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Production Update

14 Mar 2012 07:00

RNS Number : 2803Z
Egdon Resources PLC
14 March 2012
 



 

 

For immediate release 14 March 2012

EGDON RESOURCES PLC

("Egdon" or "the Company")

 

Production Update

Egdon Resources plc (AIM:EDR) provides an update on production operations ahead of its interim results which are due for release in late April.

Production for the six months to 31 January 2012 was 29,624 barrels of oil equivalent ("boe"), an increase of 67% over the same period last year (17,671 boe). This equates to 161 boe per day ("boepd") for the period (H1 2011- 96 boepd). Revenues from oil and gas sales during the period were £1.54 million, a 71 % increase on 2011 (£0.9 million).

Whilst showing significant improvement on the same period last year, production is below our expectations for the period. This has been as a result of the previously reported continuing issues with production at both the Ceres and Kirkleatham gas fields.

Ceres has continued to suffer from issues with the production infrastructure and has contributed only minor amounts of production during the period. The field is currently shut-in. The main issue relates to the reliability and performance of the methanol injection system. The operator has been actively working on this issue and it is hoped that the problems can be resolved in the near future. When on production, the Ceres well performs as expected with pre-back-out rates of 20 million cubic feet of gas per day ("mmcfg/d") and post back-out of 1.2 mmscfg/d net to Egdon (c. 200 boepd). Notwithstanding the difficulties with Ceres we do not believe that the long term value is affected.

We reported at the time of the 2011 Annual Results that increased water production had been observed at the Kirkleatham gas field (PEDL068 - Egdon 40%) and that in November the well was shut-in awaiting a work-over. A work-over in early December was successful in clearing water from the tubing and production was re-established during December and January. However, overall gas flow rates had to be reduced to balance water production. In February following an unplanned shut-down of the GT2 gas turbine we were again unable to restart flow due to fluid loading in the tubing. An initial nitrogen displacement was unsuccessful and a further work-over last week failed to restore flow. Consequently the well will remain shut-in whilst the joint venture partners consider options aimed at resolving the water production issue and returning the well to production. These options include running production logs to determine the location of the water inflow, recompletion to isolate part of the perforated zone, installation of artificial lift and, ultimately, possibly drilling a sidetrack from the existing well to an up-dip area of the field.

As a result of the problems at Kirkleatham we intend to make a precautionary impairment of the Kirkleatham gas field asset of £1.0 million at our interim reporting.

The Keddington oil field in Lincolnshire Licence PEDL005(Remainder) (Egdon 75%) suffered from a reduction in production in December due to wax build-up in the production tubing. Hot washes were performed in January on both producing wells and the down-hole pumps were replaced. It is anticipated that production will stabilize at around 100 -125 bopd for the coming period. We have made further progress in developing the gas to electricity project for Keddington and are currently awaiting final detailed costs and timings from the local distribution network for the building of a 1.4 MW grid connection.

Environmental consents have recently been received for the Dukes Wood oil field in Nottinghamshire licence PEDL118 (Egdon 50%) and we now expect to commence production during April from the Dukes Wood-1 and Kirklington-3Z wells at initial rates of around 40 barrels of oil per day gross.

Until the issues associated with Ceres and Kirkleatham are resolved we anticipate a reduction in overall production and cash flow for the coming period. A prudent estimate of production for the next period is 125-150 boepd from Keddington, Avington and Dukes Wood/Kirklington. Once Ceres resumes production in a sustained manner this will increase to 300-350 boepd and should we be able to restore production from Kirkleatham we would anticipate being back at around 400 boepd.

Commenting on production performance during the period Mark Abbott Managing Director of Egdon said;

"Our production volumes during the period, whilst showing significant improvement on the same period last year, are below our expectations. Given the problems being experienced at the moment we expect reduced production and cash flow over the coming period. We anticipate that the current issues with Ceres will be resolved in a timely manner and are actively working on the issues at Kirkleatham.

We remain committed to our planned drilling programme in the UK and are making good progress with site agreements and submission of planning applications across these projects."

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

Egdon Resources plc

Mark Abbott 01256 702292

 

Buchanan

Richard Darby, Gabriella Clinkard 020 7466 5000

 

Nominated Adviser and Broker - Seymour Pierce

Jonathan Wright, Sarah Jacobs (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 Europe.

 

Egdon currently holds interests in thirty one 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 25 years' experience.

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