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Kea Petroleum extends New Zealand permit
Wed 20 Feb 2013

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LONDON (SHARECAST) - Oil and gas company Kea Petroleum has extended the permit for the PEP 51155 in New Zealand.

The area covered by the permit was increased by about 9.0% to 286km2, allowing Kea to conduct exploration activities over the Hickman lead.

The company is planning to acquire about 58km of 2D seismic over the Hickman lead, identified as an Alliance Project.

Hickman is partially funded by Methanex under the pre-existing Alliance Agreement between Methanex and Kea.

“The Hickman lead is a large sub-thrust feature that lies between the current Kea Mauku 1 well currently being drilled on PEP 381204 to the North and the Mangahewa field to the South, which addresses a mean possible recoverable resource of 173bn cubic feet of gas and 6.0m barrels of condensate as per management's conservative estimates,” the group said in a statement.

Shares fell 2.41% to 10.12p at 10:00 Wednesday.

SM - Shares in the Aim-quoted explorer have gained 36% since it announced (14 Feb) the find meant it could ‘look forward with confidence to an early and substantial cash flow’. A flow test on Puka-2 would offer confirmation of this potential and is expected in the near term.

The £55.9 million market cap is set this year to drill as many as seven more wells in the region, the most high profile of which will test the Mauku prospect. House broker WH Ireland estimates this alone could be worth as much as 54.2p a share if successful.

Kea is in the process of attempting a farm-out of Mauku. Having raised £7 million in a placing earlier this year, and with £6.6 million of cash already on its balance sheet, it should be fully funded for its 2013 plans regardless.

Yesterday, Kea Petroleum announced that it was granted an extension to the permit for the PEP 51155 area in New Zealand. The area covered by the permit has increased by around 9% up to 286 sq km. This allows Kea to explore the Hickman lead which had been interpreted to extend beyond the previous boundary. Planning work is now underway for a 2D seismic programme to assess the Hickman prospect. This is being carried out through Kea’s pre-existing Alliance Agreement with Methanex, which is partially funding the work. The Hickman lead is a large sub-thrust feature that lies between the current Mauku-1 well being drilled on PEP 381204 to the North and the Mangahewa field to the South, which addresses a mean possible recoverable resource (P50) of 173 billion cubic feet of gas (bcf) and 6 million barrels of condensate as per management’s conservative estimates.

Our view: Kea’s latest announcement of extension to the permit at the PEP 51155 area in New Zealand is very encouraging given the high prospectivity at the Hickman lead. This news comes close on the heels of a slew of positive announcements from Kea. Only last month, Kea confirmed a new oil discovery in the Puka 2 well. This deeper working petroleum system augurs well for the wider prospectivity of the basin, where 6-8 wells are planned through the course of this year. Analysis shows that the discovery has some of the highest porosity and permeability measures recorded in the area to date. Puka 2 would be likely to have much better flow rates than Puka 1 and Kea can now expect an early and substantial cash flow. At the Mauku prospect, which is estimated to have prospective resources to the tune of 485 bcf of gas and 27 million barrels of associated liquids, negotiations are ongoing to farm out the prospect and Kea remain optimistic of signing an agreement in the near future. Kea is fully funded through 2013, with existing cash of £6.6m on the balance sheet and an additional £7m in equity finance, recently raised. Given this strong pipeline of prospects, we are optimistic of Kea achieving its production growth targets, resulting in a meaningful upside to the stock. We maintain a Speculative Buy on the company.




http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/columns/hb-markets/12177/hb-markets-breakfast-today-including-kea-petroleum-rexam-and-rsa-insurance-group-12177.html

Up 6%

Recovered from yesterday.

self-explanatory ....

Cynic, these recovery shares are making money. :-))

on that nonsense logic, i take it you bought a slab of these in mid 2010 when they previously crashed and have now bought AVM too

lol, Nonsense thats fine with me. Not interested in 2010 :-))

of course not; you have the benefit of both 20/20 hindsight and foresight and thus know when a share absolutely cannot fall further

Have you got your computer upside down, mine shows this share rising at a pace .
Just waiting for the flow test on Puka-2. :-))

i see a 5 year chart!

You sound like Mystec Meg , Joking aside I know what you mean . I may well sell on the results.

Mauku Drilling and Puka Testing Update
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RNS Number : 6585Y
Kea Petroleum PLC
26 February 2013



For immediate release
26 February 2013




Kea Petroleum plc

("Kea" or the "Group")



Recommencement of Mauku Drilling and Puka Testing Update



Kea Petroleum plc (AIM: KEA), the oil and gas company focused on New Zealand, is pleased to announce drilling at Mauku and the completion of drilling prior to testing at Puka.

