chart ssailor, page-36

IM no expert.
But I wouldnt think it too much of a problem turning a vertical well into a horizontal.
I would think the casing at this point would be about at least 7 inches. so lets say its 7 inch usually horizontal legs run a 5 inch casing so should be no problem.

This is what the testing is all about to gather data on which zones will flow naturally whick need a frac in the vertical leg or those that need to be drilled and fracked horizontally.

My guess is that a large % of verticals dont have enough free flowing oil to produce naturally so if the zone is tighter than first thought, they might perforate part of the vertical section where the oil column is, and fracture stimulate it just to allow it to release its oil, because of its tighter than expected zone.
As most here would know, This is very common in many vertical plays the key is that the reservour rock has good permeability and porosity and can release the oil a pump can take care of the rest if low pressure.

These verticals are still very productive at 100 BOPD but of course the better ones produce 100 to 2000 per day.

Its common to drill these kind of wells on 40 acre spacing or even 80 or 160 acre spacing you still get a lot of wells on even a few hundred sq km so you can imagine if they can define a decent oil fairway at chorbane there could be quite a lot of wells, and if they are producing say 200 BOPD they pay for themselves within 12 months and between them can produce a lot of oil.

Anyway with a bit of luck this may not be necessary from the samples that were taken they seem to think it should flow. lets wait to see if its a high or low pressure zone.

It will be a great relief just to first confirm that there is oil there, then let them work out the best way to bring it to the surface if and when they get to that point.

Lets hope that we can recieve some good news this week.

LWR