Interesting comment from Dan_Ashcroft on the CIS server’Are they...

Interesting comment from Dan_Ashcroft on the CIS server

’Are they willing to consider a sidetrack while the rig is there? They could sidetrack in a matter of days/weeks and save the cost and time of having to bring the rig back. May as well do it while you are down there!’

’Regarding seal, yes, the top seal is important. There is also a need for fault seal as its a structural trap, not a stratigraphic trap. This can be shale juxtapose
d on sandstone across the fault, or shale smear along the fault itself. Here's a figure on fault seals from a paper by Steve Ogilvie. This is going to be of importance when drilling prospects heavily reliant on faults sealing.’