verysensiblemike, It does not matter what fluid they drilled...

verysensiblemike,

It does not matter what fluid they drilled with, the MDT sampling can discriminate between formation fluids and filtrate from water- and oil-base muds.

Based on the MDT, had the result given a positive result they would have fracced and flow tested. However the MDT sampling results, did not retrieve hydrocarbon samples. Hence was not conducive to flowing hydrocarbons.

Winx1 is plugged and abandoned, if there was any intention they intended to sidetrack they would have stated as much. It has not been suspended for later re-entry. This location is no good, they have admitted as much.

The 14 year old 3D seismic at Winx is about to be superceded by brand new 3D state of the art seismic from the Multi clients. Further potential but at the earliest next year.

Cheers