West Newton8 Dec 2018 08:37
Cant wait till we start on this one.( game changer)
The West Newton gas discovery is on-trend with the prolific Hewett gasfield complex which had Original Gas in Place of 419 Bcf. Regionally, West Newton and Hewett are located in the Southern Permian Basin which contains approximately 24 Tcf of gas and 250 MMbbls of oil combined in production areas in Poland, Germany and the Netherlands.
The West Newton conventional appraisal well is defined from 3 Component 3D seismic. The West Newton conventional appraisal well is planned to be drilled in Q1 2019.
The West Newton A-1 gas discovery well was drilled and logged in 2014. Best Estimate Contingent resources are 189 Bcf of gas equivalent ("Bcfe") or 31.5 million barrels of oil equivalent ("boe") (gross). Reflecting its status as an existing gas discovery, the West Newton conventional appraisal well has a combined geological and commercial Probability of Success of 60%.
The Operator's estimated unrisked project economic evaluation indicates NPV10% before tax of US$247 million or $7.84 per boe and yields a 52.5% rate of return.
Cadeby Reef Oil and Other Prospects
The Operator has identified a significant oil exploration target in the Cadeby Reef formation located below the existing discovered gas Contingent Resources. As part of the proposed West Newton appraisal well, the Cadeby Reef oil exploration target will also be drilled as a secondary target. The Cadeby Reef has Best Estimate Prospective Resources of 79.1 million boe (gross). The Cadeby Reef oil prospect has an estimated geological Chance of Success of 26%.
The Operator's estimated unrisked project economic evaluation indicates NPV10% before tax of US$850 million or US$10.75 per boe and yields a 104.8% rate of return.
In addition, the Operator has also mapped a number of additional attractive prospects and leads on the licence that would add to the significant Prospective Resources mentioned previously.
Deloitte CPR
A Competent Person's Report dated 25 July 2017 was prepared for Connaught by Deloitte LLP, an independent petroleum engineering firm, that conforms to SPE-PRMS guidelines ("Deloitte CPR"). The Deloitte CPR incorporates data from a proprietary three component 3D seismic survey, acquired in 2014 following the drilling of the West Newton discovery well, and Deloitte has assigned Contingent Resources to the West Newton discovery.
In this announcement, all volumetric data disclosed under the Contingent Resource and Prospective Resource categories in relation to the West Newton gas discovery and PEDL183 have all been sourced from the Deloitte CPR.
Proposed West Newton Appraisal Well
The proposed West Newton appraisal well will involve conventional drilling to appraise the West Newton A-1 gas discovery within a Permian age Carbonate reservoir and a deeper secondary oil target and, for clarity, the operations at the site will not either now or in the future involve the process of hydraulic "fracking
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