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Orcadian Energy PLC

21 July 2021

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 (MAR). Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service (RIS), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

21 July 2021

Orcadian Energy plc

("Orcadian Energy", "Orcadian" or the "Company")

Investor Presentation and Update

Orcadian Energy (AIM: ORCA), the North Sea focused, oil and gas development company, is holding an event at midday today on the Investor Meet Company platform during which the Company will provide an overview of its assets and its plans for the coming months. Anyone interested can register to attend the event at the following link:

https://www.investormeetcompany.com/orcadian-energy-plc/register-investor

In light of the presentation, and the questions submitted through the Investor Meet Company platform, the Company is making the following additional information available, in respect of the Pilot field development, which is at a finer level of detail than previously disclosed.

 
 Information                                         Source 
 Pilot oil, sulphur         0.7% (mass percentage)   Corelab assay of 21/27a-6 
  content                                             sample 
                           -----------------------  -------------------------- 
 Average well cost          GBP13 million            CPR 
                           -----------------------  -------------------------- 
 Average well duration      45.5 days                CSR 
  from spud to completion 
                           -----------------------  -------------------------- 
 Jack-up specification      CJ-50 or equivalent      CSR 
                           -----------------------  -------------------------- 
 Man-hours expended         c. 8,100                 Contractor invoices and 
  in preparation of                                   retrospective estimate 
  the CSR                                             of employee time 
                           -----------------------  -------------------------- 
 Estimated capital          GBP50 million to         Floating Power Plant A/S 
  cost of a floating         GBP55 million 
  wind and wave unit 
                           -----------------------  -------------------------- 
 Polymer costs              c. GBP2.5-3.0/bbl        CSR & CPR, in 2021 money 
                           -----------------------  -------------------------- 
 Field operating            c. GBP8/bbl              CPR, in 2021 money 
  costs (i.e. excluding 
  any lease costs) 
                           -----------------------  -------------------------- 
 Water injection            c. 169,000 bbls/day      CSR 
  capacity 
                           -----------------------  -------------------------- 
 Low salinity water         c. 63,000 bbls/day       CSR 
  injection capacity 
                           -----------------------  -------------------------- 
 Peak power demands         c. 18MW                  CSR Addendum 
                           -----------------------  -------------------------- 
 

CPR is the Competent Person's Report - available on the Company's website and in the Company's recent Admission Document

CSR is the Concept Select Report, submitted to the OGA in September 2020 and the Concept Select Report Addendum submitted to the OGA in July 2021

Qualified Person's Statement

Pursuant to the requirements of the AIM Rules and in particular, the AIM Note for Mining and Oil and Gas Companies, Greg Harding has reviewed and approved the technical information and resource reporting contained in this announcement. Greg has more than 35 years' experience in the oil & gas industry. He holds a BEng in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College and is a Chartered Engineer, European Engineer, and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Energy Institute and the Institute of Chemical Engineers. Greg is Technical Director of Orcadian Energy.

For further information on the Company please visit the Company's website: https://orcadian.energy

Contact:

 
 Orcadian Energy plc                             + 44 20 7920 3150 
 Steve Brown, CEO 
  Alan Hume, CFO 
                                                ------------------------- 
 
 WH Ireland (Nomad and Sole Broker)              +44 20 7220 1666 
                                                ------------------------- 
 Harry Ansell / Fraser Marshall (Corporate 
  Broking) 
 
  Katy Mitchell / James Sinclair-Ford / Lydia 
  Zychowska 
  (Nomad) 
                                                ------------------------- 
 
 Tavistock (PR)                                  + 44 20 7920 3150 
                                                ------------------------- 
 Nick Elwes / Simon Hudson / Matthew Taylor      orcadian@tavistock.co.uk 
                                                ------------------------- 
 

About Orcadian Energy

Orcadian Energy (CNS) Ltd ("CNS"), Orcadian's operating subsidiary, was founded in 2014 and is the sole licensee of P2244, which contains 78.8 MMbbl of 2P reserves in the Pilot discovery, and of P2320 and P2482, which contain a further 77.8 MMbbl of 2C contingent resources in the Elke, Narwhal and Blakeney discoveries (as audited by Sproule, see the CPR in the Company's Admission Document for more details). Within these licences there are also 191 MMbbl of unrisked prospective resources. These licences are in blocks 21/27, 21/28, 28/2 and 28/3, and lie 150 kms due East of Aberdeen. The Company also has a 50% working interest in P2516, which contains the Fynn discoveries. P2516 is administered by the Parkmead Group and covers blocks 14/20g and 15/16g, which lie midway between the Piper and Claymore fields, 180 kms due East of Wick.

Pilot, which is the largest oilfield in Orcadian's portfolio was discovered by Fina in 1989 and has been well appraised. In total five wells and two sidetracks were drilled on Pilot, including a relatively short horizontal well which produced over 1,800 bbls/day on test.

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