Todays RNS - odd commentary13 Oct 2021 23:05
''Drilling is now complete at Well 153, the second horizontal well, which is now being tested.''
They're letting us know the 153 Well has completed the planned 200m horizontal drilling safely and they're now testing the well - news next week. imo.
What is a bit odd though is this bit:
''Drilling will continue for the time being towards the original total depth of 5,300 meters. Once the drilling has stopped we will look to test each of the new intervals detected.''
''For the time being''? / ''Once the drilling has stopped''?
This Carverspeak indicates to me a couple things: either they don't expect the A8 Well to hit TD (for the time being comment doesn't make me feel confident the drill will hit TD) - and why say ''once the drilling has stopped'' why not say ''once the drill has reached TD'' we will go back to test the 4 intervals?
I mentioned before the drill speed has slowed to approx. 9m per day.
Could C.C. be right in that the rig isn't powerful enough to drill to the planned 5,300m TD and therefore it's slowing down and unlikely to drill much deeper.
If that's the case then news may be out sooner than the expected 3 more weeks to TD and IF they don’t hit TD the next RNS will be about testing the 4 intervals – maybe 5 if they drill deeper.
Who knows maybe they will hit their Primary Target much deeper down, I certainly hope so.