ASX/Media Release
For Immediate Release - 14 September 2015
Seram oil production further boosted
Highlights
• Oseil-‐28 development well on-‐line and producing in-‐excess of 640
bopd, exceeding expectations
• Oseil-‐28 drilled 23% under budget cost
• Field production lifted to over 4000 bopd (Lion share approx. 100
bopd), an increase of 18%
• Crude oil lifting of 400,000 bbl completed
Lion Energy Ltd (ASX Code: LIO) advises that the Oseil-‐28 development well has been completed as a producer with final clean-‐up rates prior to rig release of approximately 640 bopd on a 20/64" choke. Total field production has been
Lion at a glance
• ASX listed oil and gas E&P company focused
on Indonesia, with two conventional PSC's.
• Net production approximately 100 bopd
• An early mover in Indonesia's fledgling
unconventional oil & gas industry.
• Leveraging synergies in conventional assets and access to both infrastructure and markets.
• New executive team and strategic investors with impressive track records for value creation in Indonesia.
• Well-‐funded to execute our business plan.
boosted by 18% to approx. 4000 bopd. The Oseil-‐22 development well is the
next well planned in the ongoing development drilling program.
The Oseil-‐28 well was spudded on 18 July 2015 and the rig was released 9 September 2015. Excluding mobilization and rig up time, the well was drilled, completed and tested in 53 days, 34 days less than the well program projection.
Preliminary well costs indicate the well was drilled approximately US$2.25mil
under the budget projection of US$9.955mil.
Commenting on the outcome of the Oseil-‐28 well, Lion CEO Kim Morrison commented: "This is a very good outcome for the Seram joint venture, continuing the positive results of drilling on the north flank of the Oseil-‐2 field area and setting a new benchmark for future development drilling cost. The operator CITIC Seram Energy Ltd is to be congratulated on the outcome."
Oseil-‐28 reached TD of 2347m MD (1949m TVD) in the Manusela limestone
objective and was completed with an ESP. This is the fifth well of the approved
10 well Phase 3 development plan approved for the Oseil-‐2 area, and follows the completion of the successful fourth well in the program, the Oseil-‐27 well, which is now flowing at a stabilised rate of in excess of 700 bopd.
Production from the Oseil and surrounding fields lifted to approximately 4010 bopd (Lion equity share 100 bopd) with Oseil-‐28 on stream. This rate has been temporarily reduced to approximately 3820 bopd due to the requirement for an ESP replacement on Oseil-‐12. This work is expected to be completed shortly.
The next planned well in the development program is Oseil-‐22, also within the Oseil-‐2 field area.
A crude oil lifting of 400,119 bbl was completed on 8 September 2015 (Lion share 10,003 bbl). Lion share of gross lifting revenue, estimated at approximately US$0.33mil, is expected to be received approx. 35 days post the lifting.
The Seram (Non-‐Bula) PSC is located on Seram Island in eastern Indonesia and is operated by CITIC Seram Energy Ltd (51%) with other co-‐venturers being KUFPEC (Indonesia) Ltd (30%) and Gulf Petroleum Investment Company (16.5%).
Contact
Lion Energy Limited
ABN 51 000 753 640
ASX Code: LIO
Ground Floor, 15 Rheola Street West Perth
WA 6005, Australia Post Box 512
West Perth Business Centre
WA 6872, Australia
Tel +61 8 9211 1500 | Fax +61 8 9211 1501 [email protected] www.lionenergy.com.au
Directors & Officers
Russell BrimageExecutive Chairman Kim Morrison Chief Executive Officer Stuart B SmithExecutive Director
Tom Soulsby Non-‐Executive Director Chris Newton Non-‐Executive Director Zane Lewis Company Secretary
For more information contact
Kim Morrison
+61 404 490 964
[email protected]
Stuart Smith
+65 9820 3889 [email protected] Zane Lewis
+61 400 007 900
[email protected]
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For Immediate Release - 14 September 2015
Competent Persons Statement: Qualified Petroleum Reserves and Resources Evaluator
Pursuant to the requirements of the ASX Listing Rules Chapter 5, the technical information, reserve and resource reporting provided in this document are based on and fairly represent information and supporting documentation that has been prepared and/or compiled by Mr Kim Morrison, Chief Executive Officer of Lion Energy Ltd. Mr Morrison holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Sydney and has more than 28 years of experience in exploration, appraisal and development of oil and gas resources -including evaluating petroleum reserves and resources. Mr Morrison is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). Mr Morrison consents to the release of this announcement and to the inclusion of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.
Glossary
bopd: barrels oil per day PSC: Production Sharing Contract
MD: measured depth TD: total depth
mbbl: thousand barrels TVDKB: total vertical depth referenced to the drill floor mmscfgd: million standard cubic feet of gas per day ssTVD: total vertical depth referenced to sea level
ENDS
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