Become a Member
  • Track your favourite stocks
  • Create & monitor portfolios
  • Daily portfolio value
Sign Up
Quickpicks
Add shares to your
quickpicks to
display them here!

Update Goudron production investment

14th Mar 2016 07:00

RNS Number : 9209R
LGO Energy PLC
14 March 2016
 

For Immediate Release, Embargoed until 7 am

 14 March 2016

 

LGO ENERGY PLC

("LGO" or the "Company")

 

Update Goudron production investment

 

LGO Energy plc (LSE AIM: LGO) today provides an update on its Goudron Field work plans announced on 9 March 2016. The Company previously announced that it was planning to increase investment in production operations in the light of a general stabilization in the oil price and in expectation of reduced Overriding royalties as announced on 24 February 2016.

 

LGO's local subsidiary, Goudron E&P Limited, currently has Altech Rig 2 working in the field and has the option to remobilize Altech Rig 1 shortly should additional capacity be required. A program to restore production from a number of existing wells is expected to occupy Rig 2 for the next two to three weeks and it is anticipated that this work will add 100 barrels per day ("bopd") to current output.

 

Following that phase of operations several well recompletions are envisaged which will take approximately three weeks to prepare, including securing necessary approvals and planning for the mobilisation of the required downhole equipment. Specifically it is planned to perforate an upper C-sand interval of 180-feet of net pay previously not perforated in well GY-671 and then to perforate a 100-foot interval of Goudron sandstone net oil pay in legacy well GY-50 which has previously not been opened for production. These operations are expected to cost approximately US$75,000 each and to increase production by a total of at least 100 bopd.

 

Funding for this work is to be provided by LGO's wholly owned Trinidad service company, Columbus Energy Services Limited, from cash balances from work conducted by that company and pre-payments for future work which the company has been contracted to perform.

 

The two proposed well recompletions offer the greatest potential return on investment of the immediate options identified. Further heavy workovers and recompletions are being planned based on availability of further funding.

 

Neil Ritson, LGO's Chief Executive, commented:

"In light of improved oil prices and in anticipation of reduced royalty rates which we expect to be approved shortly, the Company has now commenced additional work designed to increase production and revenues at the Goudron Field."

 

 

 

Enquiries:

LGO Energy plc

+44 (0) 203 794 9230

 

Neil Ritson

Steve Horton

 

 

Beaumont Cornish Limited

+44(0) 20 7628 3396

 

Nomad

 

Rosalind Hill Abrahams

Roland Cornish

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

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

Related Shares:

CERP.L
FTSE 100 Latest
Value8,596.35
Change99.55