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johnpwh,

"Just fell off a cliff. Not such a Happy Christmas!"

Oh dear, what a shame. Hurricane'll only make 180 million next year. Or is it 240?

Lighten up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a3KD77Zcto.

Wellwell,

"I’ve been thinking more about it and I’m probably not trusting what he’s saying unfairly."

Yes. But what the man's illustrating is that even after 'latch-up' with the buoy, there's a lot more to do. Just being realistic. It ain't all 'plug an' play'.

Have a Happy Christmas! And let's spare a though for those who are spending it offshore.

Wellwell,

" I just don’t get what he’s saying about connecting the flowlines from the buoy to the fixed part of the swivel; it isn’t making sense to me."

OK, but it does to me.

But also, you're cooking, it's Christmas Eve, and no reason to get into an argument! Instead I wish you 'bon appétit', the best to you and yours, and we'll see what rolls around on Thursday or Friday...

Wellwell,

" it’s the buoy / turret arrangement that he has wrong in the main."

In what respects?

Please go into detail, because the man has, and although it's far out of my own 'speciality area' it reads OK from the engineering viewpoint, I can understand it, and it seems overall correct.

DETAIL, now please, Wellwell. Time to put up or shut up.

skyline,

" it would be nice to be informed from the horses mouth when they expect the AM to sail."

Why? And from whom? Telephone Bluewater, not Hurricane. Mind you, you'll just get the answerphone now.

Missdosh...

(*_*)

I find it odd that you've posted a copy of someone else's post on anoyher BB here.

But that 'Steve on ADVFN' writes a lot of good stuff, even if he's even more longwinded than myself (!) which will possibly leave some people here lost.

But this is a bit I really like.

"A quick build-up suggests a highly permeable rock (which they can produce at a higher rate from), whereas a slow PBU suggest poorer rock properties which may mean the need to flow at reduced rate over the longer term... They may cycle a few production runs and PBU's to be able to "see" further into the rock away from the well-bore..."

Because that's the sort of stuff I myself have been looking at from the outset, though it means digging deep for the data. Most PI 'Noilbys' start wetting their knickers when they learn that one of the Lancaster wells flowed at 15,000 bbl/day. And with a certain amount of reason: it's an impressively good oilwell. HOWEVER, flowrates from one well are only a small part of the 'story'. One well is interesting, and might make some dollars, but it's the RESERVOIR which is the real big deal.

Which is why I've looked for the pressure-data all over the place, and why my money's still in here.

PLUS, I've seen the same thing in the field, and it startled the living daylights out of all of us. Nafoora West, Libya. (A highly prolific 'Fractured Reservoir' though part of it is Limestone, part of it 'Basement'. During DST at 8600 bbl/dyt on just half-inch choke (which waas already making the ground shake) we had a surface problem and had to shut-in pronto. And the PBU from Flowing Wellhead Pressure to original Static took about 20 seconds. 'Gobsmacked' is not a word I often use. But that time, we were. We knew we'd found a 'monster'. (Which has a mention in Hurricane's Corporate Presentations, but Libya being Libya, rife with strife of all sorts, with most wells shut down, the name Nafoora doesn't mean much to a lot of folk.)

The PBU data (what one can find) from Lancaster is the same. Or better.

Trice is 'cagey' and 'conservative'. Doesn't want to hype things. But that grin tells the story. Some people know what's been found. Even worse, it's going to be dead easy getting it out. And BP are going to look extremely stupid and have a lot of explaining to do about how they missed it....

" Vessel crane repairs have delayed sailaway but she is due to leave on Friday."

I don't look at other BB's for 'news', but have received the same news from a different source (who I won't name) but consider trustworthy. I wasn't going to mention it here, but given that (newcomer) 'Cpel1' has, I think I can. Even though I haven't got it 100% checked-out.

It would seem that some sort of 'issue' has been found with the AM's onboard crane, and is in the process of being rectified.

Personally I consider this absolutely no big deal, am glad that the problem has been spotted now rather than later, and anyway it's all on Bluwater's tab, not Hurricane's.

skyline,

" Bluewater has a terrible record of time keeping when it comes to refits."

NOW you tell us!

However, it doesn't really matter. 'Cos any 'delays' at present' (and I dn't see any) are on Bluewater's tab anyway, not Hurricane's. And a day or two here or there is meaningless, anyway.Even if it costs ten grand or so for the boat to remain dockside. That's chicken-feed money.

Unlike you, though, I don't find lack of news from Hurricane right now 'unsettling'. I doubt there's anyone at their desk at Lower Easham right now. Other than a big man in dark clothes maybe patrolling outside accompanied by a big dog. In fact I hope they're all taking time out until early January, like all civilised people will be doing.

Wellwell,

"Trust me BNB I’m not jealous of anyone. Quite the opposite."

That made me laugh, and being the weird creature I am, hit the search-engine, typing in 'opposite of jealousy'. Which came up with the following words: 'goodwill', 'benevolence', and admiration'. None of which you demonstrate here, unfortunately.

However, it's Christmas Eve, and I don't wish to be grumpy. But please 'loosen up'. Despite what you and Nigwit might say, and despite Dr T being understandably 'cautious', the EPS is going to come in like a train, and the SP is going to rise.

And I've got out my new 2019 calander and put a big ring around Jan 9th, just in case Missdosh is right. If that woman puts money on something, I want a part of the action...

Snail,

"wouldn't want to be out of this over Christmas ! NO SIR !! I've just got back from the Ferrari dealership......CHOO CHOO !!!!!"

Behave yourself.

