i3 Commences Liberator Drilling Operations

RNS Number : 8448J

i3 Energy PLC

22 August 2019

 

22 August 2019

i3 Energy plc

("i3" or the "Company")

i3 Commences Liberator Drilling Operations

i3 Energy plc, an independent oil and gas company with assets and operations in the UK, is pleased to announce that the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig has arrived on location at the Liberator field and that the LPt-02 pilot well has now been spud. The Company will provide LPt-02 drilling results to the market when the well has reached total depth and acquired data has been evaluated.

Majid Shafiq, CEO of i3 Energy commented:

"We are excited to now be on location and drilling the first of three high impact wells into our 100% owned Liberator and Serenity structures and look forward to updating the market as each well objective is achieved."

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CONTACT DETAILS:

i3 Energy plc Majid Shafiq (CEO) / Graham Heath (CFO) c/o Camarco Tel: [phone] WH Ireland Limited (Nomad and Joint Broker) James Joyce, James Sinclair-Ford Tel: [phone] GMP FirstEnergy (Joint Broker) Jonathan Wright Tel: [phone] Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker) Henry Fitzgerald- O'Connor, James Asensio Tel: [phone] Camarco Jennifer Renwick, James Crothers Tel: [phone]

Notes to Editors: i3 is an oil and gas development company initially focused on the North Sea. The Company's core asset is the Greater Liberator Area, located in Blocks 13/23d and 13/23c, to which i3's independent reserves auditor attributes 11 MMBO of 2P Reserves, 22 MMBO of 2C Contingent Resources and 47 MMBO of mid-case Prospective Resources. The Greater Liberator Area consists of the Liberator oil field discovered by well 13/23d-8 and the Liberator West extension. The Greater Liberator Area, along with the Company's Serenity Prospect located in the northern half of Block 13/23c and for which it carries a STOIIP of 197 MMbbls, are owned and operated on a 100% working interest basis. The Company's strategy is to acquire high quality, low risk producing and development assets, to broaden its portfolio and grow its reserves and production. The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.

 

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