22nd Aug 2016 07:00
For Immediate Release
22 August 2016
LGO ENERGY PLC
("LGO" or the "Company")
Successful recompletion of Well GY-277, Goudron Field, Trinidad
LGO is pleased to announce that production has now commenced from a new oil pay interval in well GY-277, the fourth of its planned heavy work-overs at the Goudron Field in Trinidad. A total of 45 feet of perforations were added to the Mayaro Sandstone, at depths between 500 and 631 feet, in a reservoir interval that has previously not been completed for production.
As with well GY-673 in July, well GY-277 was recompleted using wireline perforating guns and as anticipated this interval in the shallow Mayaro Sandstone formation did not flow naturally to surface and the well has been placed on pump production. The well is still cleaning up and is currently producing at a rate of 34 barrels of oil per day ("bopd").
Goudron E&P Limited ("GEPL"), LGO's operating subsidiary, has received agreement from BNP Paribas as announced on 14 June to deploy available local currency in operations such as GY-277 to maintain production. A further five target wells have been approved by LGO management for recompletion over the next few months; GY-668, 288, 193, 240 and 282, at an average cost of approximately US$50,000 per well. Those funds are currently available to GEPL following a TT$5.2 million VAT rebate associated with the Company's 2015 drilling activities.
The Group's second quarter 2016 production was an average of 562 bopd. A total of 51,121 barrels were produced, 39,903 barrels in Trinidad and the balance in Spain. Stocks in Spain remain at a high level, approximately 10,000 barrels, as price negotiations continue with potential purchasers. Sales of Ayoluengo oil to the former Saint Gobain glass factory continue on a month by month basis with volumes for September now contracted.
Neil Ritson, LGO's Chief Executive, commented:
"We are continuing with the workover activity previously planned and announced. In parallel locations are being prepared for infill drilling in the Mayaro Sandstone reservoir which holds approximately 65,000 barrels of very low risk and low cost oil production potential per infill well according to the recent Competent Persons Report prepared by Deloitte. It is now hoped to get infill drilling underway by the end of 2016."
Qualified Person's Statement:
The information contained in this announcement has been reviewed and approved by Neil Ritson, Chief Executive Officer and Director for LGO Energy plc, who has over 38 years of relevant experience in the oil industry. Mr. Ritson is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), an Active Member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London (BGS).
Enquiries:
LGO Energy plc | +44 (0) 203 794 9230 |
Neil Ritson | |
Fergus Jenkins | |
Beaumont Cornish Limited | +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 |
Nomad | |
Roland Cornish | |
Rosalind Hill Abrahams | |
FirstEnergy Capital LLP | +44 (0) 20 7448 0200 |
Joint Broker | |
Jonathan Wright | |
David van Erp | |
Bell Pottinger | +44 (0) 20 3772 2500 |
Financial PR | |
Henry Lerwill |
Glossary:
bopd | barrels of oil per day |
Mayaro Sandstone | sandstone reservoirs above the pre-Mayaro unconformity, previously also referred to as the Goudron Sandstone |
TT$ | one Trinidad and Tobago Dollar, approximately 15 US cents |
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