Doc.....Based on krom's history he will never get it. Let's move on to important stuff.
Of course they found biogenic gas, probally in the first 7-8 hundred feet, but it was not part of the petroleum system. The problem was the missing element not discovered, but Bovill says they know it is " down there."
In the email from DK, the is most important point ,in my opinion, is part c, " c) Estimate resources of undrilled traps and evaluate drillable trap(s). And is also contained in the definition of "petroleum system", ie " trap and seal."
I think what was not found was the expected accumulation of oil because in Kina, Lemba, and Malanza they did not drill in the correct place to find traps and faults. They found traces of oil in unconsolidated sands just as Total found in Akpo. They also found in Kina and Lemba high pressure gas and not much in malanza.
I have believed for some time if oil was not there in these wells they will have to drill deeper or in different locations and to the south . I was very glad to see knownski comment yesterday that they have to drill "low."
It seems to me that the three sites drilled in the JDZ that have the highest elevations from the common ground base ie. Kina,Lemba, and Malanza, and two of these apparently has high pressure gas and maybe condensate. OBO1 and Bomu both have substantially less elevation from the base and apparently have oil or oil shows. Interestingly Oaki East has by far the less elevation of any of the drill sites, and is to the south. It is also has the most closely guarded drilling information. Basically no word on it, except back channel rumors of discovery.
My point with all of this is that the drill sites that were drilled deeper into the base below those under the sea mountains have better results. In other words they were drilled deeper, just as knownski suggested. Conversely the highest of those under the sea mountains may not have traps or faults at all but were simply pushed up far above the petroleum system by the high pressure gas over a very extended period of time.
All of the above is my considered opinion.
