Advance Energy PLC Buffalo Project Update (1110X)
31 December 2021 - 5:59PM
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Advance Energy PLC
31 December 2021
31 December 2021
Advance Energy plc
("Advance Energy" or the "Company")
Buffalo-10 Well Drilling Commenced
Advance Energy ( AIM:ADV ), the energy company seeking growth
through acquisition or farm-in to non-operated interests in
discovered upstream projects, is pleased to announce that the
Valaris JU-107 jack-up drilling rig has commenced operations at the
Buffalo-10 well location, offshore Timor-Leste.
The Operator, Carnarvon Petroleum Timor, Lda., has advised that
the drilling rig has successfully concluded the ready to operate
process and has drilled the surface hole and installed the surface
casing. The well is currently drilling ahead in the 17 1/2 " hole
section at a depth of approximately 120 metres.
The rig will drill the 17 1/2 " hole to the planned section
depth of approximately 800 metres followed by setting of the 13 (3)
/(8) " casing. The 12 1/4 " hole section will then be drilled to
approximately 2,800 metres before setting the 9 (5) /(8) "
casing.
No hydrocarbons are anticipated to be intersected in these first
two sections of the well.
The Buffalo-10 well is being drilled offshore Timor-Leste within
the TL- SO T19-14 Production Sharing Contract in a water depth of
approximately 30 metres with a target depth of approximately 3,500
metres.
The well is being drilled to test for the presence of commercial
quantities of high-quality light oil that is expected to lead to
the early re-development of the Buffalo field.
Leslie Peterkin, CEO of Advance Energy, commented:
"We are delighted to hear this progress from the Operator as we
hit another operational milestone. The joint venture is working
hard to conclude the drilling program in the coming weeks and
remains confident that the Buffalo-10 well will be a geological and
economic success. We look forward to providing further updates in
due course. "
Enquiries:
Advance Energy plc +44 (0)1624 681
Leslie Peterkin (CEO) / Stephen West (CFO) 250
Strand Hanson Limited (Financial and Nominated
Adviser) +44 (0)20 7409
Rory Murphy / James Harris / James Bellman 3494
Buchanan (Public Relations) +44 (0)20 7466
Ben Romney / Jon Krinks 5000
Tennyson Securities Limited (Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7186
Peter Krens / Ed Haig-Thomas 9030
Optiva Securities Limited (Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 3411
Christian Dennis 1881
About the Buffalo Project
The Buffalo Project objective involves redeveloping the Buffalo
oil field in the Timor Sea. The field resides in only 30 metres of
water with a reservoir depth between 3,200 and 3,300 meters below
the sea bed.
The previous field proved the existence of very high
deliverability reservoir containing high quality light oil that is
expected to sell at a premium to Brent in today's market.
RISC Advisory certified the mid case recoverable volume in the
Buffalo field to be 34 MMstb (gross, 2C contingent resource), and
the primary objective of the Buffalo-10 well is to demonstrate the
presence of a significant, previously undrilled attic oil
accumulation and for this resource to be converted to 2P
reserves.
Furthermore, the CPR developed by RISC in March 2021 has
demonstrated that an economic development of the 1C resource of 16
MMstb would be viable down to an oil price of $35. It is therefore
considered that there is a strong likelihood that the Buffalo-10
well will confirm an economic development project, with RISC's CPR
stating that: "RISC estimate the probability of development to be
86%."
For the above reasons, the Operator is working on plans to
compress the timeline to first production once the Buffalo-10 well
confirms a commercial oil resource. These plans include engaging
with industry for supply and installation of suitable equipment to
produce the oil.
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