RE: Huge potential 5-7 well drilling campaign29 Aug 2019 15:03
8) Additional upside from licence extensions
The licence area has been extended by 180km2 since the last CPR to include areas that appear to contain field extensions to the south and south-east with potentially significant volumetric upside.
CONCLUSION
This gives a total recoverable potential of 1001 MMBOE gross or 100 MMBOE net to LOGP excluding additional upside from the Jurassic and licence extensions. No wonder APEC want to undertake such a large appraisal campaign. While I don’t expect to see final figures reach the upper levels indicated here I would think a figure of 500-600 MMBOE recoverable is quite possible, which would have a material impact on LOGP and its SP.
EXCELLENT ECONOMICS FACTORS
Additionally Barryroe benefits from some excellent economic factors.
1) VERY LOW TAX REGIME – Ireland has one of the world's lowest tax regimes for oil and gas exploration meaning more profit.
2) SHALLOW OFFSHORE – The field is in shallow water meaning less expensive rigs.
3) UNDER AN EXISTING FIELD AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE – The field is directly underneath the Seven Heads Gas Field, which is producing. As a result, there is already some infrastructure in place both at the field and onshore, meaning development costs will be mitigated.
4) NEAR TO SHORE – At only 30 miles offshore the field is relatively close to land compared with many North Sea fields, which again means lower development costs.
5) HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE WELLS – The field is highly productive. Following on from drill results, it was forecast that a 1,000 ft horizontal well could deliver 12,500 BOPD plus 11 MMSCF/D totalling 14,300 BOE/D, and that 41 such wells could be used. Obviously they will come on stream in batches, but this does indicate a very high aggregate peak production rate for the field. Read huge revenues.