RE: EA Responses11 Oct 2021 10:57
Another response:
“Angus Weald Basin No.3 Ltd. Saltfleetby gas field development
Angus Energy plc, through its operating subsidiary Angus Weald Basin No.3 Limited, was granted planning permission by Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) in July for the development of the gas well and plant at Saltfleetby, including a sidetrack.
The application by Angus for planning permission, submitted to LCC in April, where it discussed the sidetrack, included a well test and clean-up, which it suggested would take two weeks, with an interval of two-three weeks between completion of drilling and the start of well testing.
Presumably the planning consent was granted on the basis that this well test would be done.
Last Thursday, 29 September, the company asserted in its investor Q&A session (printed on its website under “Media”) that they were no longer planning to conduct a well test/clean-up. This was to save time.
I am writing to you, therefore, to ask whether there are any safety or other issues involved in Angus’s decision, and if so, whether Angus have cleared the changes with yourselves and with the other relevant regulatory authorities. I would be less concerned if Shell or another major oil/gas were the operator here. Angus, however, is a minnow, with staff currently being trained to operate their plant, once built. It also needs to generate significant revenues from the project by next Spring in order to be able to meet the interest and capital repayments due in June 2022 on the large borrowings which it negotiated in May this year.
I have written also to Lincolnshire County Council and the OFA in similar terms on this matter.”
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Looks like the variation is elimination of well testing and clean up?
If so, is a non-issue.