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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Europa Oil & Gas Prepares To Drill Main Section Of Barchiz-1 Oil Well, Shares Rise
Europa Oil & Gas (LON:EOG) has reported more progress from the closely followed drilling of the Barchiz-1 exploration well in Romania, sending shares up 7%.
Preparations are being made to drill the main section of the well containing the target horizons after the well was cased to a depth of 664 metres.
No further updates will be provided until the well reaches its total depth of 1,400 metres.
The initial results from Barchiz-1, which was spudded on 18 October, were encouraging, giving evidence of an active petroleum system in the Barchiz area with minor oil shows and mud gas indications encountered between 268 and 275 metres.
The Barchiz prospect is 10 kilometres from, and on trend with, the Geamana oilfield with 50 million barrels of oil (mmbo) reserves. The pre-drill oil-in-place estimate for Barchiz is up to 94 mmbo and there are five additional leads on-block in the same structural play which will be significantly upgraded by success at Barchiz.
Additionally, leads in the same play have been identified on new seismic data in the Cuejdiu block, immediately to the north of Brates.
Europa believes it is likely that additional seismic will be acquired in the Brates block in 2011 over the Tazlaul Mare Deep feature, a large thrust structure beneath the Tazlaul Mare gas condensate field, to mature this prospect for drilling.
In October, Europa raised 1.8 million to fund further drilling at the West Firsby field in Lincolnshire and at Barchiz-1, while also covering ongoing working capital requirements for the company's other prospects.