Europa
Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc / Index: AIM / Epic: EOG / Sector: Oil
& Gas
22 July 2024
Europa Oil & Gas
(Holdings) plc
("Europa" or the
"Company")
EG-08 Revised Prospective
Resources
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc,
the AIM quoted UK, Ireland and West Africa focused oil and gas
exploration, development and production company, is pleased to
announce that an additional 716 BCF of unrisked Prospective
Resources have been identified on the EG-08 block bringing the
total gross unrisked Mean Prospective Resources on the block to
2.116 TCFe.
Following the acquisition of a 42.9%
equity interest in Antler Global Limited ("Antler"), announced on
21 December 2023, Antler and our technical team has further
evaluated the seismic data across the originally identified three
prospects and completed a study to identify additional
prospectivity on the EG-08 block. Antler holds a 80% interest in
the EG-08 production sharing contract, located offshore Equatorial
Guinea, with Guinea Ecuatorialde Petroleos ("GEPetrol"), the
National oil company, holding the remaining 20%. The further
technical evaluation of the seismic data has resulted in a Mean
Prospective Resource of 2.116 TCF (internal estimate) for the block
as detailed in the following table and summarised below:
The net attributable percentage to Europa is 34%[1]
·
798 BCFe Pmean identified in the primary prospect
("Barracuda") in strata equivalent to the producing Alen Field (the
"Alen Strata") in Block O located 9 km from Barracuda
·
599 BCFe Pmean identified in two low risk tie-in
prospects (Cardinal & Arrowhead) in the Alen Strata
·
344 BCFe Pmean identified in four additional
higher risk prospects in the Alen Strata
·
375 BCFe Pmean identified in two additional
leads
·
Revised economic analysis indicates that the
minimum gross volume of a commercial discovery could be in the
order of 90 BCFe (15.2 MMBOE)
This stage of technical work on the
block is complete and the data is now being loaded into a data
room, which will be open in the coming weeks. Upstream companies
will be invited to sign a confidentiality agreement and then be
given access to the data room, however ahead of starting this
process there have already been a number of suitable companies who
have expressed interest in farming into the block. Antler will be
seeking a farmin partner to accelerate drilling an exploration well
(the "Farmin Well") which will target one horizon in the Barracuda
prospect, with an estimated GCOS of 70%. Future wells will
target the significant additional upside in Barracuda and
throughout the license.
The technical work that has just
completed included a petrophysical evaluation of the O-2 well
drilled in EG-08 down-dip on the Barracuda prospect by Noble Energy
in 2007. This evaluation established that the O-2 well encountered
gas condensate in the upper section of the reservoir. The Farmin
Well will target the same reservoir section up-dip from the O-2
well.
Initial discussions have also been
initiated with rig providers with a view to securing a jack-up rig
to drill the Farmin Well in H2 2025. With numerous rigs operating
in the area, there appears to be good rig availability over the
period when the well is expected to be drilled.
Map showing the prospectivity in
block EG-08 and the Alen field to the south in Block O
Will Holland, Chief Executive Officer of Europa,
said:
"I
am very pleased with the progress that Antler and our technical
team has made on the EG-08 licence. The technical work has not only
increased the prospectivity of the block by 50% to over 2TCFe, but
also further de-risked the Barracuda prospect by identifying gas in
the O-2 well, which we will be drilling up-dip from on the same
structure.
I
am confident that we will be able to secure a suitable partner on
EG-08 to carry us through the drilling of an exploration well on
the Barracuda prospect. Whilst the setting up of the data room has
taken slightly longer than expected, I am delighted with the
additional information that can now be offered to potential
farminees. Given the proximity to existing infrastructure, any
discovery can be brought online quickly, resulting in impressive
economic returns. In addition, the block has plenty of additional
prospectivity, all of which will be attractive to major upstream
companies.
I
look forward to updating the market further as we continue to
progress this highly prospective asset located in a region which is
well supplied by service companies and supported by an efficient
and sophisticated local regulator and ministry."
Qualified Person Review
This release has been reviewed by
Jamie White, Chief Geologist at Europa, who is a geologist with 27
years' experience, is a member of the GESGB and has consented to
the inclusion of the technical information in this release in the
form and context in which it appears.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014, as it
forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended.
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For further information, please
visit www.europaoil.com or
contact:
William Holland
|
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings)
plc
|
mail@europaoil.com
|
Samantha Harrison / Ciara Donnelly /
Elliot Peters
|
Grant Thornton UK LLP - Nominated
Adviser
|
+44 (0) 20 7383 5100
|
Peter Krens
|
Tennyson Securities
|
+44 (0) 20 7186 9033
|
Patrick d'Ancona / Finlay Thomson /
Kendall Hill
|
Vigo Consulting
|
+44 (0) 20 7390 0230
|
Glossary
BCFe
Billion Cubic Feet equivalent
GCOS
Geological Chance Of Success
H2
Second half
MMBOE
Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent
P10
10% probability that the volumes will equal or exceed the high
estimate
P90
90% probability that the volumes will equal or exceed the low
estimate
Pmean / Mean
Prospect
Resources Probability
that the volumes will equal the average of all of the
estimates
Prospective Resources Those
quantities of petroleum that are estimated to be potentially
recoverable from undiscovered accumulations
TCFe
Trillion Cubic Feet equivalent