Mind you, Clarkson wrote an interesting review in yesterday's Sunday Times about a new Ferrari which was ... interesting. Looks like the Prancing Horse people might have actually come up with something worthwhile at last for the first time in 50 years. (Which was the 240 California, but then AC made a better version.)

I'm just hoping that HUR will work enough that I can get an oil-change in my beaten-up old rangy and come down to your place again to drink some more whisky...

Snail,

" I would say there's more subtle de-ramping takes place than ramping ......"

What's 'subtle' about it? It's wide-open and obvious as a ten-dollar hooker in a Gabonese nightlclub. And about just as trustworthy.

Lady Sonia,

" for those who reach the top of the pyramid, anyone spring to mind?"

Yes. Someone does. Ellon Musk.

Who is a total pillock, and when he goes to Mars will return to the 'bottom of the pyramid' and never come back. He hasn't figured out that he's fifty years too late. What he can do can now be done, but is now as meaningless as the video-games he's addicted to. But Concorde's no longer in the air.

Some people have actually got to the top of the pyramid proposed in the 'psychology' article you linked (which imho is a load of bollocks as well), but have climbed downhill a bit to the 'middle level', where friends and friendship are the PRIMORDIAL values, monetary and 'survival' issues no longer being a pressing concern for people like we who post on BB's like this. QED.

Lady Sonia,

"Whilst there seems to be some anxiety with HUR, which I am treating as mainly a result of the wider market malady, it's always worth reviewing one's own motivation and pshyche."

Having had the unfortunate experience of googling your pseudonym as someone else suggested here, I'm not sure that's a good idea.

Rangers,

"ADUK - No plot. Just two guys keeping an ear out for the next opportunity to make a few quid courtesy of the Offshore grapevine and Aberdeen Taxi Drivers/Landlords!"

This is what I would like to believe, and to a certain extent do. But need reassurance. DYOR, Due Diligence, Never Trust an Oilman, etc., etc.. :-) Never play poker with a man calling himself 'Doc'. Etc., etc... :-) ... again!

I've been up half the night, 'hogging this board', as you might have noticed. Doing my usual thing, writing a whole lot of nonsense. But sometimes, when writing nonsense, little bits of brilliance emerge, all by themselves, but almost unnoticed. Don't know where they come from, but they do.

Where is the hypothesised new gas pipeline going to be run?

NW,

" you and I have been insulted by those, whose posts I filter "

Liar.

WW,

" I'm planning on taking tomorrow off"

Thank goodness for that. But promises, promises... We'll see!

Matman,

Welcome aboard.

" I'll have to pay more attention to this site."

This is where you'll find the most informed knowledge about HUR and what's going on WoS. Though there's a lot of drivel also posted which you'll have to churn through. Some of which might come from me, depending on what kind of evening I've had!

But if you know 'Rangers1' (a rock-solid technical poster), I'll be looking out for you as well.

Rangers, Matman,

"Ah Matman, wondered when you would make an appearance."

"Sounds like you know me if so get in touch."

The plot definitely thickens! :-)

I guess I'll have to give PiJoe a call today. Unless he get back to me first...

Wellwell,

You're obviously an 'early riser'. I'm not. As a caver / speleologist / oilman / card-player, etc., I keep strange hours, like my friends the bats.

"Anyway, my point is, can the views of individuals who are clearly invested to the point that they 'need' HUR to be a success be viewed with any credibility? If HUR is not a success, it will have a serious financial impact on their lives I would say reading between the lines....."

Answer, NO!!! And you are quite correct. If 'HUR is not a success' as you put it, or more pertinently if the SP craters, it will crimp my finances seriously, probably resulting in me advancing 'plan B' regarding my own life-span. Or rather, 'Plan A'. But don't worry, it won't involve me jumping off a 16th-storey windowsill and making a mess on the pavement like those people in the '30's who 'didn't see things coming', and were so much overleveraged and up to their ears in debt that that was the only way out for them, poor souls. Going splat on the pavement just doesn't seem like a nice way to bow out.

I do not 'ramp' this company nor its shares. In fact, the term 'ramping' doesn't apply, except when one talks specifically about the share price. And as I think you'll have noticed, I post very little about that here. Instead, I try to stick to the technicalities of the project. The SP will do what 'the market' decides. Although of course, that's liable to be dictated by the success (or in the worst case, otherwise) of the project.

And personally, for all sorts of technical reasons, I personally believe the project will succeed. Bigtime. And that's why I'm invested in it.

Even if while it's all coming together, I entertain myself by making a few bob trading my shares if the time feels right. Unfortunately I missed a big opportunity recently, but heck, can't win 'em all. I'm still in the game, though.

"The fact is, you simply don't like posters who are not aligned with your position or views. "

Who was that comment aimed at? Myself, or SIPP? 'Rampers'?

Personally, I don't like people telling me NOT to buy shares, and dragging up stupid excuses involving climate-change or whatever. Because it's patently obvious they have their own reasons for liking the SP to be low, thereby enabling themselves to buy more at such a time, and then sell into the rise.

I wasn't born yesterday, and more to the point don't care if I die tomorrow.

Matman,

" I do apologise"

No apology required, and I didn't mean to insult you, by the way. Just curiosity. The 'Spark Story' has come as a bolt out of the blue, which personally I find a bit strange. Others here have already said I'm being over-suspicious and 'conspiracy-theorising', maybe making myself look a bit stupid in the process. I'm not doing that, but if meanwhile it makes me look stupid I can live with it. It's just that Spirit has turned up very suddenly, and getting information about the entire deal is proving difficult. Plus they're 'on our front doorstep', and just where logically a pipeline should be run in the near future...