Day 2214 Nov 2018 10:06
Unlike some of you here, I think that the longer we wait for the result, the better the chances of a positive result. Even if it is difficult to compare boreholes due to their different geological conditions, the last 3 unsuccessful offshore wells (Pancontinental, Chariot, FAR) have all stayed under 21 days, and this despite some were drilled much deeper than WH-1. A borehole consists not only of drilling and cementing the borehole, but in the positive case also of analyses (if HC's are available). Well, the described wells all contained just water in the investigated zones, so that the analyses were obsolete and the drilling time has therefore considerably been shortened (the estimated drill time were similar to WH-1). We know from the seismological data that WH-1 contains several promising zones. What we do not know (and only drilling can provide this information) is whether the zones contain HC’s or are just water-bearing. Therefore, I think that so far the drilling must be positive, because in case of water-bearing zones, we would probably have reached TD already.