Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM listed oil and gas exploration, development and production company focused on Europe, is pleased to announce it has received notification from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (‘DECC’) that phase 1 of the PEDL 181 Licence (‘the Licence’ or ‘PEDL 181’) has been extended by one year until 30 June 2015. This will enable Europa to drill the 2.9 mmbo Kiln Lane-1 prospect in the second half of 2014. Europa holds a 50% interest and is operator of PEDL 181 which covers 540 sq km in East Lincolnshire, a known oil producing region.
Overview:
PEDL 181 is a large and previously undrilled licence located in a working hydrocarbon system where a number of other discoveries have been made in adjacent licences
Kiln Lane-1 is a drillable conventional oil and gas prospect on the PEDL 181 Licence area lying 28 km from Europa’s producing Crosby Warren oil field and is a robust structural closure prospective for Carboniferous sandstone reservoirs
Kiln Lane-1 is estimated to hold gross mean un-risked resources of 2.9 mmbo with a 1 in 3 chance of success
Exploration success at Kiln Lane-1 would substantially de-risk a number of leads identified on the Licence
Well planning and permitting has commenced with a view to drilling in H2 2014
Europa’s share of drilling costs is fully funded following the recent placing
Europa’s CEO, Hugh Mackay commented, “Thanks to this licence extension and our recent placing, Europa is funded to drill two onshore UK prospects in 2014 with combined gross prospective resources of 5 mmbo and each with a 1 in 3 chance of success. We are particularly excited about Kiln Lane-1. Not only does it have a highly prospective address near to previous discoveries and existing production, but it is also a potential playmaker which, in the event of success, would substantially de-risk a number of additional leads and prospects we have identified on the licence over the last 18 months.
“With well planning and permitting already underway, we intend to drill Kiln Lane-1 in H2 2014. Ahead of Kiln Lane, Europa will be participating with a 33% interest in the drilling of the Wressle prospect in the East Midlands Petroleum Province where the operator, Egdon Resources, expects to commence operations in Q1 2014. Combined with expected news flow at our projects in onshore France, where we recently launched a farm-out and commenced well permitting, and offshore Ireland, where interpretation of the 3-D seismic recently acquired by the operator Kosmos Energy may lead to a decision in summer 2014 to drill a well as early as 2015, the year ahead promises to be a highly exciting one for Europa.”
Source: Europa Oil & Gas