Puka 1 First Flow Testing Results (0481F)
11 June 2012 - 4:00PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMKEA
RNS Number : 0481F
Kea Petroleum PLC
11 June 2012
For Immediate Release 11 June 2012
Kea Petroleum plc
("Kea" or the "Group")
PUKA 1 FIRST FLOW TESTING RESULTS
EXCELLENT QUALITY LIGHT OIL
Swabbing operations at Puka-1 produced oil and gas to the
surface almost immediately. Initial independent field analysis of
the oil showed it to be of excellent quality light oil with a
density of 43.7 Degrees API and a relatively low pour point of 15
Degrees Centigrade.
Preparations are currently underway to commence a longer term
production testing of the well to establish production rates and
reservoir characteristics.
The 100% owned Puka-1 well is in permit PEP 51153 within New
Zealand's onshore Taranaki Basin. Kea announced on 10 April that
Puka-1 had intersected a 40m interval of Mt. Messenger reservoir
quality sands with a net pay of between 4.5m and 9m. Kea has not
altered its original estimate of gross recoverable resource of one
million barrels of oil with a potential upside of up to three
million barrels of oil.
Further information will be released as it becomes
available.
Ian Gowrie-Smith, Chairman said:
"These results could not be better or more encouraging. If
further testing confirms our expectations, Puka-1 will transform
Kea into a profitable oil producer."
Testing operations are continuing at Douglas.
This release has been approved by non-executive director Peter
Mikkelsen FGS, AAPG, who has consented to the inclusion of the
technical information in this release in the form and context in
which it appears.
To learn more about Kea Petroleum, visit: www.keapetroleum.com
or contact:
Kea Petroleum
Plc
Contact: David Lees, Executive Director
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7340 9970
RBC Europe
Ltd
Contact: Mathew Coakes/Daniel Conti
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 4000
Buchanan
Contact: Tim Anderson
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
Notes to Editors
Kea Petroleum is an AIM listed oil and gas exploration company
with interests in four
petroleum exploration permits in New Zealand's Taranaki Basin.
Kea listed on the London market in February 2010.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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