" do not fully understand what it means to have reached bubble point'
The oil has gas dissolved it it. It stays in the oil until the pressure drops to a point known as the Bubble Point. Below that pressure there is a risk that the gas will start to come out . If it does so in the reservoir it may migrate locally into the higher spots in the reservoir - as these gas pockets get bigger they may cut off oil from the producing well bore.
Good practise is to avoid dropping below BP as far as you can - it makes life much tougher as time goes on and can possibly be fatal.
There was a small field in the Shetland area where this happened big time in the '80's
"would someone here consider pinging an email to the relevant dude in HUR and just plain asking a few questions on our behalf? "
Anyone in any oil company answering questions from a shareholder without Senior Management authority would be fired on the spot. Its formally insider trading.
i suggest you go away and sign up for a basic geology course - there are NO CAVERNS at Saltfleetby - it's a fine grained sandstone my lad - Checkout t the Geological Society of London Memoir 20 and Tony Hodges paper.
"Makes me wonder just how MUCH Gas is actually down there. Has it been wildly UNDER estimated perhaps ??"
Of course ! Roc and Gazprom/WINGAS got it all wrong and lil' ol' Angus , famous for their fantastic achievements such as Brockham, Lindsey, and Balcombe have got it right......................
" I'd like to think Sam, Harbour and Navitas are in confab as we speak, ok maybe not sat around a table in the Falklands " Why would anyone sit round a table in the FI when their HQ's are in the UK & Israel. What benefit does that bring - other than to the RAF and the hoteliers (both of them ) in Port Stanley?...............
I can't see why - we all HOPE the lawyers will issue a decision but past performance indicates it takes a lot longer than anyone thought and far longer than anyone wants to wait.