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22 June 2012
Heritage Oil Plc
("Heritage" or the "Company")
HERITAGE ANNOUNCES THAT IT HAS COMMENCED DRILLING THE MIRAN WEST-4 APPRAISAL WELL IN KURDISTAN
Heritage Oil Plc (LSE: HOIL), an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces that it has commenced drilling the Miran West-4 appraisal well in Kurdistan.
Highlights
 The Miran West-4 appraisal well has commenced drilling on the Miran Block in Kurdistan
 This is the fifth well to be drilled on the large Miran field and the fourth on the Western structure.
 The well is designed to further appraise the Upper Cretaceous oil reservoir
 The Company intends to test and evaluate several intervals as the well is drilled to a target depth of c.1,550 metres
 It is planned to drill a c.500 metre horizontal section in the oil bearing reservoir in order to maximise penetration of fractures
 The well is expected to take approximately three and a half months to drill and test
 On completion of the drilling, Heritage plans to undertake an extended well test of these oil bearing reservoirs selling between 3,000 to 5,000 barrels of oil gross per day into the local market