Charlie-1 Appraisal Well Update

RNS Number : 7705P

88 Energy Limited

15 October 2019

 

15^th October 2019

88 Energy Limited 

Charlie-1 Appraisal Well Update

88 Energy Limited (ASX: 88E) ("88 Energy" or the "Company") provides the following update related to the upcoming drilling of the Charlie-1 appraisal well at Project Icewine, located on the Central North Slope, Alaska.

Highlights

·    Rig contract executed for Charlie-1 appraisal well

·    Operational activity for Charlie-1 progressing to plan for February 2020 spud

·    Farm-out with Premier Oil Plc expected to complete shortly

Operations Update

88 Energy Ltd, via its 100% owned subsidiary Accumulate Energy Alaska, Inc ("Accumulate"), has executed a rig contract with Nordic-Callista Services to utilise Rig-3 for the upcoming drilling of the Charlie-1 appraisal well. 88 Energy utilised Rig-3 for the drilling of the Winx-1 well in March 2019 and was extremely pleased with its safe and efficient performance throughout the course of operations.

Significant progress has been made on the permitting front, with only two of the key permits now outstanding; the Plan of Operations and Permit to Drill, which are both in the process of being finalised and approved. Additionally, tendering and finalisation of contracts for equipment and services required for Charlie-1 are advancing as planned.

The conditions precedent related to the recent farm-out with Premier Oil Plc are being completed according to schedule, with all conditions expected to be met prior to the end of November 2019.

About the Charlie-1 Appraisal Well

The Charlie-1 appraisal well has been designed as a step out appraisal of a well drilled in 1991 by BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc called Malguk-1. Malguk-1 encountered oil shows with elevated resistivity and mud gas readings over multiple horizons during drilling but was not tested due to complications towards the end of operations, which resulted in lack of time before the close of the winter drilling season. It was also drilled using vintage 2D seismic, which was insufficient to adequately determine the extent of any of the prospective targets encountered.

88 Energy subsequently undertook revised petrophysical analysis, which identified what is interpreted as bypassed pay in the Malguk-1 well. 88E also completed acquisition of modern 3D seismic in 2018, in order to determine the extent of the discovered oil accumulations. Charlie-1 will intersect seven stacked prospects, four of which are interpreted as oil bearing in Malguk‑1 and are therefore considered appraisal targets. 88 Energy will operate Charlie-1, via its 100% owned subsidiary Accumulate Energy Alaska, Inc, with cost of the well to be funded by Premier Oil Plc up to US$23m under a recent farm-out agreement. Drilling is scheduled to commence in February 2020 with flow testing anticipated to conclude in April 2020. The total Gross Mean Prospective Resource across the seven stacked targets to be intersected by Charlie-1 is 1.6 billion barrels of oil (480 million barrels net to 88E). Refer announcement dated 23^rd August.

Cautionary Statement: The estimated quantities of petroleum that may be potentially recovered by the application of a future development project relate to undiscovered accumulations. These estimates have both an associated risk of discovery and a risk of development. Further exploration, appraisal and evaluation are required to determine the existence of a significant quantity of potentially movable hydrocarbons.

CHARLIE-1 INTERSECTED HORIZONS Prospective Oil Resource MMBO (Unrisked)
Prospects and Leads	August 2019: Post Farm-Out
	Horizon / Play	Low	Best	High	Gross Mean		Net Mean to 88E
Indigo Discovery	Schrader/Topset	225	358	543	374		112
Charlie Prospect	Schrader/Topset	126	201	304	210		63
Lima Upper Prospect	Seabee/Apron Fan	23	66	144	77		23
Lime Lower Prospect	Seabee/Apron Fan	77	240	528	299		90
Stellar Upper Discovery	Torok Fan	121	234	394	249		75
Stellar Middle Discovery	Torok Channel	148	277	455	292		88
Stellar Lower Prospect	Torok Fan	51	93	150	98		29
CHARLIE-1 TOTAL:						1,599	480

A graphic showing the proposed Charlie-1 well location and the seven stacked horizons referred to in the table above can be viewed at the following link

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7705P_1-2019-10-14.pdf

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