RE: Flare confirmed as Chinook Cruse test14 Jul 2021 08:20
Depending on where you are at in the testing process, the flare will be different sizes.
Also remember that the surface area of the Cruse intersection here is very small with a near vertical wellbore as the formation thickness is thinner, but also more horizontal and wide than the older deeper formation blocks that have been faulted and tossed and turned about.
Sticking horizontal wells in here would increase the surface area immensely, and increase flow rates so you could produce much more volume quickly.
The very important thing here, is that there is gas, it’s flowing, and it’s burning. This also means there is a seal intact in the area, and so we don’t have a situation that there was once hydrocarbons and they migrated to surface and disappeared. We know there are oil traces at the bottom of the well and some water. We know the lid is tight. Chinook Oil is still in place, we just have to move up dip to get it.
They will smack a little pipeline in here up to Cascadura, and unless something very very strange happens, Chinook-1 and surrounding area looks like it’s going to be producing gas for the next few decades.