Shaikan not worth anything14 Feb 2021 21:44
here we go again with the Shaikan is worth nothing / heavy oil argument. the oil gets lighter as you go deeper. the Cretaceous is heavy oil in the 12 degree Api range. circa 1.5 Bn Oip and not even in the current CPR for all intents and purposes. but valuable as bitumen for road building in the future. Then theres the Jurassic which is a Giant resource in itself and ranging from 18 to 25 degrees Api at the top to 36 degrees in the Kurra Chine lower down. Then there is light oil lower still as high as 46 degrees Api which is actually almost condensate. The Triassic was only barely tested. Shaikan 1 in 2012 tested cumulative 24, 000 boepd including light oil . Long term holders are sick of the tactics being propagated here. We've heard it all before. Look at the GKP share register and who the ultimate owners are behind several of these funds. And for your info heavy oil is valuable - the Kern river oil field in California produced for more than 100 yrs. Total and Chevron are 2 examples of heavy oil developers. And almost every Giant and Supergiant Saudi field is also complex with fractured Carbonate reservoirs , tilted oil water contact, zones of ultra high productivity amingst poorly producing zones etc etc. Did you know the first Ghawar well tested only 2500 bopd? look at the early Shaikan flow rates .