REG - Corcel PLC - Block KON-11 Exploration Work Commencement

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25/08/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 4045K  Corcel PLC  25 August 2023

Corcel PLC

("Corcel" or the "Company")

 

Block KON-11 Exploration Work Commencement

25 August 2023

Corcel Plc (London AIM: CRCL), the pan Angolan and Brazilian focused oil and
gas company, with interests across oil and gas and battery metals mining,
announces that it has received notice from the operator of Block KON-11 in
Angola, where it has a 20% working interest (18% net), that preparatory work
has begun for drilling and appraisal on the block, located in the Kwanza
Basin.  The initial workplan, subject to the results of the first well, is
expected to include one or more new wells with the primary focus being on the
consortium moving directly to early oil production should the drilling program
be successful.

If the drilling results are positive, the consortium will then proceed to
evaluating the geological and geophysical data, with the aim of improving the
structural maps of the Block, and resume production. Resuming exploration
activities in Block KON-11, specifically reactivating production in the Kwanza
basin that has been shut-in since the 90's, represents an important milestone
for the Angolan oil industry. The Company will make additional announcements
on more detailed workplans and further progress at KON-11 in due course.

Antoine Karam, Executive Chairman of Corcel, commented: 'The commencement of
activity on our Angolan acreage is a significant milestone for the company as
we refocus our strategy and look to create material value for our investors.
This news is an important part of Corcel's evolution as we focus on oil and
gas opportunities and we look forward to updating our shareholders as we
advance the work programme with our partners.'

About KON-11 and the Kwanza Basin

KON-11 is considered a brownfield development and includes the historically
producing Tobias field, drilled and developed by Petrofina in the 1960s and
1970s, and inactive since the late 1990s.  The Tobias field constituted 12
historic vertical wells, and Corcel and the operator believe that revised
interpretation of the existing structures along with the application of modern
drilling and completion technology, including potentially horizontal drilling
will lead to a higher Original Oil in Place ("OOIP) figure in the reactivated
field being achieved.

The traditional Tobias field reservoir is in the Binga limestone, with 4-14%
porosity located at a depth of approximately 700m.  Historic peak production
at Tobias was 17,500 bbls/d with 29 MMbbls produced over the life of the
field.

Corcel's estimated unproduced contingent oil resources are estimated at 65
MMbls with 11.7 MMbls net to CRCL, the field will qualify for marginal field
fiscal terms, as outlined by the Angolan government, resulting in advantageous
royalty, tax and depreciation regimes.

 For further information, please contact:

Antoine
Karam
Corcel Plc Executive Chairman

Development@Corcelplc.com (mailto:Development@Corcelplc.com)
 

James Joyce / James Bavister /Andrew de Andrade
WH Ireland Ltd NOMAD & Broker

0207 220 1666
 
 

Patrick d'Ancona
 
Vigo Communications IR

0207 3900
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