On of before Dec 18th 2023 ?10 Nov 2023 04:42
27 trading days, including today, maximum to wait .... and counting
June 2nd 2023 RNS
Contract Year Two of the PSC (Production Sharing Contract) will now expire on 18 December 2023, with a subsequent commitment, on entry into Contract Year Three, for the drilling of one well to appraise the Chuditch-1 discovery. The practical effect of this is that a decision on whether to enter the drilling phase is now required to be taken at or before that date.
The extension to PSC Contract Year Two was requested to allow additional time for the necessary preparations prior to entering the drilling phase of the PSC.
These activities include the detailed evaluation of candidate drilling locations and well trajectories for input into the final well design. ....................(Done and a Drill Well Manager appointed )
Chuditch Farmout Update
As the Company indicated in its Final Results for 2022 on 23 May 2023, there are a number of ongoing discussions with third parties regarding participation in the Chuditch appraisal well and future activities. Whilst there is the usual uncertainty over whether and when such discussions may come to fruition, the granting of a further six-month extension and its associated work programme maximises the chances of success.
Sep 25th RNS
Our ongoing discussions with potential funding partners provide additional affirmation that the technical case is robust and there is alignment on the requirement for drilling an appraisal well on Chuditch, followed by additional exploration activities to delineate the total on block gas resources for this LNG scale project.
John Wakefield, Non-Executive Chairman, commented:
"All of our efforts are currently focused on the Chuditch PSC drilling decision to be made late in 2023 for a Chuditch-1 appraisal well. We are making good progress and are in advanced discussions with a number of potential funding partners. We look forward to updating shareholders as soon as we are able."
Oct 11th 2023 RNS
Subject to drill financing, it is currently expected that a Chuditch-2 appraisal well would be drilled in late 2024, using a jack-up drilling rig, and is expected to take around 21 days to drill, with a further 15 days assumed for logging and a drill stem test. The water depth at the proposed Chuditch-2 location is 60 metres and the well would be drilled to 3,020 metres below mean sea level. Improved subsurface imaging from the reprocessed 3D seismic data permits a vertical well design, which is operationally simpler and more cost efficient. The well is planned to penetrate the Plover Formation reservoir at least 500 metres from the Chuditch fault on the southeast side of the field, mitigating location risk from fault imaging uncertainty.
In relation to drilling planning, Baron has recruited a Well Operations Manager and scheduled planning workshops with government regulator ANP and joint venture partner TIMOR GAP.
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