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Drilling Update

1st Oct 2012 07:00

RNS Number : 5300N
Max Petroleum PLC
01 October 2012
 



Max Petroleum Plc

(the "Company")

 

Drilling Update

 

1 October 2012

 

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling the BSBNE-1 exploration well on the Besbolek North-East prospect on Block E using Zhanros Drilling's ZJ-20 rig. Total vertical depth of the well will be approximately 1,580 metres. The Besbolek North-East Prospect is a four-way anticline targeting unrisked mean resources of 10 million barrels of oil in Triassic reservoirs.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Max Petroleum Plc

 

 

Michael Young

President and Chief Financial Officer

Tel: +44 (0)207 355 9590

 

Tom Randell

Director of Investor Relations

 

College Hill

 

David Simonson/ Anca Spiridon

Tel: +44 (0)207 457 2020

WH Ireland Ltd

 

Daniel Bate / Katy Mitchell

Tel: +44 (0)161 832 2174

 

Macquarie Capital

Steve Baldwin/ Jeffrey Auld/ Nicholas Harland

 

Tel: +44 (0)203 037 2000

Oriel Securities

Michael Shaw / Ashton Clanfield

Tel: +44 (0)207 710 7600

 

Richard Hook, Chief Operating Officer of Max Petroleum, is the qualified person that has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this announcement. Mr. Hook is a member of the Houston Geological Society and holds both Masters and Bachelors of Science degrees in geology.

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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