Mauku Drilling

The Icelandic Drilling Odinn rig has commenced drilling operations at Mauku. Mauku 1 was spudded in January 2013 using Drillforce rig 6 to drill surface hole to a depth of 507m prior to running 13 3/8" surface casing and suspending the well. Odinn has been moved onto the site and rigged up over the past three weeks and has re-entered the well in preparation to drilling ahead.

Mauku is being drilled to a planned total depth of 3,400m and drilling is expected to be completed in April. Half of the cost of the well is being funded by Methanex as part of the Alliance Agreement between Kea and Methanex.

Kea has been involved in extensive farm-out discussions with numerous parties. Although two of these parties have elected not to farm-in, talks are still continuing with multiple parties who have expressed an interest in participating in the well. However given the advanced status of the well, it will be difficult to conclude the negotiations within the project time constraints.

Puka 2 Testing

Drilling operations have concluded at Puka with the completion string installed and the well perforated in preparation for testing. Now that the drilling rig has been demobilised from the Puka location preparatory earthworks and the assembly of surface test equipment, tanks and oil transfer equipment can commence.

Testing of Puka 2 is expected to begin in mid-March and will run for between 30 and 45 days.



Ian Gowrie-Smith, Chairman of Kea Petroleum, commented:"It is with a mixture of excitement and trepidation that we look forward to the drilling of Mauku. In the event of success, the impact of owning 100% of Mauku would be transformational for Kea given that the Board estimates the upside potential prospective resource (P10) to be 1,031 billion cubic feet of gas and 61 million barrels of condensate (oil).

"Using the cash flow we expect from the Puka field, the Company will continue to develop some of the large prospective deposits in our extensive acreage within the Alliance Partnership with Methanex."

This release has been approved by non-executive director Peter Mikkelsen FGS, AAPG, who has consented to the inclusion of the technical information in this release in the form and context in which it appears.

P10 indicates at least a 10% probability that the quantities recovered will equal or exceed the estimate. This is a measure of uncertainty not geological or commercial risk

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Kea Petroleum PLC - Interim Results


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RNS Number : 8487Y

Kea Petroleum PLC

28 February 2013








For Immediate Release 28 February 2013



Kea Petroleum plc

("Kea" or the "Group" or the "Company")



INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2012



Kea Petroleum plc (AIM: KEA), the oil and gas exploration company focused on New Zealand, is today pleased to announce its interim results for the six month period ended 30 November 2012.





Highlights



· Increasing pace of exploration, testing and production including successful test results at Puka 1



· Further oil strike at Puka 2 with likelihood of attractive flow rates



· Testing results of Puka 2 expected shortly



· Drilling operations have commenced at Mauku



· Revenue from testing Puka 1 of £382,000



· Pre- and post-tax loss of £1.49 million (30 November 2011: loss of £1.36 million)



· Cash on hand at 30 November 2012 of £11.35 million (30 November 2011: £10.69 million)





Drilling Schedule 2013



· Mauku-1 Q1 - Drill to 3400m depth



· Mercury Q2 - Offshore 3D seismic survey



· Puka-3 Q3 - Drill to 1600m depth



· Hickman Q2/3 - 48km 2D seismic survey



· Angus-1 Q3 - Drill to 1400m depth







Kea Petroleum's Chairman, Ian Gowrie-Smith, said:



"The discovery of oil at Puka was a vital step towards Kea achieving its ambition to become a significant player in oil and gas production. The drilling results confirm our belief in our active drilling programme and we look forward to building on our recent successes over the next 12 months. The recent Puka results have favourably positioned Kea to continue growing its production, whilst the drilling of Mauku has the potential to provide the Company with potentially significant near term upside.''

Kea Petroleum set for busy time in New Zealand
9:01 am by Philip WhiterowThe group recently spudded its first well on the Mauku field, which will drill to a depth of 3,400m.



Kea Petroleum (LON:KEA) is to follow up its recent oil discovery on the Puka field in New Zealand with significant further exploration this year.

Ian Gowrie-Smith, Kea’s chairman, said the oil discovery at Puka had confirmed the company’s belief in its active drilling programme.

Puka-1 generated £382,000 in revenues in the half year to November, though the well is still being appraised, which limited its contribution. A second well on Puka also found oil and is currently being flow tested.

The group recently spudded its first well on the Mauku field, which will drill to a depth of 3,400m.

Other work planned for 2013, all of which is in New Zealand, includes offshore 3D seismic at the Mercury prospect in the second quarter: a third well at Puka to a depth of 1,600m in the third quarter; 48km of 2D seismic at the Hickman prospect and a first well at the Angus prospect to a depth of 1,400m.

