Goaweigh:
RE” Maybe Stanley knows. Stanley can you find us another rig ? Could you get on that please.”
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I can understand your frustration/anxiety. However I believe that TXP’s ability to reach TD might be related to an end goal expressed in the opening/preamble of the You Tube presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPUBbCpSam0
The following contains my 100% SPECULATION: ......CAVEAT EMPTOR:
IMHO (recall) PB understands and has expressed as much in previous Feb 2020 and\or other NR’s, part of what is released could be being withheld (allegedly) to obviate/thwart the prying eyes of the potential TO by majors. How do you achieve this delicate balance?
Speculation here being since this is not PB’s first “rodeo”, he fully understands that you may want to choose to stop point prior to TD (and MAYBE attribute it to safety considerations and\or “pump capacity capability” as an upside teaser to the macotious majors).
Again, I'm a person that looks for the "hook" (promotional aspect of drilling). Meaning that todays software can guesstimate when a DH could be at adepth that can produce a positive resevoir NPV/IRR volumetric outcome, (possibly) holding any upside in the "back pocket" to keep the majors "off balance" (aka guessing).
In the (cynical promotional aspect of ) business we often hear the term, "under promise and over deliver". Is that in play here? Maybe maybe not! However:
CAVEAT EMPTOR BWDIK? When you have (potentially) explored and discoved (say) 20,000 boe/d the penchant/excitement for being a producer quickly wanes. Most (explorers & developers) may want to sell to a (deep pocketed) developer/producer (known as an inflection point) and retire or move on to the next tubidite target, either adjacent to the Ortoire block or in elsewhere.
The TT government is still mindful of the need for key industries to function in a pandemic environment and will grant exceptions (aka work with those companies) looking to work through the lockdown ONLY if they would agree comply with TT's strickt quarantine regime.
NOTE: Cherca 1, David & others have opined on higher (deeper & safer) drilling capicity. See James' citation of their drill provider -------------------------------------------------
Well Services Petroleum Ltd. rig No. 80
https://wellservicespetroleum.com/about-well-services/ RE:”I guess they can't really do any more work at Casca or Chinook because they can't get deep enough to fully apprais these assets. Is there only 1 friggen drill worth shite on an Island that's actually saturated with oil and gas. ?
I can handle a stock not getting to $ 10 because it didn't discover enough of a resource to justify it but owning one where we are almost dam certain it has a discovery that justifies $ 10 but our technology is too shitty to prove it up is a bit frustrating.
We need at least 2 rigs that can get down to 12,000.
Maybe Stanley knows. Stanley can you find us another rig ? Could you get on that please?
Stanley:
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James Shipka, chief operating officer, stated: "The Cascadura structure continues to exceed our expectations, and the Cascadura Deep-1 exploration well confirms that this is a unique structure with tremendous potential. Although we were unable to drill to our planned total depth, the information gathered while drilling and the hydrocarbon accumulations encountered are truly exceptional. Not only did we encounter a massive section of turbidite deposits nearly 3,000 feet thick, we established the intermediate thrust sheet as a viable reservoir and expanded the known boundaries of the sands tested in the Cascadura-1ST1 well. In the intermediate section, wireline data identified in excess of 300 feet of prospective pay in two thrust sheets, one of which has not been previously encountered in the area. While those 308 feet of sand met the threshold for pay based on log data, well site sampling saw hydrocarbon indicators throughout the entire section which we aim to gain a better understanding of through our production testing program. In the sands previously evaluated in Cascadura-1ST1, we were able to not only confirm the continuity of the structure, we were able to identify the base of the sand package at nearly 200 feet below the total depth of the original well. Finally, the information obtained at Cascadura Deep-1 provides great insight into what was observed at the Chinook-1 well which the company expects to commence production testing later this month."
The Cascadura Deep-1 exploration well was spudded on Oct. 27, 2020, using
Well Services Petroleum Ltd. rig No. 80. The well was designed to explore the potential of a thick sequence of Herrera sandstones contained in a series of thrust sheets which were observed in the offsetting BW-5 well as well as the recent Cascadura-1ST1 and Chinook-1 discoveries. The primary target of the Cascadura Deep-1 well were the Gr7bc Herrera sands in the intermediate thrust sheet at an approximate measured depth of 7,600 feet. These sands were interpreted to correlate to, but separate from, the sands observed in the company's Chinook-1 discovery. The well was intended to further evaluate a secondary target of a repeated section of Gr7bc Herrera sands in a subthrust sheet from approximately 9,500 feet to a planned total depth of 10,600 feet.
The Cascadura Deep-1 well is the fourth of the amended five-well exploration commitment under Touchstone's Ortoire exploration and production licence. The company has an 80-per-cent working interest in the licence but is responsible for 100 per cent of the drilling, completion and testing costs associated with the initial five exploration wells. Heritage Petroleum Company Ltd. holds the remaining 20-per-cent working interest. Touchstone had no reserves booked for the Cascadura Deep-1 well in the company's Dec. 31, 2019, independent reserves report. Further testing is required to determine the economic viability and potential of the well, and the company plans to commence completion and production testing operations during the first quarter of 2021.