MWM
16 years ago
Challenger Announces Significant Natural Gas Discovery Offshore Trinidad
Aug 13, 2008 8:32:00 AM
View Additional ProfilesCALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Aug. 13, 2008) - Challenger Energy Corp. ("Challenger") (TSX VENTURE:CHQ)(AMEX:CHQ), announced today that it has made a significant natural gas discovery with the drilling and production testing of the "Bounty" exploration well.
The "Bounty" exploration well was drilled to a total depth of approximately 17,360 feet and encountered gas bearing horizons with the main targeted zone in the well encountering approximately 200 feet of pay. Initial test results indicate that the "Bounty" well is capable of producing at a rate of approximately 200 mmcf/d from this high pressure zone. The results from the "Bounty" well and interpretations of extensive 3-D seismic data and other data indicate a natural gas resource potential of up to 2.6 TCF of natural gas from the tested structure. During the testing of the "Bounty" well, production testing equipment capacity was maximized resulting in flow testing being restricted to a stabilized rate of 60 mmcf/d of natural gas with a flowing bottomhole pressure of 7186 psi.
The "Bounty" natural gas discovery is the second natural gas discovery Challenger and its partners have made in 2008 on Block 5(c) located approximately 60 miles off the east coast of Trinidad.
The "Bounty" discovery has proven up a large high quality natural gas reservoir that in combination with our extensive 3-D seismic data in the area appears to exceed 7,000 acres in size. The "Bounty" well is estimated to initially produce at approximately 200 mmcf/d of sales natural gas at the anticipated pipeline pressure. This compares favorably with production from the nearest analogous field, Dolphin Deep, where each of the two wells in this field produce at approximately 150 mmcf/d.
Operations are now underway to demobilize the testing equipment, suspend the "Bounty" well for production at a later date, and move the Kan Tan IV semi-submersible drilling rig to drill a third exploration well location on Block 5(c) , the "Endeavour" well, which should spud by the end of August 2008.
Challenger Energy Corp. is a Calgary, Alberta, Canada based oil and gas exploration company which is currently focusing on "high impact" oil and gas plays offshore the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. See www.challenger-energy.com for information on Challenger.
True Blue
16 years ago
Challenger Energy Corp. Announces Logging of Zone of Interest in "Bounty" Well Offshore Trinidad
Thursday June 26, 9:10 am ET
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jun 26, 2008 -- Challenger Energy Corp. ("Challenger") (CDNX:CHQ.V - News)(AMEX:CHQ - News), along with its partners Canadian Superior Energy Inc. ("Canadian Superior") (Toronto:SNG.TO - News)(AMEX:SNG - News), and BG International Limited ("BG"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the BG Group plc (LSE:BGL.L - News), announced today that they are in the process of wireline logging the "Bounty" well on Block 5(c) offshore Trinidad at an interim total depth based on a zone of interest indicated by logging-while-drilling data and mud logs. Wireline logging operations are underway, and initial wireline logging results have shown approximately 200 feet of pay in a well developed sand interval that the logs indicate is hydrocarbon bearing. Following the completion of current wireline logging activities, drilling is expected to resume targeting further objectives in the well, with flow testing of the zone logged to date planned once the well reaches total depth. Logs received to date indicate very encouraging hydrocarbons in the drilled section of the well, prior to Challenger's projected TD of approximately 18,000 feet subsea.
The "Bounty" well was spudded on February 20, 2008 on a separate prospect from the "Victory" natural gas and condensate discovery announced on January 14, 2008, and is located approximately 2.2 miles from the "Victory" well. The "Bounty" well is being drilled by the KanTan IV semi-submersible rig as the second well in a three-well program. The "Endeavour" well is expected to be spudded in August as the third well in the program.
Challenger Energy Corp. is a Calgary, Alberta, Canada based oil and gas exploration company which is currently focusing on "high impact" oil and gas plays offshore the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. See www.challenger-energy.com for information on Challenger.
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Canadian Superior is a Calgary, Alberta, Canada based oil and gas exploration and production company with operations primarily offshore Trinidad and Tobago, offshore Nova Scotia, Canada and in Western Canada. (See Canadian Superior's website at www.cansup.com for information on Canadian Superior).
BG Group plc (LSE:BGL.L - News) is a world leader in natural gas, with a strategy focused on connecting competitively-priced resources to specific, high-value markets. Active in 27 countries on five continents, BG Group has a broad portfolio of exploration and production, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), transmission and distribution and power generation business interests. It combines a deep understanding of gas markets with an excellent track record in finding and commercialising reserves. See www.bg-group.com for information on BG Group plc.
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