RE: FARM OUT (5,000-10,000 bopd - $70M-$140M p/a) Is Real Focus - Not 50bopd H2!29 Oct 2025 10:58
Facts.
We know Mongolia must increase oil production for the new refinery that is being built, new completion date is 2027/ 2028, it needs 30,000 bopd to run at 100% capacity, Mongolias current oil production is around 15,000 bopd, recent article states Mongolian oil output has fallen 14% this year.
MATADs Heron field is located in the south Tamsag basin, Petro China oilfield is adjacent to the north, Petro China have been drilling in this field since 2005 when they bought the field from SOCO for $93,000,000, all PCs best prospects in the north have been drilled and many of their hundreds of producing wells are coming to end of life, to-date these wells account for nearly 90% of Mongolia’s oil.
The 530km pipeline that starts a few km from the Heron field and runs to the refinery is due to be completed this year.
Heron is the only known untapped oilfield that can deliver the increase in oil that Mongolia need, no doubt this is why the Heron field has been designated as State special purpose land (see 5th Feb RNS).
Also great to hear that Gazelle 1 has flowed oil at well above the expected rates, Gazelle itself has a half billion dollars of oil.
All coming together.