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Acquisition of Texas Oil & Gas Production Assets
15 Dec 2023 07:00
RNS Number : 8904W
88 Energy Limited
15 December 2023
This announcement contains inside information
15 December 2023
88 Energy Limited
Acquisition of Additional Texas Oil and Gas Production Assets
Highlights
· Expanded footprint in Texas Permian Basin with acquisition of further non-operated working interest in leases and wells with conventional onshore production and development opportunities.
· ~64.4% net working interest (WI) acquired by 88 Energy in 1,262 net acres, located ½ mile south and ¼ mile north of existing Project Longhorn assets (Longhorn) connecting the acreage position.
· Joint Venture partner and Operator, Lonestar I, LLC (Operator or Lonestar), also acquired a ~21.5% WI in the new assets with remaining WI retained by existing non-operated partners.
· Purchase price of US$0.35M (net to 88 Energy: US$0.26M) paid in cash by the Joint Venture, Bighorn Energy LLC (Bighorn) which comprises of Longhorn Energy Investments LLC (LEI) a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of 88 Energy (75% ownership) and Lonestar (25% ownership).
· Attractive low-cost entry of ~US$0.33 per BOE based on the independently certified net 2P reserves position of 0.68 MMBOE1,2.
· Nine (9) low-producing existing wells (~26 BOE/day gross) and 10 development opportunities with potential identified in multiple zones and classified as Gross Undeveloped 2P Reserves (1.2 MMBOE1,2), along with Contingent and Prospective Resources which are yet to be quantified.
· Coupled with the additional acreage announced in July 2023, Bighorn has reviewed its development opportunities and will now target lower-cost workovers ahead of new drills. Bighorn has approved 5 workovers to be completed in 1H 2024 and upon successful execution are expected to increase production to 180 - 220 BOE gross per day (~75% oil).
· Once the workovers are completed, Bighorn will consider for approval the 2 new production wells, as previously announced, in 2H 2024, which are expected to increase production by an additional 160-200 BOE gross per day (~75% oil).
· Upon successful completion of the workovers and new wells across its acreage, together with the existing producing wells, 88 Energy expects Longhorn total gross production to reach approximately 600 - 675 BOE per day (~75% oil) by year end 2024.
· The new acreage contains 2 injection wells that will be assessed for restoration so that Bighorn has optionality for water disposal, particularly as production increases when new wells come online.
· Bighorn recently secured a US$5 million line of credit facility to assist in cash flow management associated with the development opportunities.
1 Refer to page 3 for initial reserves estimates and assumptions.
2 Net Revenue Entitlement to 88 Energy.
88 Energy Limited (ASX:88E, AIM:88E, OTC:EEENF) (88 Energy or the Company) is pleased to announce the