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Competent Person's Report

28 Oct 2010 07:00

RNS Number : 1288V
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28 October 2010
 



 

For immediate release 28 October 2010

Chariot Oil & Gas Limited

("Chariot", the "Company" or the "Group")

CPR confirms Chariot's estimate of gross mean prospective resource volumes

Chariot Oil & Gas Limited (AIM: CHAR), the Africa focused oil and gas exploration company, is pleased to announce the results from its independent Competent Person's Report ("CPR") from Netherland Sewell & Associates Inc. ("NSAI") which reports a gross P50 unrisked prospective resource volumes of 9.03 billion barrels with a gross mean unrisked prospective resource volumes of 10.08 billion barrels for its 4 licences offshore Namibia. This compares with and supports Chariot's internal gross mean unrisked prospective resource figure of 10.06 billion barrels, as announced in its resource update on 6 September 2010.

Highlights:

·; Gross mean risked resource potential of 1.13 billion bbls (Net to Chariot - 0.85 billion bbls)

·; Chariot determines an Expected Monetary Value ("EMV") of £4.6 billion (P50) - corresponding to £5.98/bbl (US$9.27/bbl) per net risked bbl

·; Probabilities of Success marginally higher - average up from 10.7% to 11.3%

·; Underpins investment case and supports the excellent work undertaken by Chariot's in-house technical team

 

The CPR was independently compiled by industry specialist Netherland Sewell & Associates Inc. and this corroboration of volume potential is both a strong endorsement of work undertaken by Chariot to date and underscores the significant value held within the Company's licence areas. NSAI performed evaluation work on the original CPR undertaken for Chariot at the time of its admission to trading on AIM in May 2008 and is highly regarded in its field for work of this nature.

 

As part of the new CPR, NSAI undertook a geologic risk assessment on the 11 prospects and 6 lead inventory as identified by Chariot and conducted an independent review of the individual prospect and lead risking. NSAI's risking was slightly improved from the Chariot risking in that the average Probabilities of Success increased from 10.7% to 11.3%. In addition, NSAI commented "Chariot is currently conducting 3-D seismic analysis, and we believe the results of this analysis may further reduce prospect risk". The results of this analysis are expected to be completed during the 4th Qtr of 2010.

 

On receiving the report, the Company has calculated a total risked EMV of £4.6 billion, equivalent to £5.98 / bbl (US$9.27/bbl). This is the first time that an EMV has been placed on the assets to date.

 

As noted in the NSAI report, "Chariot's technical evaluation and documentation are comprehensive and high quality," and it is a testament to the work that has been undertaken to date that resource figures similar to Chariot's own calculations were generated by a third party. Please see table below for a breakdown of the key figures from the CPR.

 

Paul Welch, CEO of Chariot commented:

 

"I am delighted to report that the CPR has confirmed our previous resource estimates and has also provided a representative value for our assets. The validation of our resource potential not only consolidates our investment case but is also indicative of the excellent work carried out by our in-house technical team. The risking and subsequent value that is now attributable to our assets underpins our conviction that Chariot continues to offer huge upside potential."

 

Unrisked Gross (100 Percent)

Prospective Oil Resources (MMBBL)

Prospective Post-Tax Cash Flow(2)

Discounted at 10%(MM$)

Licence Area /

Prospect or Lead

Low

Estimate

Best Estimate

High Estimate

Mean (1)

 

Pg

%

Unrisked

Risked

Northern Licences

Tapir North Prospect

166

278

451

294

14

2,725

382

Tapir Prospect

89

139

211

146

14

964

135

Tapir South Prospect

122

190

277

196

14

1,830

256

Tapir South Fan Prospect

83

175

319

190

12

1,402

168

Zamba North Prospect

53

91

141

95

12

711

85

Tapir Northeast Lead

180

296

449

306

12

2,877

345

Zamba Lead

350

667

1,145

713

15

6,862

1,029

Total - Northern Licences

1,043

1,836

2,993

1,940

Southern Licences

A Prospect

126

215

339

225

16

2,292

367

B Prospect

197

301

448

313

16

3,168

507

C Prospect

149

326

620

361

16

3,312

530

G Prospect

394

712

1,192

759

16

7,661

1,226

H Prospect

273

450

714

475

16

4,891

783

K Prospect

248

518

979

571

16

5,438

870

C Stratigraphic Lead

321

942

2,153

1,118

12

10,397

1,248

Total - Southern Licences

1,709

3,465

6,445

3,821

Central Licences (3)

Hartebeest Lead

502

1,489

3,287

1,720

7

15,491

1,084

Klipspringer Lead

587

1,772

3,916

2,055

7

17,770

1,244

Oryx Lead

157

467

1,025

543

6

4,625

278

Total Central Licences

1,246

3,728

8,228

4,318

TOTAL:

3,998

9,028

17,666

10,079

 

Totals are the arithmetic sum of multiple probability distributions and may not add up because of rounding.

 

(1) Mean values are reported in addition to the low, best and high estimates for each prospect and lead.

(2) NSAI have not summed post-tax cash flows because of the expected interdependence of prospects and leads.

(3) Leads in the Central Licences were assessed with 2D seismic data only; all other prospects and leads were assessed with 3D seismic data.

 

The resources in the report were estimated using a combination of deterministic and probabilistic methods and are dependent on a petroleum discovery being made. These estimates were prepared in accordance with generally accepted petroleum engineering and evaluation principles and in accordance with the 2007 PRMS definitions and guidelines as approved by the SPE.

 

QUALIFIED PERSONMartin Richards, Chariot's Chief Reservoir Engineer, is the qualified person for the purpose of this release. Martin has worked in the oil and gas industry for over 30 years and has an in-depth experience of all aspects of subsurface management, reservoir engineering and petroleum economics. He has an MA in Physics from Oxford University, an MSc in Geophysics and Planetary Physics from Newcastle University and an MEng in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot-Watt University. He has read and approved the technical disclosures in this announcement.

 

For further information please contact:

 

Chariot Oil & Gas Limited

+44 (0)20 7318 0450

Paul Welch, CEO

 

Ambrian Partners Limited (Joint Broker and NOMAD)

Richard Swindells

+44 (0)20 7634 4856

 

RBC Capital Markets (Joint Broker)

Josh Critchley, Martin Eales

+44 (0)20 7653 4000

Buchanan Communications

Bobby Morse, Ben Romney, Chris McMahon

+44 (0)20 7466 5000

 

 

NOTES TO EDITORS

 

About Chariot

 

Chariot Oil & Gas Limited is an independent oil and gas exploration group. The Group currently holds licences covering eight blocks in Namibia, all of which are offshore. All of these blocks are currently in the exploration phase.

 

Shares in Chariot Oil & Gas limited are admitted to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol 'CHAR'.

Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement. 

 

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