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2 September 2009
Sound Oil plcΒ ("the Company")
Operations Update -Β Citarum PSC,Β Indonesia
The CompanyΒ is pleased to announce that considerable progress has been made towards completion of the outstanding work commitments on the Citarum Production Sharing Contract (PSC), onshoreΒ Java,Β Indonesia.
The operator of the PSC, Pan Orient Energy,Β has indicatedΒ that theΒ acquisition ofΒ theΒ initial 750 km 2D seismic program continues with approximately 1/3 of the data acquired to date and completion expected near the end of 2009 to early 2010. Data quality has been superior to that acquired in the adjacent acreage by previous operators and a number of leadsΒ at depths shallower than 1,700mΒ have been identified on the data that haveΒ been processed to date.
These preliminary results are encouraging for the selection of drilling locations for the three remaining explorationΒ commitmentΒ wells. The operatorΒ hasΒ reportedΒ that drillingΒ is tentatively scheduled to commenceΒ inΒ the second half of 2010.
Sound Oil plc is a 20% shareholder (through its wholly owned subsidiary MitraΒ Energia Citarum Limited) in theΒ Citarum PSC.Β
Contacts:
Gerry Orbell, Sound Oil plc
Tel +44 (0) 7903 861145Β
Azhic Basirov/David Jones, Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited
Tel: +44 (0) 207 131 4000Β
Tim Thompson, Buchanan Communications
Tel +44 (0) 207 466 5000
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