What to expect from a testing RNS?25 Apr 2023 00:00
Actually, not that much.
They'll not have any reliable flow rates (if it does flow naturally), as they are swabbing the Well and the photos show there is no DST equipment on location.
So any measurement of natural flow will be by the proverbial timing how long it takes to fill a bucket - not exactly accurate.
Will they know where any formation fluids are coming from?
No, as they are swabbing the entire open hole section.
What they can assume is that it's from a fracture at 358m - remember, the "discovery" RNS said the onset of oil shows also corresponded with losses.
What will be produced from the Hoya?
We already know that from Kezer-1 - the Geothermal Well 400m from Pinarova-1 that UKOG conspicuously fail to mention - although they always mention the seep into a shot hole further away.
So what comes out of the Hoya?
An oil/water emulsion, as per the AME report on Kezer-1.
Which is also confirmed by the photo on Twitter - the Elephant in the room that I pointed out a couple of days ago, before it got buried by Rocky's wife spamming the board with multiple posts.
The thing that the Uber rampers casually ignore is that the majority of the sample in the bottle is water, not oil.
The cloudy nature of the water (and the residue around the top of the bottle) shows that they had to use an emulsion breaker to separate the two.
We don't carry emulsion breaker on a drilling location unless you expect to use it - which UKOG obviously did as they paid attention to that part of the Kezer-1 report.
So really all we can expect is another photo with an oil sample and a carefully worded RNS about "encouraging results", "oil retrieved to surface" and "drilling to TD over the next few days".
As for any fanciful forecasts of reserves and share price by posters - there is no basis for either, as neither UKOG or AME have ever published any reserves estimate, or even a structure map of the Pinarova-1 Well's objectives.