature and be an offshore. We probably drilled the first well have established the production and established commerciality. Then we will have probably 60 days of some light construction as far as bringing those vessels on and make sure Mirs and those types vehicles before we resume drilling and production on the rest of the reservoir. At the same point, Tom we will continue producing obviously our point head. So, I think the first quarter will be more around getting organized next year and then we will be having continuous operations from the second quarter '09 throughout the development.
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