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Kiliwani North Operations Update

6 Nov 2017 07:00

RNS Number : 5922V
Solo Oil Plc
06 November 2017
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

6 November 2017

 

SOLO OIL PLC

("Solo" or the "Company")

 

 

Kiliwani North Operations Update

Solo notes today that Aminex plc ("Aminex") the operator of the Kiliwani North Development Licence ("KNDL") in Tanzania has reported that production from the Kiliwani North-1 ("KN-1") well has been temporarily reduced to gas rates of below 1 million cubic feet per day ("mmscfd"). KN-1, which has recovered in excess of 6 billion cubic feet ("bcf") to date, is now thought to be draining only a single compartment within the greater Kiliwani North structure and is exhibiting slow recharge across faults or via restricted pathways within the structure.

Aminex will use this period to collect additional data and is evaluating a number of options to maximise future gas recovery and increase production rates from the Kiliwani North resources. Options currently under evaluation include installation of temporary wellhead compression and also maximising the recovery of KN-1 gas resources through step-out prospects on the KNDL through a review of existing seismic data.

Based on available information Solo does not currently believe that there will be a material impact on the 28 bcf of gross resources independently estimated for KN-1. Solo holds a 7.55% interest in the KN-1 well and the KNDL.

KN-1 gas sales receivables continue to be settled on a monthly basis and due to the existing time-lag associated with past payments this shut-in will have no material impact on forecast cash flow in 2017.

Elsewhere in Tanzania in the Ruvuma PSA, Solo is preparing for the monetisation of the gross estimated gas-in-place 1.34 trillion cubic foot ("tcf") Ntorya discovery, for which the application for a development licence has already been made to the Tanzanian authorities. Solo holds a 25% interest in the Ntorya gas condensate discovery and the wider Ruvuma PSA.

The information contained in this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information for the purposes of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014.

Qualified Person's Statement:

The information contained in this announcement has been reviewed and approved by Neil Ritson, Chairman and Director for Solo Oil plc, who has over 39 years of relevant experience in the oil industry. Mr. Ritson is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), an Active Member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London (BGS).

All estimates of resources included in this statement comply with the 2007 Petroleum Resources Management System (PRMS) prepared by the Oil and Gas Reserves Committee of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

 

 

For further information:

Solo Oil plc

Neil Ritson / Fergus Jenkins

+44 (0) 20 7440 0642

 

 

Beaumont Cornish Limited

Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker

Roland Cornish

+44 (0) 20 7628 3396

 

Shore Capital

Joint Broker

Jerry Keen

 

Beaufort Securities

Joint Broker

Jon Belliss

 

Buchanan (PR)

Ben Romney / Chris Judd / Henry Wilson

 

+44 (0) 20 7408 4090

 

 

 

+44 (0) 20 7382 8300

 

 

 

+44 (0) 20 7466 5000

 

Notes to Editors:

Solo Oil plc (Solo), is a natural resources investment company with a diverse portfolio of onshore assets, principally in Europe and Africa. The company seeks to deliver returns through early stage investment in promising projects and uses management's own sector expertise to assist in strategic asset development. Solo's portfolio currently includes extensive interests in the prolific Ruvuma Basin in Tanzania, the Horse Hill oil discovery in the Weald Basin, Helium One Limited, the Tanzanian helium exploration company, and Kiliwani North, a natural gas producing project in Tanzania.

Glossary :

bcf

billion cubic feet

discovery

a petroleum accumulation for which one or several exploratory wells have established through testing, sampling and/or logging the existence of a significant quantity of potentially moveable hydrocarbons

in-place

the volume of hydrocarbons, oil or gas, estimated to be in place within the reservoir converted to standard temperature and pressure

mmscfd

million cubic feet per day

PSA

petroleum sharing agreement

seismic

the use of sound waves generated by a controlled source to ascertain the nature of the subsurface structure, lithology and fluid content

tcf

trillion cubic feet

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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