15 Feb 2016 07:00
15 February 2016
EGDON RESOURCES PLC
("Egdon" or "the Company")
Commencement of drilling operations Laughton-1 Well
Egdon Resources plc (AIM: EDR) is pleased to announce the commencement of drilling operations at the Laughton-1 exploration well in UK Onshore Licence PEDL209 located in Lincolnshire.
The Laughton-1 well was spudded 12 February. The well will target a structural trap at a depth of over 1,500 metres defined on reprocessed two-dimensional seismic data. The Laughton Prospect has multiple conventional Carboniferous sandstone reservoir targets with the primary objective being the Silkstone Rock, an approximately 15 metre thick sandstone interval which is productive in the analogous Corringham Oil Field located five kilometres to the south-east. Two other potential reservoirs, the Kilburn Sandstone and the Wingfield Flags, will also be targeted by the well. The consolidated mean Prospective Resource volume for the three targets, is estimated by Egdon to be 1.3 million barrels of oil.
For clarity, the operations at the Laughton wellsite will not, either now or in the future, involve the process of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing for shale gas.
In January 2016 Egdon announced that Union Jack will earn a 10% interest in the Laughton-1 exploration well and two other conventional prospects in PEDL209, in return for paying 16.67% of the cost of the well. On completion of this transaction, the licence interests in the Laughton Prospect and the two other conventional prospects in PEDL209 will be:
Egdon Resources U.K. Limited : 50%
Blackland Park Exploration Limited : 28%
Stelinmatvic Industries Limited : 12%
Union Jack Oil plc : 10%
Commenting on the start of drilling operations at Laughton-1, Mark Abbott, Managing Director of Egdon said:
"We are pleased to report the start of drilling at Laughton-1 and we look forward to updating shareholders with the preliminary results from the well in around one month's time. Onshore oil and gas projects remain commercially attractive even during a period of reduced commodity prices. Egdon's conventional exploration drilling programme remains a key part of our strategy, with successful exploration capable of delivering near-term additions to our production and revenue stream. "
For further information please contact:
Egdon Resources plc
Mark Abbott 01256 702 292
Buchanan
Richard Darby, Anna Michniewicz 020 7466 5000
Nominated Adviser and Broker - Cantor Fitzgerald Europe
David Porter, Sarah Wharry (Corporate Finance) 020 7894 7000
Richard Redmayne (Corporate Broking)
Joint Broker - VSA Capital Limited
Andrew Monk (Corporate Broking) 020 3005 5000
Andrew Raca (Corporate Finance)
Notes to Editors:
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 thirty six licences in the UK and France and is awaiting the issue of a further nine new UK licences in the 14th Round. The Company has an active programme of exploration, appraisal and development within its balanced portfolio of oil and gas assets and 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).