RE: Capex costs20 Aug 2024 21:06
Beauly licence offers large oil development potential. Fynn Beauly lies to the north of
Pilot, midway between the Piper and Claymore fields, and is a large existing viscous oil
discovery. Orcadian holds 50% in JV with UK peer Parkmead. Fynn Beauly was originally
discovered in 1974, with one well flowing at 10bbl/d of 10.6 degree API oil. Potential
esources are large, with gross 2C of 292mmbbl allotted to Fynn Beauly (257mmbbl on the
current licence). The JV is studying potential development using a warm polymer flood
powered by geothermal, or downhole RF (microwave) heating powered by wind turbines. One
possible next step in this process would be drilling of a test well and carrying out of a flow
test using microwaves for reservoir heating, which we would expect to cost around US$50m
gross