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Posting of Report and Accounts and Notice of AGM

26 Nov 2018 07:00

RNS Number : 3861I
Block Energy PLC
26 November 2018
 

 

Block Energy Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: BLOE.L / Sector: Oil and Gas

26 November 2018

Block Energy Plc ("the Company", "Block" or "the Group")

Posting of Report and Accounts and Notice of AGM

 

Block Energy Plc, the oil and gas production company focused on the Republic of Georgia, is pleased to announce that, further to the announcement of the Company's preliminary results on 22 November 2018, its Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2018 and Notice of Annual General Meeting have today been posted to shareholders. In addition, both documents are available on the Company's website at www.blockenergy.co.uk.

 

The Annual General Meeting will be held at 14.00 on Thursday 20 December at the Washington Mayfair Hotel, 5 Curzon Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 5HE.

 

 

**ENDS**

 

For further information visit www.blockenergy.co.uk or contact:

 

Paul Haywood

Chief Executive Officer

Block Energy Plc

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3053 3631

Neil Baldwin

(Nominated Adviser)

Spark Advisory Partners Limited

Tel: +44 (0) 203 368 3554

Craig Fraser

(Joint Corporate Broker)

Baden Hill, a trading name of Northland Capital Partners ltd.

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7933 8731

Colin Rowbury

(Joint Corporate Broker)

Novum Securities Ltd

Tel: +44 (0)207 399 9427

Frank Buhagiar / Juliet Earl

(Financial PR)

St Brides Partners Ltd

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177

 

Notes:

Block Energy (BLOE.L) is an AIM quoted oil and gas company with a growing portfolio of production, development and exploration assets in the Republic of Georgia. Block holds a 100% Working Interest ('WI') in the producing Norio licence, a 90% WI in the producing Satskhenisi licence and a 25% WI in the West Rustavi licence with the right to farm-in to up to a 75% WI. Block's three licences lie in the heart of the Schlumberger's 100% held position in the Kura basin, which at its peak produced ~70,000 barrels of oil per day ('bopd') in Georgia and is estimated to hold over 7 billion barrels of proven reserves in Azerbaijan and North Caucasus (Russia).

 

The licences currently hold estimated net proven oil reserves of 1.5 million barrels plus 61 million barrels unrisked contingent oil resources ('2C'). Furthermore, the West Rustavi permit has estimated gross unrisked contingent gas resources (2C) of 608 BCF. Multiple gas discoveries have already been made in the Lower Eocence and Upper Cretaceous within the Licence and lie on trend with the same play currently being targeted by Schlumberger on neighbouring licence, Block XIb. The estimated cost of gas development and production at West Rustavi is c.US$2.00/Mcf which equates to operating netbacks of c.US$2.6/Mcf (assuming a 75% working interest) - Georgia currently purchases its gas for c.US$5.5 /Mcf (c.US$600m project value to the Company). Appraisal of the West Rustavi gas discovery is due to take place in H1 2019.

 

Appraisal of West Rustavi gas prospects is expected to be conducted contemporaneously with the rehabilitation of the producing Norio (100% WI) and Satskhenisi fields (90% WI) which provide immediate production uplift on commencement of field operations in Q1 2019. The near-term target is to raise production to 900 bopd from 15 bopd within 18 months via a low cost, low risk workover and sidetrack programme, and then to utilise cash flow from production to drill new horizontal wells and sidetracks to raise production to c.2,000 bopd over the medium term. Oil production across the fields offer excellent netbacks, with the current cost of production of c.US$25 per barrel providing netbacks of c. US$30-35 per barrel.

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