RE: PANR31 Jul 2022 12:30
13:54 All we knows is what PANR have stated;
" Under instruction from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC), drilling was stopped at 8,584 ft, despite not having reached the bottom of the Alkaid Deep section, to allow a sufficient margin to avoid contact with the high pressure HRZ zone and possible fault."
PANR had modern 3D plus their own historic well data and had originally planned to penetrate the HRZ so what did AOGCC see that PANR did not? "Under instruction" sounds like PANR did not totally agree.
AOGCC .just being ultra cautious ? Or could it be data from current drill?
But in any case HRZ was not a primary objective of the drill and will have little or no impact on the main mission, so why take any unnecessary risks that might compromise the production test as you say.
As for 88E unsure if we will target HRZ next drill.