80315 Apr 2026 09:34
The change to the Operations page last week feels more significant than it first looked.
I was initially concerned that we hadn’t had any update on the pump installation at 803, but the new wording on the website may actually be the first indirect sign that the well is behaving as hoped.
My understanding (and I’m not claiming to be an expert) is that 803 flowed strongly on first contact but didn’t have enough connected fractures to sustain that rate, so they shut it in to see whether pressure would rebuild. If pressure does rebuild, even slowly, it usually means the well is connected to the wider reservoir, just not through a high‑permeability path.
In that situation, installing a pump is the standard next step to see whether the well can stabilise at a commercial rate. If the pump has now been running for a week or two, they’ll want to see a proper stabilisation curve before announcing anything.
The updated Operations page now says “work continues to bring three of these wells into commercial production”, which is stronger wording than before and appears to have been changed after the pump installation window.
If the pump is performing acceptably, they may wait for a couple of weeks of data before issuing an RNS — especially if they’re managing the timing of news flow given everything else happening across the portfolio.
So while we don’t have confirmation yet, the website change could be the first hint that 803 is behaving better than feared.