Guercif Licence (PRD 75% WI)19 Feb 2020 13:40
Rig now booked spud likely April/May
Strong Location and Commercial Terms:
• Opportunity for early cash flow on drilling success due to strong gas market; high gas prices; and proximity of gas infrastructure.
• The initial target for gas lies less than 10 kilometres north of the Maghreb - Europe gas pipeline, which has spare capacity in the event of a major gas discovery, which is the desired objective of the drilling programme planned by Predator
• One of the World’s best fiscal terms for petroleum exploration and production – 5% royalty and 10 year tax holiday
The Perspectivity following recent CPR:
• SLR has reported that the Miocene Tortonian reservoir in the Moulouya Prospect has a Best Estimate gross gas in place of 646 BCF with recoverable Best Estimate prospective resources of 320 BCF net to Predator using only a 66% recovery factor (High Estimate 659 BCF net to Predator based on higher in-place gas). Unrisked NPV per BCF of Miocene discovered gas is estimated by SLR to be US$1.95 million, generating an unrisked estimated NPV for the Best Estimate net Predator gas resources of US$624 million.
• For the sub-salt TAGI reservoir in the Triassic Prospect, SLR has a Best Estimate gross gas in place of 515 BCF with recoverable Best Estimate prospective resources of 155 BCF net to Predator using only a 40% recovery factor (High Estimate 283 BCF net to Predator based on higher in-place gas). Unrisked NPV per BCF of Triassic discovered gas is estimated by SLR to be US$1.34 million generating an unrisked estimated NPV for the Best Estimate net Predator gas resources of US$207.7 million.
• The SLR total combined audited net Best Estimate prospective resources for the first tier prospects are 474 BCF (943 BCF High Estimate), representing an unrisked estimated NPV for the Best Estimate net Predator gas resources of US$831.7 million.
Prospects Derisked through nearby gas shows:
• An off-set well, GRF-1 drilled in 1972, less than 1.5 kilometres to the south-east of the edge of the seismic amplitude anomaly, had dry gas shows in some high quality Tortonian (Miocene) reservoir sands. The same reservoir sands are exposed at the margin of the Guercif Basin where they are interpreted as deep water turbidites and form thick, stacked multiple sand bodies.
• The gas potential of the area is further enhanced by the recognition of TransAtlantic of up to 128 feet of untested gas pay at the base of the Miocene in GRF-1 with average porosities of 20% and average gas saturation of 20%. Two micro-seepage surveys carried out for TransAtlantic by Geo-Microbial Technologies in 2006 and 2007 also identified dry gas around the GRF-1 well in soil samples.
• The Directors believe that the Moulouya Prospect therefore represents a low risk proven gas play that is a potentially play-opening, opportunity for shallow gas in multiple, high quality reservoirs. Significantly the potential for a very large accumulation exists due to the lack of com