# Horizon Petroleum Completes Successful Flow Testing at the Lachowice-7 Gas Well in Southern Poland

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/horizon-petroleum-completes-successful-flow-testing-at-the-lachowice-7-gas-well--dc68070e-3908-49e5-a574-12afd27a0b07

Original source: https://orestocks.com/company/HPL.V/press-releases/5678244334900338

Publisher: orestocks

Original announcement: 2026-10-14T11:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-10-14T13:06:22.535Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-10-14T13:06:22.535Z

- Company: Horizon Petroleum Ltd.

- Ticker: HPL.V

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Southern Poland

- Primary commodity: Natural gas

- Secondary commodities: Condensate

- Document categories: Other, Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-10-14 13:06:23 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Horizon Petroleum has successfully completed the main flow testing phase at the Lachowice-7 gas well in southern Poland. The results, which included a six-day main flow test, support the company's plans for an early production phase targeting the third quarter of 2027.

Reasoning: Successful flow testing at Lachowice-7 confirms gas presence and reservoir permeability, advancing the project toward an early production phase.

- Positive factor: successful completion of main flow portion

- Positive factor: high permeability indicated by fluid loss

- Positive factor: gas flow rates in line with performance forecast

- Positive factor: acceleration of early production phase targeting Q3 2027

- Negative factor: short-term rates should not be interpreted as long-term production

- Negative factor: pressure build-up analysis still pending

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Story-specific tag

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: The release focuses on the development of the Lachowice gas development in the Bielsko-Biala concession.

Evidence · text

> successfully completed the main flow portion of the production testing program at the Lachowice-7 \("L7"\) well in the Bielsko-Biala concession

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (2)

### Lachowice-7

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/horizon-petroleum-completes-successful-flow-testing-at-the-lachowice-7-gas-well--dc68070e-3908-49e5-a574-12afd27a0b07#fact-drill-facts-0)

Bielsko-Biala concession

#### Identity

- Hole ID: Lachowice-7
- Project: Bielsko-Biala concession
- Region: southern poland
- Reported Region: southern poland
- Ticker: HPL.V

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Main flow test showed gas rates declining from 5MMcf/d to 2.5MMcf/d over 6 days.

- Positive factor: flow rates consistent with forecast

- Negative factor: short-term rate

Evidence · text

> Over the 6 days of the main flow period, gas flow rates initiated at 5MMcf/d ... declining to 2.5MMcf/d

#### Tags used in scoring

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### Lachowice-7

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/horizon-petroleum-completes-successful-flow-testing-at-the-lachowice-7-gas-well--dc68070e-3908-49e5-a574-12afd27a0b07#fact-drill-facts-1)

Bielsko-Biala concession

#### Identity

- Hole ID: Lachowice-7
- Project: Bielsko-Biala concession
- Region: southern poland
- Reported Region: southern poland
- Ticker: HPL.V

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Cumulative production of 170 barrels of condensate recorded during testing.

- Positive factor: cumulative production confirmed

Evidence · text

> Lachowice-7 produced a total of ... 170 barrels of condensate

#### Tags used in scoring

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

## How Atlas produces this analysis

Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.
