RE: Cenkos5 Nov 2019 20:03
Billion Barrel Prospectivity - Charlie-1 has been designed as a step-out appraisal of the Malguk-1 well, drilled by BP in 1991. Malguk-1 encountered oil shows across multiple horizons but was not tested due to operational complications. 88 Energy subsequently undertook petrophysical analysis of the Malguk data, revealing bypassed pay within the Malguk-1 well. 88 Energy also completed the acquisition of a modern 3D seismic survey over the licence in 2018, helping the Company to determine the extent of the discovered oil accumulations. 88 Energy will operate the Charlie-1 well, with the cost of the well to be funded by Premier Oil (up to a cap of US$23m) as part of the recent farmout agreement. Charlie-1 will penetrate seven stacked prospects, including four appraisal targets, interpreted as being oil bearing in the Malguk-1 well. Drilling is scheduled to commence in February 2020 and will take two months to drill and test. Total gross mean prospective resources across the seven stacked targets is 1.6bn bbls (480mmbbls net to 88 Energy). In penetrating the seven stacked targets, the Charlie-1 appraisal well will also test the HRZ shale play, the focus of 88 Energy’s Project Icewine unconventional acreage. Additional data gathered from the Charlie-1 well will complement the Company’s ongoing analysis and aid in the ongoing informal farmout process.