"If you think a sample is all you need to base your final...

"If you think a sample is all you need to base your final investment decisions on, that is stupidity to the highest order."

Where did I say that?

"What you are proposing means you don't even need a flow test."

I'm proposing that the ability to obtain a gas sample means there is a live gas accumulation...which in turn requires a working trap and seal on the structure.

The primary data you get from a well test:

1. productive capacity.
2. reservoir pressure.
3 reservoir permeability and
4. extent of a hydrocarbon reservoir beyond the well bore.

"I don't think you know what you are talking about."

If that's the case then you have to at least give me credit for managing to make a good living out of not knowing what I'm doing for the last 30+ years.