RE: Question5 Mar 2020 12:19
From Angus's annual report RNS:
... The Group immediately followed up the result with consideration of other options for the site and the Licence, which extends further south from Brockham and closer to Horse Hill. The site itself has two other wells both of which connect to the Portland reservoir which is historically where the bulk of oil production has taken place at Brockham. One of these wells is a producer, shut in during the works on the Kimmeridge, and the other is a water injector suspended due to environmental permitting.
The Group is applying for permission to the Environment Agency to resume water injection to manage the Portland reservoir and increase recoveries from the producing well. A Field Development Plan has also been submitted to this effect to the Oil & Gas Authority. The Group believes that, subject to permits being granted, the site would be commercially profitable without any further significant capital expenditure. Recompletion of the BR X4Z well as a Portland producer is also under consideration.
Also, under consideration is a disposal of the Group's interest in the site and the Licence to a third party and discussions have been held with two such parties although these remain inconclusive. A final option, decommissioning of all three wells and restoration of the site has been fully costed and provided for with a designated reserve. Based on the above and as further explained in note 11, the board have recognized an impairment of GBP0.3 million against its carrying value.