Prospex Oil and Gas Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: PXOG / Sector: Oil and Gas
29 May 2018
Prospex Oil and Gas Plc ('Prospex' or the 'Company')
Production concession application submitted, onshore
Prospex Oil and Gas Plc, the AIM quoted investment company, is pleased to announce that it has been advised by the operator Po Valley Energy Limited ('PVE') that a production concession application has been submitted to develop a new high return gas field in northern
Podere Maiar was drilled in Q4 2017 into the Selva Gas-Field (previously operated by ENI), which historically produced 83Bcf of gas between 1960 and 1984. In December 2017 two gas-bearing reservoirs, C1 and C2, were encountered by the Well in the Medium-Upper Pliocene sands of the Porto Garibaldi formation with peak flow rates of 148,136 scm/day (5.2mmscf/d) on a 3/8 inch choke and 129,658 scm/day (4.6 mmscf/d) on a 3/8 inch choke achieved respectively in January 2018.
Under the first phase of the development plan for the Well, PVE plan to install a fully automated gas plant at the existing Selva/Podere Maiar-1d well site at a cost of
Crucially, significant further upside remains and in the second phase of the development plan (contingent on 3D seismic results), PVE intend to drill additional wells with a view to significantly increasing the size of the Selva natural gas resource. Wells will be drilled in the field's highly prospective Selva East, Selva South Flank, and Riccardina prospects, all of which fall within the production concession application area. 3D seismic will be acquired (subject to JV approval) across these areas in the second half of 2018 and early 2019.
The Application will be considered for preliminary award at the next Italian Ministry Hydrocarbon Commission meeting, which is expected in July 2018. In the interim, PVE will prepare documentation for the requisite Environmental Impact Assessment so as to be able to commence the next stage of environmental approval pending preliminary award of the Application.
Commenting on the news Managing Director, Edward Dawson, said, "The submission of this production concession application marks a significant step forward in the commercialisation and recommencement of commercial gas production at the Selva Gas-Field in
"Selva is set to be a high return natural gas field development and is undoubtedly a valuable asset within our multi-project investment company, which also includes the Bainet gas discovery in
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
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For further information visit www.prospexoilandgas.com or contact the following:
Edward Dawson |
Prospex Oil and Gas Plc |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3766 0325 |
Rory Murphy
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Strand Hanson Limited
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494 |
Duncan Vasey |
Peterhouse Corporate Finance
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7469 0932 |
Frank Buhagiar Charlotte Page
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St Brides Partners Ltd
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177 |
Notes
Prospex Oil and Gas Plc is an AIM quoted investment company focussed on high impact onshore and shallow offshore European opportunities with short timelines to production. The Company's strategy is to acquire undervalued projects with multiple, tangible value trigger points that can be realised within 12 months of acquisition and then applying low cost re-evaluation techniques to identify and de-risk prospects.
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