flow rates, page-4

Gary,

The well clean up flow rates aren't all that far away, perhaps 1.5 to 2.5 weeks, depending on where they TD G5, and how long for it's two completions to be run.

G5 will be flowed by the Ocean Patriot for clean up once the G5 lower and upper completions have been run. It will then move across and flow G6 for clean up.

We will be advised of those clean up flow rates.

The OP will then be demobed and the company doing the subsea installations and connections will move in to do that work (approx 4 wks), then we will see production flow.

The clean up flow rates will not be the maximum rates for the wells.
As the wells flow over time, the flow path becomes established and the flow rates will increase probably some 30 to 40% above the clean up rates before eventually starting to diminish as depletion occurs.
Remember, the flows will be choked back to achieve 12,000 bopd total from all 4 wells.

If we're getting say 4,500 bopd from G3 and G4, then G5 and G6 will be restricted to around 7,500 bopd day.
Hopefully this arrangement will keep us at 12,000 bopd for quite some time.

Of course, this is my interpretation of the work scope time frame and what we should see.

I note from re reading Drilling Update #11 they say the lower completion was run over the 260mt high quality reservoir section of G6.
I hope that this was just the way it was worded and not that the G6 lower completion was only 260mts total...ie, I thought that through to 3,466 mts (from 2,700) they had encountered exactly what they had anticipated (same reservoir conditions as Ph I), and that it had also included a 260mt high qual sect.