RE: C-37 Upper Cretaceous8 Oct 2019 21:13
thanks Ageos,
It is good to see the clarification of the fact that these oil reservoirs have been sat in place for many millions of years and all we are doing is trying to see through the earth, many thousands of metres down, hoping that our geologist is able to interpret the data with enough knowledge and skill that we hit pay dirt when the geologist says "drill there"
you can have the best drill, the best team, the best management, a large cash pile, quality data and still get nothing of commercial value.
I invested in this and Block based on probabilities - onshore, proven fields, 100% cos of finding hydrocarbons and historic production to back up the locations. Most wildcatters are on a COS of 20% of finding hydrocarbons, if they are lucky and quite often have no cash to drill a second well, if they get a duster.
Of course execution risk is always there and zen are no strangers to taking their time and making mistakes, however, that is offset by the higher COS of commercial production in my view.