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Kurdish Operational Update

21 Nov 2011 08:18

RNS Number : 4366S
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.
21 November 2011
 



Not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States or jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and Bermuda where to do so would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction.

 

 

21 November 2011

 

 

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP)

("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")

 

Kurdistan Operational Update

 

Gulf Keystone today provides an update on its ongoing exploration and appraisal programme for the Shaikan block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Shaikan is a major discovery with independently audited gross oil-in-place volumes of between 8 billion barrels to 13.4 billion barrels calculated on the P90 to P10 basis with a mean value of 10.5 billion barrels.

 

Shaikan-2 Well Test Update

 

The Company has completed the testing programme for the Shaikan-2 appraisal well, drilled nine km to the south-east of the Shaikan-1 discovery well.

 

Following a new Triassic discovery in the Kurre Chine C zone announced in August, the Company has conducted nine well tests in all target formations in the Triassic and Jurassic, with the maximum aggregate flow rate of 18,900 barrels of oil per day ("bopd").

 

Preliminary results of the Shaikan-2 testing programme formed part of the new data used by Dynamic Global Advisors (DGA), independent Houston-based exploration consultants, to calculate the most recent significant upgrade of the gross oil-in-place volumes for the Shaikan discovery announced in November.

 

Following the conclusion of the Shaikan-2 testing programme, the well will be completed as a producer and tied to an additional Extended Well Test ("EWT") facility which the Company plans to build and install in 2012.

 

The Shaikan-2 WDI 842 rig is currently moving to the location of the Shaikan-6 appraisal well, nine km to the east of the Shaikan-2 appraisal well, which is due to spud later in 2011 and will drill to an estimated total depth of 3,800 meters subject to technical conditions.

Gulf Keystone is the Operator of the Shaikan block with a working interest of 75 per cent and is partnered with Kalegran Ltd. (a 100 per cent subsidiary of MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc.) and Texas Keystone Inc., which have working interests of 20 per cent and 5 per cent respectively.

John Gerstenlauer, Gulf Keystone's Chief Operating Officer commented:

 

"Following these successful well tests at Shaikan-2 and in anticipation of equally positive results from the Shaikan-4 appraisal well, we plan to design and build an additional testing and production facility for Shaikan-2 capable of producing a minimum of 20,000 bopd. The completion of the ongoing upgrade of the existing Shaikan-1 & 3 EWT facilities will lead to an initial production of 20,000 bopd of Shaikan crude to export specifications by mid-2012. The Shaikan-2 facility will increase this production target to 40,000 bopd by the end of 2012. With Shaikan being one of the three major producing oil fields in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq today, we look forward to making a significant contribution to the mid-term regional production and export targets recently announced by the Kurdistan Regional Government."

 

Enquiries:

 

Gulf Keystone Petroleum:

+44 (0) 20 7514 1400

Todd Kozel, Executive Chairman and

Chief Executive Officer

Ewen Ainsworth, Finance Director

Strand Hanson Limited

+44 (0)20 7409 3494

Simon Raggett / Rory Murphy / James Harris

 

Mirabaud Securities LLP

 

+44 (0)20 7878 3362

Peter Krens

Pelham Bell Pottinger

+44 (0) 20 7861 3232

Mark Antelme

 

or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com

John Gerstenlauer, the Company's Chief Operating Officer, who has 31 years of relevant experience within the sector and meets the criteria of a qualified person under the AIM note for mining, oil and gas companies, has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this announcement. Mr. Gerstenlauer is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

 

Notes to Editors:

 

§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on exploration in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum International (GKPI) holds Production Sharing Contracts for fourexploration blocks in Kurdistan.

§ The Company's shares have traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange since listing on 8th September 2004.

§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited is registered in Hamilton, Bermuda with further offices in Erbil, Kurdistan (Iraq), Algiers, Algeria and London, UK.

 

Not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States or jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and Bermuda where to do so would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. This document (and the information contained herein) does not contain or constitute an offer of securities for sale, or solicitation of an offer to purchase securities, in the United States or jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and Bermuda where to do so would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless the securities are registered under the Securities Act, or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. No public offering of the securities will be made in the United States.

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