Commencement of drilling operations

RNS Number : 7983M

Egdon Resources PLC

21 July 2014

 



                                                                                                                               21 July 2014

EGDON RESOURCES PLC

("Egdon" or "the Company")

Commencement of drilling operations - Wressle-1 exploration well (PEDL180)

Egdon Resources plc (AIM:EDR) is pleased to announce the commencement of drilling operations at the Wressle-1 conventional oil exploration well in Lincolnshire Licence PEDL180 located to the East of Scunthorpe. 

The Wressle-1 well "spudded" at 0300 hours on 19 July 2014. Drilling operations are expected to take around 38 days.

The planned well will be drilled as a deviated well to a total depth of about 2,300 metres (ca. 1,850 metres TVDSS). It has been designed to intersect a number of prospective Upper Carboniferous age sandstone reservoirs in a structurally favourable position near the crest of the Wressle structure.

The Wressle Prospect is defined on proprietary 3D seismic data, which was acquired by Egdon in February 2012.  The Prospect is located on trend with the producing Crosby Warren oil field and the Broughton-B1 oil discovery, both to the immediate northwest, and the Brigg-1 oil discovery to the immediate southeast.  All contain oil in various different sandstone reservoirs within the Upper Carboniferous succession. The gross mean Prospective Resources at Wressle, as calculated by Egdon, are estimated to be 2.1 million barrels of oil.

The interests in PEDL180 and the Wressle-1 well are:

Egdon Resources U.K. Limited                                 25.00% (Operator)

Celtique Energie Petroleum Limited                           33.33%

Europa Oil & Gas Limited                                          33.34%

Union Jack Oil plc                                                       8.33%

Operations at this site will not - either now or in the future - involve the process of hydraulic 'fracking' for shale gas.

Commenting on the commencement of drilling operations Mark Abbott, Managing Director of Egdon said:

"We are pleased to be commencing a more active operational period with the start of drilling operations on the Wressle prospect and we look forward to updating shareholders with the results from this well towards the end of August.  Success in our conventional exploration drilling programme could lead to near-term additions to our production and revenue stream and is a key part of our strategy. "

For further information please contact:

Egdon Resources plc

Mark Abbott, Jerry Field                                                                                          01256 702 292

Buchanan

Richard Darby, Anna Michniewicz                                                                         020 7466 5000

Nominated Adviser and Broker - Cantor Fitzgerald Europe

David Porter, Sarah Wharry (Corporate Finance)                                                  020 7894 7000

Richard Redmayne (Corporate Broking)

Joint Broker - VSA Capital Limited

Andrew Monk (Corporate Broking)                                                                         020 3005 5000

Andrew Raca (Corporate Finance)

Notes to Editors:

Egdon Resources plc (LSE:EDR) is an established UK-based exploration and production company primarily focused on onshore exploration and production in the hydrocarbon-producing basins of the UK and France. 

Egdon holds interests in thirty seven licences in the UK and France and has an active programme of exploration, appraisal and development within its balanced portfolio of oil and gas assets.  Egdon is an approved operator in both the UK and France.

Egdon was formed in 1997 and listed on AIM in December 2004.

In accordance with the AIM Rules - Note for Mining and Oil and Gas Companies, the information contained in this announcement has been reviewed and signed off by the Managing Director of Egdon Resources plc Mark Abbott, a Geoscientist with over 26 years' experience.

Evaluation of potential recoverable hydrocarbons has been assessed in accordance with 2007 Petroleum Resources Management System prepared by the Oil and Gas Reserves Committee of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and reviewed and jointly sponsored by the World Petroleum Council (WPC), the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE).

 

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