Pharos Energy PLC Activity Update (4043B)
10 Junio 2021 - 01:00AM
UK Regulatory
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Pharos Energy PLC
10 June 2021
10 June 2021
Pharos Energy plc
("Pharos" or the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries,
the "Group")
Activity Update
Pharos Energy plc, an independent oil and gas exploration and
production company, is pleased to provide an update on its
activities in Egypt and Vietnam.
Ed Story, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented:
"In Egypt the Batran-1X exploration commitment well has
encountered oil in the Abu Roash Lower "G" (LARG) and the Upper
Bahariya (UB) reservoirs. This modest discovery reconfirms the
potential for additional oil on the El Fayum concession.
Separately, offshore Vietnam, we are poised to commence a low risk
development drilling programme in the Cuu Long Basin and a 3D
seismic acquisition programme over Exploration Acreage in the Phu
Khanh Basin."
Egypt
Batran-1X well result
The Batran-1X commitment exploration well, drilled on a fault
bounded and three-way-closed dip prospect located 4km west of the
Main Tersa-1X well, reached Total Depth on Friday 4 June.
The well encountered 52 ft (15.85m) of net oil pay in the LARG
and UB sands. Additional thin pay zones may also be present in the
Abu Roash "A", "D" and "E" sands where oil shows were also
encountered whilst drilling.
Pressure readings confirm that the oil-bearing reservoirs are at
initial pressure.
The Batran-1X well will be completed as a potential future
producer in the LARG and UB reservoir sections using a workover rig
as part of El Fayum field activities ramp up phase.
The preliminary post-well in-place volume and resource estimates
for the LARG and UB discoveries are 4.3 mmbbls and 430,000 bbls
respectively.
El Fayum concession
The El Fayum concession prospect and lead inventory has an
estimated unrisked in-place volume potential of >400 mmbbls in
40 prospects all with "more of the same geology" and covered by the
existing 3D seismic. Of this total >220 mmbbls is in prospects
close to existing infrastructure and 156 mmbbls is located within
current long-term development leases. An additional 230 mmbbls of
unrisked in place volumetric potential lies in new plays (e.g.
deeper untested formations) or in leads outside of the present 3D
seismic area.
The unconventional Abu Roash "F" play, which is considered
potentially prospective over the northern half of El Fayum and
which was also encountered in the Batran-1X well, has a further 1.5
billion bbls of unrisked unconventional oil in place potential in
tight organic-rich marls.
Future Operations Strategy
During the recent downturn, the Company's strategy, on both the
El Fayum concession and the North Beni Suef (NBS) concession to the
south where Pharos also has a 100% working interest, has been to
suspend drilling operations and to defer exploration expenditure to
preserve cash and to protect the balance sheet. The Company is
currently engaged in a farm out process run by Jefferies, to seek a
partner before recommencing investment in the development of the
existing discovered resource on El Fayum and the exploration
potential of both blocks.
Future exploration drilling activity in the proven basins of El
Fayum and NBS can be expected to focus on near field prospects
close to existing facilities and prospects with new play potential.
Similarly future seismic acquisition will focus on 3D seismic in
the northern portion of El Fayum, once land access is granted, to
mature existing leads and 2D seismic in the unexplored eastern
desert portion of NBS to evaluate its frontier potential.
Enquiries
Pharos Energy plc Tel: 020 7747 2000
Ed Story, President and Chief Executive Officer
Jann Brown, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer
Mike Watts, Managing Director
Sharan Dhami, Group Head of Investor Relations
Camarco Tel: 020 3757 4980
Billy Clegg | Owen Roberts | Monique Perks
Notes to editors
Pharos Energy plc is an independent oil and gas exploration and
production company with a focus on sustainable growth and returns
to stakeholders, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Pharos has production, development and/or exploration interests in
Egypt, Vietnam and Israel. In Egypt, Pharos holds a 100% working
interest in the El Fayum oil Concession in the Western Desert. The
Concession produces from 10 fields and is located 80 km southwest
of Cairo. It is operated by Petrosilah, a 50/50 JV between Pharos
and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). Pharos is
also an operator with a 100% working interest in the North Beni
Suef (NBS) Concession, which is located immediately south of the El
Fayum Concession. In Vietnam, Pharos has a 30.5% working interest
in Block 16-1 which contains 97% of the Te Giac Trang (TGT) field
and is operated by the Hoang Long Joint Operating Company. Pharos'
unitised interest in the TGT field is 29.7%. Pharos also has a 25%
working interest in the Ca Ngu Vang (CVN) field located in Block
9-2, which is operated by the Hoan Vu Joint Operating Company.
Blocks 16-1 and 9-2 are located in the shallow water Cuu Long
Basin, offshore southern Vietnam. Pharos also holds a 70% interest
in and is designated operator of Blocks 125 & 126, located in
the moderate to deep water Phu Khanh Basin, north east of the Cuu
Long Basin, offshore central Vietnam.In Israel, Pharos together
with Cairn Energy plc and Israel's Ratio Oil Exploration, have
eight licences offshore Israel. Each party has an equal working
interest and Cairn is the operator.
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