RE: RE: RE: RE: OBSERVATIONSHi Ultra,
Just a fairly short answer now, hopefully I’ll find the time later to write a bit more.
It’s correct as you say, this zone will not be tested any time soon; first they need to drill a side track and change the casing program to cope with the higher pressure. This might happen I Q2, but give the time frame we discussed on Doris-3, and that they will probably test D-2 after that, we might be looking at Q3 for results on this zone.
As for the pressure, this will be some generalizing (there are always exceptions) but a higher pressure could indicate a gas filled reservoir, or a gas cap with oil below. As a general trend, when you go deeper the likelihood for gas increases, due to higher temperature that “cracks” the hydrocarbon chains to shorter chains (i.e. gas). Also the fact that you could be closer to a deeper source rock (where the oil/gas is generated) increases the likelihood for gas along the same type of reasoning.
IF there is gas in that deeper zone in G6, it’s very unlikely that it will be dry as in TPL’s shallow gas fields; it would probably have significant amounts of condensate which would improve the commerciality.
Finally, having a high pressure (in comparison with the hydrostatic pressure at the same depth) is often an indication that you have a high hydrocarbon column, where the over-pressure is created by the difference in density between the hydrocarbon (oil or gas) and the water, if you remember the old P = g*d*h equation.
My guess would be that there is a rich gas cap with an underlying oil zone. Time will tell.
All the best,
Darcy