RE: Shock! Horror!22 Feb 2020 11:05
I was very interested in WhichWays post. As I said yesterday I am all for views that are more critical provided they are reasoned.
I think BlackHoppers point c) is also on everyones mind. Why spend many millions (I don't know how many) drilling a prospective production well, achieve it and establish that it flows at commercial rates, have a FPSO with capacity to exploit it sitting there ready for plug in and then spend further millions to P&A rather than proceed and generate revenue? Maybe there are very good reasons, in fact there must be, but we as PIs who only have exposure to the oil industry via the local petrol station cant see them. I need spoon feeding the reason, as otherwise the significant delay between the prospective P&A announcement and clarification (hopefully) in the CMD presentation helps destroy the SP.
If that is the case then maybe HUR should be a private company, as efficient development of the fields cannot be achieved while keeping 'the market' happy.