4 Apr 2013 09:36
4 April 2013
EGDON RESOURCES PLC
("Egdon" or "the Company")
Award of Offshore Licence
Egdon Resources plc (AIM:EDR) is pleased to announce the award by the Department of Energy & Climate Change of a licence covering offshore blocks 41/18 and 41/19 located adjacent to the North Yorkshire coast. The licence, awarded as a result of 26th UK Seaward Licensing Round, will be a Traditional Licence with Egdon Resources U.K. Limited holding 100% interest and Operatorship.
Only one well has previously been drilled in the licence area. The 41/18-1 (A339/1-2) well was drilled by Total in 1966 and was one of the earliest wells to discover hydrocarbons in the North Sea. Following acidisation, the well tested gas at rates of up to 2.5 million cubic feet of gas per day from fractured Upper Permian "Hauptdolomit" carbonates. Egdon's preliminary evaluation indicates the potential for the drilled structure to contain substantial Prospective Resources in the range of 40 to 272 billion cubic feet of gas ("bcf"), with a mid-case of 150 bcf.
Egdon intends to re-evaluate this gas discovery through a work programme which will include the acquisition, reprocessing and interpretation of existing 2D seismic data over the blocks together with detailed analysis of the previous well results and regional geological evaluation. Contingent upon confirmation of the size of the prospect and the potential resource, Egdon intends to seek consent to drill a well from an onshore location to appraise the discovery made by the original 1966 well.
Commenting on the licence award Mark Abbott, Managing Director of Egdon said:
"We are delighted to have been awarded this 26th Round licence over these high potential blocks in one of our focus areas. We believe that our proposed approach of appraising and potentially developing this prospect via an onshore to offshore well could unlock the value in one of the earliest North Sea gas discoveries and we look forward to commencing our detailed technical evaluation."
For further information please contact:
Egdon Resources plc
Mark Abbott, Jerry Field 01256 702292
Buchanan
Richard Darby, Gabriella Clinkard, Tom Hufton 020 7466 5000
Nominated Adviser and Broker - Cantor Fitzgerald Europe
David Porter, Rick Thompson (Corporate Finance) 020 7107 8000
Richard Redmayne (Corporate Broking)
Notes to Editors:
Egdon Resources plc
Egdon Resources plc (LSE: EDR) is an established UK-based exploration and production company primarily focused on onshore exploration and production in the hydrocarbon-producing basins of the UK and France.
Egdon currently holds interests in twenty nine licences in the UK and France and has an active programme of exploration, appraisal and development within its balanced portfolio of oil and gas assets. Egdon is an approved operator in both the UK and France.
Egdon was formed in 1997 and listed on AIM in December 2004.
In accordance with the AIM Rules - Note for Mining and Oil and Gas Companies, the information contained in this announcement has been reviewed and signed off by the Managing Director of Egdon Resources plc Mark Abbott, a Geoscientist with over 26 years' experience.
Evaluation of potential recoverable hydrocarbons has been assessed in accordance with 2007 Petroleum Resources Management System prepared by the Oil and Gas Reserves Committee of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and reviewed and jointly sponsored by the World Petroleum Council (WPC), the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE).