Sorry pots there is nothing in any of NWE anns that even...

Sorry pots there is nothing in any of NWE anns that even remotely suggest this. casing diameter yes, but nothing about fluid and gas.

Plus fluid is heavier than gas so it would impede the flow of gas to surface not the other way around.

"The announcement you quote tells you that the pipe size was an issue in that the fluid was able to escape past the gas before it was ejected from the well."

I repeat again the last we know as fact is that they shut the well in.