[thackney]

Thanks for posting that link Joe, it was interesting to read the comparisons to other plays.

I don’t remember the term “hybrid play”. What does that refer to?

[Smokin' Joe]

I haven't encountered that before, but it appears the Portland is a conventional oil play, whereas the Kimmeridge is an unconventional play, with the oil throughout the possibly discontinuous tight reservoir rock in the formation, much like the Bakken/Three Forks. The combination of unconventional resources and conventional resources may lead to the term 'hybrid' play.

Now if the industry can dodge the bullet of Saudi and otherwise funded anti-fraccers long enough to prove the play, the UK may be more energy independent than previously.

I channel surfed into a program recently where anti-fraccers were blaming the regression of parts of the Mississippi Delta in LA on fraccing...the network? Al-jazeera! (surprise, surprise...)