So pips can understand results22 Feb 2024 08:16
Together, both of 88E’s target zones hold, in aggregate, a multi-hundred million barrel oil prospective resource (mean, unrisked).
Anything above the 100 barrel per day mark would be a green light to come back, drill a horizontal well and to commercialise the project with likely 6-12x higher flow rates.
Horizontal wells can deliver higher flow rates because compared to a vertical well, a horizontal well can travel horizontally through the oil filled target reservoir, and pull oil out from multiple points of extraction.
With more points to pull oil from the reservoir, this means a much higher total flow rate to surface.
For example, a flow rate of 100 barrels of oil per day could mean 88E can increase that to 600-1,200 barrels of oil per day with a horizontal well.