My concern is that I didn't want to be responsible
for rewarding Lynne's open and cordial discussion with fodder
for those who are given to twisting whatever is said to their
own devious means.
Nonetheless, he did say that they, just in the last few days,
met with the technical group being looked to, to find ways of
cracking the permeability issues at Sunrise, Ekho and the Belridge Diatomite.
He also confirmed that the Veddder is the
target zone at Ekho and that they will be going back to both
Sunrise and Ekho as soon as the experts come up with a plan.
Meanwhile, contrary to Cohen, Diatomite production is not the
current first order of business at Belridge, but rather the Tulare/Etchegoin.
Comparative recovery rates were cited as a
major factor (only 10-12% for the Diatomite). He remarked
about the huge expenditure that is being made by Aera just to
maintain production levels from the Diatomite. Further, he
indicated horizontal drilling might or might not play a major
role in future Diatomite exploitation. He mentioned that
Aera is going back to vertical drilling at Cymric. I gathered that because of current
ongoing research by Aera and TIV's own group they were in no hurry to actively tackle the Diatomite.
If I understood correctly, at least one of the 4 exploratory
Belridge wells is being completed for Etchegoin production. The overall
inpression I got was that they are steadily progressing
per a flexible plan, albeit not as fast as some might like.
Doodlebug
