RE: Simples16 Mar 2024 23:34
Big bear, another flawed assumption I think
88e are at the far end of a deteriorating reservoir, this is a plain and simple fact. The nearest flow tested well is Talitha, 9.3 miles away and well up dip. No sane investor will assume the reservoir will be the same quality when it has been buried so much deeper, and therefore has greater compaction.
As you are no doubt aware declaring a discovery, does not make it commercial, it just means there is some oil that should flow.
Is it enough to be commercial, that will take a flow test with good numbers, and then a further proof multi stage fractured long term flow test.
PANR are involved because the data is a swap, of their Talitha data for Hickory data, both gain from this, but it does not imply anything else. In fact it is obvious PANR with vast amounts of their own oil, at half the price of 88e oil, will not be offering even that half price, for oil that will be from a poorer reservoir (physics and all that science stuff)
I will speculate that PANR are hoping for data that proves their reservoirs, extend the 9.3 miles from Talitha to Hickory, even if it tapers off to sub commercial at Hickory, it still a win for them
Also each fracture conducted is a learning event, so this one with their input, may improve beyond the 50% efficiency they achieved at the latest SMDB flow test. Great if you can get 88e to pay for this learning, its a free hit.
Where PANR may add even further value is in the flow back plan, PANR have learnt that it is best to flow back gently, without dropping the reservoir pressure too much, as it will produce excessive gas flow which impedes the oil flow.
While 88e are incentivized to go for broke at maximum pressure drop, to gain a high unsustainable headline flow rate for the market
The fact that 88e have stated "The entire program for each zone is expected to take approximately ten days, however
88 Energy may choose to adjust the schedule during the flow back program to ensure optimal data
collection." indicates they may be considering the more sensible gentle approach, so will extend the flow back period
Looking at the original plan with only 4 days for clean up flow back, was never enough for anything valid, PANR took 11 days for the same sequence