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FALKLAND OIL & GAS (FOGL)     

smiler o - 18 Jul 2007 14:07

STRATEGY

•FOGL seeks to add shareholder value by pursuing an aggressive exploration programme in its licences to the south and east of the Falkland Islands. Exploration drilling will continue in the deep water areas of FOGL’s licences in the first half of 2012. If successful, this drilling could lead to the development of a new hydrocarbon province in the South Atlantic.

Next Phase of drilling

In the first half of 2012 FOGL is planning to drill two wells in the deep water area of its licences.
FOGL has contracted the Leiv Eiriksson rig to undertake this drilling programme. The rig is due to arrive in the Falklands in early 2012 when it will initially drill two wells for Borders and Southern Plc (B&S), before commencing the FOGL drilling programme. The B&S wells are to be drilled on the Darwin and Stebbing prospects. The results of these wells will be of interest to FOGL, because we have similar plays and prospects within the southern part of our licence area.

The first well to be drilled in the FOGL programme will be on the Loligo prospect. A number of options exist for the second well, including potentially a well on Scotia, a prospect within the Mid Cretaceous Fan Play. The final decision on which prospect will be targeted by the second well will be guided by the results from Loligo.

Funding

As at 7 September 2011 FOGL's available funds, including the BHP Billiton settlement, were $150.8 million. The Company is debt free.


2012 Drilling Programme

The Leiv Eiriksson a harsh environment rig has been drilling wells offshore Greenland for Cairn Energy. That campaign is expected to finish by the end of November 2011 after which the rig will head south to the Falkland Islands. The rig will first drill two wells (about 90 days drilling) for Borders and Southern Plc (B&S) before moving on to the FOGL programme. The transit time from Greenland is expected to be approximately 60 days.

A great deal of work has gone into the planning of the FOGL drilling campaign and over the preceding years a large amount of data has had to be collected to so that the drilling can take place.

Seismic data was acquired from 2004 to 2007 and again in 2011, CSEM in 2007, site surveys in 2009 and 2011 and metocean data, from permanent current meters, in 2009/10. Well planning essentially started in 2009 with the drilling of three, 200m deep, geotechnical boreholes. This data helped with the planning of the shallow section of the Toroa well (FI 61/05-1) and has been extensively used in the planning of the deep water programme.

The first well in the FOGL programme will be on the giant Loligo prospect. A second well will also be drilled by FOGL using the Leiv Eiriksson and site surveys have been acquired over the following prospects: The Nimrod Complex and the Vinson prospect in the Tertiary Channel Play, the Scotia or Hero prospects in the Mid Cretaceous Fan Play and the Inflexible or Endeavour prospect in the Springhill Sandstone Play. Options that are currently being considered depend upon the results of the first well on Loligo. The final play in the FOGL acreage is in the Fold Belt in the south west of the FOGL acreage. This play is being tested by B&S at their Stebbing prospect. Similar features exist within the FOGL acreage and the results of the well will be closely monitored. In addition the B&S, Darwin well is targeting a tilted fault block which again shows great similarities with several prospects in the FOGL portfolio (Inflexible, Thulla etc.). Depending on the results of Darwin FOGL may consider a well on Inflexible as the second well in the programme.

FOGL’s main focus is on the two younger plays, the Tertiary Channel and the Mid Cretaceous Fan play. FOGL has been working on the Mid Cretaceous play for some time but it was only in late 2009, when the seismic data had been fully reprocessed, that it became clear that this major new play was viable. The play is analogous to the ones being successfully targeted in West Africa (the Tullow Jubilee field in Ghana and other discoveries along that margin) and the general geology, depositional setting and even the AVO response (Class II response over Scotia and Hero) are remarkably similar. The two main prospects, Scotia and Hero, both contain prospective resources in excess of 1 billion bbls. One of the key features that makes this play so attractive is that the reservoir sands sit directly above the mature Aptian oil source rocks which were sampled in the DSDP wells to the East of the FOGL acreage.

2012 DRLLING TARGET LOLIGO

The shallowest target alone covers an area of over 600sqkm. The Loligo prospect was first mapped in 2006 and has been re-mapped and re analysed several times since then. It is a large stratigraphic trap which is supported by a very consistent Class III AVO response on the seismic data. It is an ‘easy to map’ anomaly which stands out clearly above the background seismic responses when compared to the entire basin. In addition, it sits directly above an old high which used to separate the Southern basin (Fitzroy sub-basin) from the Northern basin (Volunteer sub-basin). This old high seems to be acting as a focus for hydrocarbon migration from deeply buried source rocks in each of the sub basins.

