RE: Block Energy Targets First Net-Zero Industrial Hub in the Region with Game-Changing CCS Project15 Aug 2025 08:44
Project 1: Upcoming slim hole drilling, a core part of the company’s strategy. This links closely to development opportunities in Project 2.
Project 3: Block’s multi-trillion cubic feet (TCF) natural gas appraisal and development project, currently the subject of ongoing farm-out negotiations.
Project 4: A high-impact exploration project also being marketed for farm-out, as communicated in the most recent RNS.
CCS: Pioneering initiative aimed at establishing a first-of-its-kind CCS project in the region, moving quickly toward proof of concept. Pilot is the first of its kind in the area; no comparable projects currently exist in the immediate region. Existing analogues in Europe and early-stage work in the Middle East informed Block’s approach, but Block is ahead of the curve thanks to operational control in a brownfield environment and in-house capabilities.
Technical Progress - OPC have independently confirmed potential storage capacity exceeding 140 million tons.
The project is moving into 1st planning phase of collaboration with Indorama, within the company’s 11B license area & immediate next step involves injecting liquefied carbon from Indorama into key reservoirs, monitoring the mineralization process to validate the CCS concept.
Technical success would demonstrate the geological suitability for carbon storage and fast-track further development. Commercially, CCS is positioned to future-proof Block’s business by offering industrial clients (like Indorama) a paid solution to manage their carbon emissions, especially with EU carbon border regulations (CBAM) coming into force in 2026-2027. The initiative could generate new revenue streams, decarbonize Block’s and its partners’ operations, and position the company within the growing carbon management sector.
Slim Hole Drilling Pilot - Block is set to pioneer slim hole drilling in Georgia, aiming for sharply reduced drilling costs and faster operations, using own rig and personnel, internalising capability, gaining greater operational control. Success of this has strategic implications: help to derisk contingent resources (such as the 20 million-barrel contingent resource in Project One), facilitating conversion to reserves and ultimately to production—central to Block’s business model.
Farm-Out Activities and Strategic Partnerships - Ongoing farm-out discussions focus on projects that require more capital than Block currently holds, critical for executing transformational appraisal and development work, designed to bring in partners at the asset level, thus preserving Block’s capital structure and limiting shareholder dilution.