“The recent Puka results have favourably positioned Kea to continue growing its production, whilst the drilling of Mauku has the potential to provide the company with potentially significant near term upside,'' said Gowrie-Smith.

Kea posted an interim loss of £1.49mln (£3.0mln) and finished the period with cash on hand of £11.4mln.

Shares rose 4% to 10.75p.

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Successful Puka 2 Test Results

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RNS Number : 7496B

Kea Petroleum PLC

08 April 2013







For Immediate Release

8 April 2013




Kea Petroleum plc

("Kea" or the "Group")

Successful Puka 2 Test Results

Kea Petroleum plc (AIM: KEA), the oil and gas company focused on New Zealand, is pleased to announce successful results from its initial oil production testing at Puka 2.

Encouraging production test results

During the initial clean-up flow period of 5 days, the well achieved an initial oil flow rate of 719 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) with an associated gas flow rate 0.419 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) on a 22/64" choke over the initial 12 hour flow period. The oil has a density of 38°API and a pour point of 27°C. No formation water was produced during the flow period. The first shipment of oil from Puka 2 was dispatched to market on 31 March 2013.

Well production is now temporarily halted until Sunday 14 April 2013 to establish initial pressure build up.

Forward programme

The current test programme calls for a main flow period up to 45 days followed by a build-up period before continuous production can begin.

Design and construction of the Puka production station is well advanced with commissioning expected during the shut-in period of the Puka 2 test. Kea anticipates to bring Puka 1 online in the latter stages of the Puka 2 test to determine optimum production rates from the two wells.

The initial results of the test confirm the previous log and MDT analysis. Whilst the oil is similar to Puka 1, Puka 2 has considerably better production characteristics with a low gas oil ratio and higher oil flow rates.

Kea has already obtained consents for up to an additional four wells on the current Puka surface location. Following initial interpretation of the Puka 3D Seismic Survey acquired in late 2012, Kea is examining potential well locations to be accessed from the existing surface location as part of the appraisal and development programme for the greater Puka field.

Mauku Update

Drilling at Mauku has reached 2,709m. The total depth is expected to be 3,400m which, on current expectations, should be reached in 7-10 days.



Ian Gowrie-Smith, Chairman of Kea Petroleum, commented:



"We are delighted with these results - a headline flow rate at Puka 2 in excess of 700 BOPD with no water production is excellent. We intend to proceed as quickly as possible in commissioning the production facilities and in further developing the Puka field.



"Kea is now on the threshold of generating a significant revenue stream from Puka. Combined with imminent results from drilling at Mauku, these are exciting times for the Company."



This release has been approved by non-executive director Peter Mikkelsen FGS, AAPG, who has consented to the inclusion of the technical information in this release in the form and context in which it appears.

Kea Petroleum delighted with Puka 2 test results
By Philip Whiterow April 08 2013, 8:41am The well achieved an initial oil flow rate of 719 barrels of oil per day.The well achieved an initial oil flow rate of 719 barrels of oil per day.



Kea Petroleum’s (LON:KEA) second well on its Puka field in New Zealand has produced strong flow results in its initial testing period.

The well achieved an initial oil flow rate of 719 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) with an associated gas flow rate 0.419mln cubic feet per day (MMCFD) on a 22/64" choke over the initial 12 hour flow period.

Ian Gowrie-Smith, Kea Petroleum’s chairman, said: "We are delighted with these results - a headline flow rate at Puka 2 in excess of 700 BOPD with no water production is excellent. We intend to proceed as quickly as possible in commissioning the production facilities and in further developing the Puka field.

Well production has now been temporarily halted until Sunday 14 April to establish initial pressure build up.

The current test programme will see a 45 day main flow period followed by a build-up period before continuous production can begin.

Puka 2’s oil is similar to Puka 1, but has considerably better production characteristics with a low gas oil ratio and higher oil flow rates, Kea added.

Commissioning of the Puka production station is expected during the shut-in period of the Puka 2 test. Kea anticipates bringing Puka 1 online in the latter stages of the Puka 2 test to determine optimum production rates from the two wells.

Elsewhere, drilling at the Mauku 1 exploration well has reached 2,709m. The total depth is expected to be 3,400 metres which, on current expectations, should be reached in 7-10 days, added the company.

"Kea is now on the threshold of generating a significant revenue stream from Puka. Combined with imminent results from drilling at Mauku, these are exciting times for the company," said Gowrie-Smith.

dc kea appears as if it might bounce back imminently are you still in here?