RE: Blue day1 Nov 2019 10:33
Cautious, I don't think that far ahead on possible scenarios, the immediate issue is where is this going over the next few weeks? With the high initial but quickly falling rates at 16 I doubt they will rush anything with 38 particularly with the water coning issue they have announced so I don't expect results anytime soon. They will work slowly and carefully until they have got past the initial phase and achieved sustainable flows before announcing anything. The TR1 has no doubt caused a little excitement, but my opinion is this will fall while we wait for results from 38. I don't see any news coming from 16 as I am sure they are still assessing and deciding on a plan of action there with continued testing until the flaring licence expires.
On the water coning issue, they cant possibly know that is an issue at 38 yet as it would only show after flowing the well so this must be something learnt from 16? Reading up on it it would seem that it is a one way ticket and once the water has reached the well bore there is no going back, it casts more doubt over 16 ever showing much if any improvement and will give rise to a great degree of caution during the testing of 38.