RE: Translation #43, 3m TV piece on ZM court case28 Feb 2021 20:15
Phil - IMHO you're totally wrong here :-
' Someway along the way they have been able to tap into the gas and that apparently brings in a lot of money, way more than the oil at least initially, apparently.'
The gas needs a lot of infrastructure, as it needs separating, scrubbing, condensing, compressing and transporting through pipelines. The oil can just be transported by tanker after separating. If it wasn't for the associated gas in T39, then Block 12 could be monetised quite quickly, as the well is a gusher. The gas can only be flared when well testing as far as I know, otherwise with a flow rate of 250bbls/d through a 3mm aperture, it has the possibility of flowing at over 4kbbls/d at full bore.
As Block 12 will be of significance to the future EU and US energy independence from Russia, I just don't see SN and ZM taking advantage of the situation, while being backed by political heavyweights.