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30/11/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 0088I  Block Energy PLC  30 November 2022

 

30 November 2022

 

Block Energy plc

("Block" or the "Company")

SLB Options

 

Block Energy plc, the exploration and production company focused on Georgia,
announces that SLB (formerly Schlumberger), has notified the Company of its
decision to not exercise its right to acquire 108 million ordinary shares in
Block Energy plc.

A total of 120 million options were granted in 2020, as consideration for the
acquisition of the Schlumberger Rustaveli Company Limited ("SRCL"), which held
Georgia's most productive license, Block XIB.  Of these, 12 million options
have been assigned by SLB to Jindal Petroleum and expire November 30(th) 2023.

The acquisition of SRCL provided Block with additional production, material
additional oil reserves, significant gas resources, oil inventory, materials,
and a US$133m cost recovery pool while preserving its cash position for
further growth.

Commenting, Paul Haywood, Chief Executive Officer of Block Energy plc's, said:

"This is very good news for the Company and shareholders in Block. The result
for Block and its shareholders is a significant gain in value and reduction in
dilution, both contributing to our continued commitment to maximising value,
for all shareholders, whilst we advance through our 3-project strategy."

¹RNS notification of 26 March 2020 headed "Major acquisition of two adjacent
blocks from Schlumberger"

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For further information please visit http://www.blockenergy.co.uk/
(http://www.blockenergy.co.uk/)  or contact:

 Paul Haywood                   Block Energy plc                 Tel: +44 (0)20 3468 9891

 (Chief Executive Officer)
 Neil Baldwin                   Spark Advisory Partners Limited  Tel: +44 (0)20 3368 3554

 (Nominated Adviser)
 Peter Krens                    Tennyson Securities              Tel: +44 (0)20 7186 9030

 (Corporate Broker)
 Philip Dennis / Mark Antelme   Celicourt Communications         Tel: +44 (0)20 8434 2643

 (Financial PR)

 

Notes to editors

Block Energy plc is an AIM-listed independent oil and gas company focused on
production and development in Georgia, applying innovative technology to
realise the full potential of previously discovered fields.

Block has a 100% working interest in Georgian onshore licence blocks IX and
XI(B). Licence block XI(B) is Georgia's most productive block, where during
the mid-1980s production peaked at 67,000 bopd and cumulative production
reached 100 MMbbls and 80 MMbbls of oil from the Patardzeuli and Samgori
fields, respectively. The remaining 2P reserves across block XI(B) are
64 MMboe, comprising 2P oil reserves of 36 MMbbls and 2P gas reserves of
28 MMboe. (Source: CPR Bayphase Limited: 1 July 2015). Additionally,
following an internal technical study designed to evaluate and quantify the
undrained oil potential of the Middle Eocene within the Patardzeuli field, the
Company has defined gross unrisked 2C contingent resources of 200 MMbbls of
oil.

The Company has a 100% working interest in the West Rustavi onshore oil and
gas field with multiple wells that have tested oil and gas from a range of
geological horizons. The field has so far produced over 75 Mbbls of light
sweet crude and has 0.9 MMbbls of gross 2P oil reserves in the Middle Eocene.
It also has 38 MMbbls of gross unrisked 2C contingent resources of oil and
608 Bcf of gross unrisked 2C contingent resources of gas in the Middle, Upper
and Lower Eocene formations (Source: CPR Gustavson
Associates: 1 January 2018).

Block also holds 100% and 90% working interests respectively in the onshore
oil producing Norio and Satskhenisi fields.

The Company offers a clear entry point for investors to gain exposure
to Georgia's growing economy and the strong regional demand for oil and gas.

Glossary

1.    bbls: barrels. A barrel is 35 imperial gallons.

2.    Bcf: billion cubic feet.

3.    boe: barrels of oil equivalent.

4.    bopd: barrels of oil per day.

5.    Mbbls: thousand barrels.

6.    MMbbls: million barrels.

7.    MMboe: million barrels of oil equivalent.

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