REG - Caspian Sunrise plc - Award of licence at the BNG Contract Area

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03/12/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 9633J  Caspian Sunrise plc  03 December 2025

 

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Caspian Sunrise PLC ("Caspian Sunrise" or the "Group")

 

Award of licence at the BNG Contract Area

 

Introduction

The Board of Caspian Sunrise is pleased to update shareholders with news of
the award of an extension to the previous Yelemes Deep licence at the BNG
Contract Area.

 

Background

The BNG Contract Area is located 40 km southeast of the world class Tengiz
oilfield and comprises both shallow and deep structures.

 

Shallow structures

In July 2025 two of the shallow structures were sold for a headline cash
consideration of $88 million.

 

The BNG Contract Area contains other potential shallow structures, which the
Group may seek to develop in the future.

 

Deep structures

The two deep structures developed to date are the Airshagyl and Yelemes Deep
structures at which since 2008 the Group has invested in excess of $100
million.

 

The joint estimation licence for the Airshagyl and Yelemes Deep structures
expired in August 2024 following which applications for two separate 25 year
production licences were submitted.

 

Airshagyl structure licence

In May 2025 a 25 year production licence was issued for the Airshagyl
structure for an initial three year period.

 

When issuing the Airshagyl production licence the Kazakh State Geology
Committee confirmed reserves of 26 mmbls under the former Soviet C1
classification system. These reserves may be increased during the initial
three year period based on further drilling.

 

Following the licence upgrade at the Airshagyl structure work is once again
permitted and we are currently seeking to bring Deep Well A6 into commercial
production.

 

Yelemes Deep structure licence

The Kazakh authorities have now extended the previous estimation licence
covering the Yelemes Deep structure for a further two years during which
development work may resume and a further submission may be made for an
independent 25 year production licence.

 

Accordingly, the Group intends now to resume work at Deep Well 803 where oil
was previously detected over a 60 meter interval at depths between 3,360 and
3,420 meters.

 

Comment

 

Clive Carver, Chairman said

 

"The award of the extension to the Yelemes Deep licence represents a major
step forward and allows work to resume at the promising Deep Well 803.

 

Contacts:

 

 Zeus               +44 (0) 203 829 5000

 James Joyce

 James Bavister

 Andre de Andrade

 

 

This announcement has been posted to:

www.caspiansunrise.com/investors (http://www.caspiansunrise.com/investors)

 

The person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on
behalf of the Company is Clive Carver, Chairman of the Company.

 

This announcement has been posted to:

www.caspiansunrise.com/investors (http://www.caspiansunrise.com/investors)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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