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COMPANY UPDATE
Range Resources Limited ("Range" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the
following updates with respect to the Company's assets. Given the need for
regulatory sign off in Trinidad a more comprehensive update will be provided
next week.
North Chapman Ranch - Texas
Drilling is progressing ahead of schedule on the Company's Smith #2 development
well in North Chapman Ranch. The well is currently drilling ahead at a depth of
approximately 10,500 ft. with Range and its partners having logged a
significant show in the Manley section (at 10,000 ft), possibly representing
another productive interval, in addition to the expected primary field pay
zones. It is expected that the well will reach an intermediate pipe point in
the coming days, at which time it will be logged to this intermediate depth and
9 5/8" casing run before drilling ahead to total well depth of 14,000 ft.
Georgia
Following the completion of the Vertical Seismic Profiling ("VSP") on the
Mukhiani Well, the Company commenced to flow test two zones of interest whilst
waiting for VSP interpretation results. The first test (open hole flow test) at
720m - 768m did not flow as of this morning GMT. The second test (perforation
formation flow test at 330 - 370m) will now be undertaken. The Company will
provide an update as to the VSP interpretation results and second flow test
next week based on current schedules.
The VSP interpretation results will confirm whether or not the current zone of
hard rock that the well has reached is basement rock or a volcanic overthrust.
This current depth is significantly shallower than the initially planned total
depth (of approximately 3,500 m) to the primary objective based on surface
seismic interpretation. If the VSP interpretation confirms the rock encountered
is indeed basement, drilling will not continue with preparations to commence
for the drilling of the second exploration well, the Kursebi 2, while if it
indicates it is a volcanic overthrust, a decision will be made whether to
proceed drilling after reassessing the likely lithography and target potential.
Trinidad
On the basis of recent drilling results, together with extensive engineering
studies of its mature oil fields in Trinidad, Range Resources Ltd is pleased to
announce that it expects to release details of an upward revision of its Proved
(P1) Reserves in Trinidad next week. The revised reserve estimates have been
calculated and the details will be released once the announcement has been
approved by the Trinidadian regulatory authority. The upward revisions follow
better than expected drilling results from the Company's initial 2011 drilling
program, along with recently completed engineering studies of secondary
recovery potential in the Beach Marcelle Block. The engineering review,
performed by the Company's Dallas-based reserve auditor Forrest A. Garb &
Associates, confirmed that significant volumes of crude remain in the Beach
Marcelle field that can be produced using standard secondary recovery
techniques such as water flooding.