Beneath the southern part of Loligo several other prospects within the Tertiary Channel play, overlap and may be penetrated by one carefully located well. The deeper prospects (each covering an area similar to Loligo) have been called Trigg and the Three Bears. Together these prospects are called the Loligo Complex. The prospective resources (recoverable oil) associated with the Loligo complex, are in excess of 4 billion bbls of oil or over 25tcf of gas.




FOGL is focused exclusively on offshore oil and gas exploration in the Falkland Islands.

We are pursuing an aggressive exploration programme that could lead to the development of a new petroleum province in the South Atlantic. The joint venture operations have now moved into the drilling phase.

Most prospects in 2,000 – 4,500 feet water depth (610 – 1372m)


Target horizons: 6,000 – 13,000 feet below sea bed lever (1829 – 3962m)


Falklands weather is similar to West of Shetland


Remote location but there were no major issues during 1998 drilling campaign


Anchored semi-submersible or drillship for exploration drilling


Tried and tested technology for developments



Falkland Oil and Gas Limited Licence area.




FINANCIAL SUMMARY http://www.fogl.com/fogl/en/Investors/performance

FOGL HOME http://www.fogl.com/fogl/en/home

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mitzy - 29 Oct 2015 08:37 - 1208 of 1211

Todays RNS not good reading.

HARRYCAT - 29 Oct 2015 08:56 - 1209 of 1211

53/02-01 Humpback exploration well results
Falkland Oil and Gas Limited (AIM:FOGL), the exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the North, South and East of the Falkland Islands, announces the results from the 53/02-01 Humpback exploration well and also, notes the announcement from the Operator, Noble Energy made at 20:30 on 28 October 2015.

The Humpback well was drilled to a total depth of 5,136 meters (measured depth). The well encountered non-commercial quantities of oil and gas within a number of sandstone intervals, including the main APX-200 target. All of the pre-drill targets were penetrated close to prognosis in the well. An additional 25 meters of sandstone was encountered below the APX-200 bringing the total in the well to 65 meters. The deeper sandstones, exhibit only moderate porosity (10% to 15%) and low hydrocarbon saturations.

For a number of operational reasons, it was not possible to obtain fluid samples from any of the hydrocarbon bearing zones in the well.

FOGL will now evaluate these results in more detail and assess the impact on the prospectivity of the Diomedea fan complex and the rest of the southern licences. The results do however demonstrate a working hydrocarbon system and Humpback was only one of a number of geological plays within the Fitzroy sub-basin. Importantly the results will allow calibration of the 3D seismic data and this may facilitate the mapping of higher quality sands elsewhere within the large area covered by 3D seismic.

Once operations have been completed on Humpback, the Eirik Raude rig will return to the North Falklands Basin to drill a second well on the Elaine/Isobel fan complex. The Elaine/Isobel fan complex, based on the operator's estimates, has multiple reservoir targets and gross mean un-risked resources of 400 million barrels of oil. A further announcement will be made on the commencement of this well.


Tim Bushell, CEO of FOGL, commented:

"While the Humpback well has provided mixed results, it should be noted that this is the first well in the South Falklands Basin to encounter oil and also demonstrate a working hydrocarbon system in the Fitzroy sub-basin. The reservoir quality in the various targets penetrated by the well was however poorer than pre-drill expectations, and further work will now be required to fully integrate the well results and assess the implications for the overall oil and gas potential of our southern licences"

"We look forward to notifying shareholders upon commencement of drilling operations at the Elaine/Isobel well in the North Falkland's basin."

HARRYCAT - 24 Nov 2015 08:42 - 1210 of 1211

StockMarketWire.com
Rockhopper and Falkland Oil & Gas have agreed the terms of a recommended all-share merger. Falkland shareholders would receive, for every one share they own, about 0.2993 Rockhopper shares.

The merger values Falkland Oil & Gas at about OGBP57.1m, and each of its shares at 10.70p.

The combined Group is expected to:
o be the largest North Falkland Islands licence and discovered resource holder with a material working interest in all key licences;

o have enhanced prospects of progressing the Sea Lion project through final investment decision;

o have greater exposure to exploration and appraisal upside potential; and

o benefit from enhanced scale and capabilities creating value in the current market environment.

HARRYCAT - 18 Jan 2016 08:27 - 1211 of 1211

StockMarketWire.com
Trading in Falkland Oil & Gas's shares has been suspended on AIM at the company's request pending an announcement.
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