Balcombe is going to generate a lot of interest ...19 Dec 2019 20:57
not just from those interested in ANGS, but also from those interested in the Weald basin, because it is an approximately 1,700 ft horizontal well in the Kimmeridge.
Extract from Investor Questions:
on what basis are you targeting such a conservative flow rate 300bpd from this (the Balcombe) well? Asked on 19 November 2019
... We do indeed believe that the Kimmeridge at Balcombe is in the sweet spot of the basin, and we are confident that the well will flow oil given that we have already seen this during the previous test. Rates in the Autumn 2018 test were, however, short lived as the dense drilling fluid in the well made sustained oil flow impossible... Horse Hill, which has a vertical well, has been flowing oil from the Kimmeridge at rates of 200 – 300 BOPD and being very conservative we would expect to match this. Given, as you correctly note, this well is a long lateral, one might expect rates to be 2 – 3 times higher than that of a vertical well and so we would certainly want to exceed the 300 BOPD rate, however, until we test the well we simply do not know for certain how the reservoir will perform...