REG - Pennpetro Energy PLC - Operational Update and Director Changes

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25/03/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 0587I  Pennpetro Energy PLC  25 March 2024

Pennpetro Energy Plc

 

Operational Update on Extended Well Testing, Facilities Agreement and Director
Changes.

Highlights:

 

•          9,053 barrels produced in Texas to date since well
testing at Chalk Talk wells commenced.

•          8,601 barrels of oil sold to date.

•          Well testing continues to optimise oil production.

•          Long-term surface oil storage facilities agreement
reached with Millennium Petrocapital Inc.

•          Director change at Nobel Petroleum, the Company's 100%
operating subsidiary in Texas.

 

London, 25 March 2024 - Pennpetro Energy PLC (LSE: PPP) ("Pennpetro" or the
"Company"), the independent oil and gas company focusing on development and
production in the Peach Creek (Austin Chalk) Oil Field in Gonzales County,
Texas, USA, is pleased to provide an interim update from the Company's 100%
Chalk Talk #1H ("CT1H") well testing program.

 

In early December, the Company announced that oil production from the extended
well testing programme from CT1H saw average oil production for November 2023
of 161 barrels of oil per day (bopd) and saw oil flows at the end of November
exceed 400 barrels of oil per day with increasing levels of gas. At these high
rates, total fluid being produced was of the order of 600-700 barrels per day
and was being pumped to surface using a downhole electric submersible pump
(ESP).

 

The well then experienced a number of top-of-well and bottom-of-well technical
issues which required technical intervention and resulted in a sustained fall
in overall daily production.

 

Since the last report, the quantity of fluids pumped to surface experienced a
fall due to a number of holes developing in the high-pressure production
tubing above the pump. The faulty tubing has since been replaced and oil has
been intermittently produced in the period, as staff and consultants on site
dealt with remedying the lower production rates experienced since the recent
work-over.

 

Although the holes in the production tubing have now been repaired, oil
production has still not been restored to the high  levels seen in November.
This is due to fragmented generator and pump electrical issues and potential
well blockages forming again below the pump depth whilst the well was off-line
being repaired. The Company is working with Halliburton and Summit Pumps to
address the ongoing issues still being experienced to steady the well's
production.

 

The CT1H well has now been put back to pump and current oil production is
running at between 30 barrels of oil per day and 70 barrels of oil per day. A
new work-over planned for the coming months, to clean the well 1,000 feet
along the horizontal, would aim to get the CT1H well back into much higher oil
production rates.

 

By way of an overall update on oil production and sales from the Chalk Talk 1H
well (since the 1 November 2023 pump start), the well has produced a total of
9,053 barrels of oil with oil sales to date totalling 8,601 barrels.

 

With respect to the CT4H well testing, this well was temporarily put to test,
producing approximately 600 barrels of oil before being shut in again to allow
all efforts on site to be directed towards the remedial repair works on the
CT1H well.

 

In addition, Pennpetro has managed to secure the extended use of the surface
oil storage facilities located at Whistling Straits 5 with a long-term rental
agreement with Millennium at US$10,000 per month.

 

Director Changes:

 

After having worked in the oil and gas industry for 46 years, Mr Andy Clifford
has decided to retire from his Board position with Pennpetro Energy PLC and as
the President of Nobel Petroleum USA Inc.

 

He will retain a significant shareholding position in the company and will be
available for consultation.

 

The Company is pleased to announce that it has appointed Deane Pierce as
interim President of Nobel Petroleum Inc with immediate effect.

 

Deane has been working with Andy Clifford on Nobel's activities from the
beginning and is well versed on the Company's assets in Texas.

 

Deane Pierce has over 30 years' experience in petroleum operations and finance
in a variety of operating areas including the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast,
West Texas, Mid-Continent, and Rockies.

He started with Hunt Energy Company after graduating from Texas Tech
University in Petroleum Engineering and progressed from various engineering
assignments to Gulf Coast Operations manager. From there he transitioned to
International with ARCO Oil and Gas as North Africa Area Manager. He later
joined the predecessor to the EOG Resources working as Engineering Manager in
key start-up projects.

He joined Vanco Energy in 2000 as Operations Manager and completed a number of
West Africa projects in Deep Water. He joined El Paso Oil and Gas in 2005 as
South American Area Manager responsible for a number of offshore development
projects offshore Brazil. After El Paso sold its International Division Deane
joined Odebrecht Oil and Gas in 2010, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro,
handling West and Brazil.

After leaving Odebrecht, Deane became President and CEO of ADP Energy ventures
which provides capital, engineering services and consulting where he has been
involved with projects in Oklahoma, Louisiana and the Texas Gulf Coast
including the Austin Chalk.

Deane has invented some key horizontal inflow and completion devices which
have helped increase oil production and reduce water and gas cut. He has
utilised state of the art perforating and inflow technology to improve
marginal field performance and reduce operating cost.  He is a registered
Petroleum Engineering and has authored a number of technical papers dealing
with improving well performance, completion technology and reducing well
costs.

He has an engineering degree from Texas Tech University and an MBA in Finance
from Dallas Baptist University.

Lastly, the Company has been engaged extensively in negotiations with a
suitable board replacement for Andy Clifford on the Pennpetro board and look
forward to updating shareholders further when contracts have been finalised.

 

Tom Evans, Pennpetro Energy's CEO said:

 

"We are gradually learning what is required to maintain steady oil production
from our Chalk Talk wells in Texas. We initially saw excellent production from
our Chalk Talk 1H well getting to an amazing 700 barrels of fluid per day with
oil production peaking at 410 bopd in late November, then down hole issues in
December saw a decline in the well's performance. It took some time to realise
that the decline in oil production experienced in December was primarily due
to a quarter inch hole that developed in the production tubing at around 7,500
feet depth. This combined with reduced fluid flow to the well bore, due to the
well potentially collapsing below the pump level has seen the CT1H well run
well below expectations. We are working with our consultants at Halliburton
and Summit to bring the well back to its full production potential and this
work is ongoing. The good thing is we continue to see oil coming to surface as
we address the issues at CT1H and we continue to receive oil sales with last
month's net sales equating to US$48,470.26, for PPP, which shows the robust
economics of our acreage. We are optimistic that a further work-over, to clear
the potential blockages below the pump, will see this well produce much better
than the current circa 50 bopd. We have over 2,000 acres of prime oil ground
in Gonzales County in Texas and this acreage has the potential to build a
robust oil production company."

 

"I am also delighted that Deane has accepted the challenge to be the interim
President of Nobel Petroleum Inc. He has been involved alongside Andy since
2018 and knows our assets and relationships well, meaning a seamless
transition with little interruptions to our day-to-day operations."

 

-ENDS-

 

This announcement contains inside information within the meaning of Article
7(1) of (i) Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 16 April 2014, as amended (the "EU Market Abuse Regulation") and
(ii) the EU Market Abuse Regulation as it forms part of United Kingdom
domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

 

For further information visit www.pennpetroenergy.co.uk
(http://www.pennpetroenergy.co.uk/) or follow us on X @pennpetro or contact:

 

 

 Pennpetro Energy PLC:                                                                                      tme@pennpetroenergy.com (mailto:tme@pennpetroenergy.com)

 Tom Evans, CEO

 David Lenigas, Chairman                                                                                    +44 (0) 7881825378

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 Duncan Vasey

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 Flagstaff Strategic and Investor Communications

 Tim Thompson

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NOTES TO EDITORS:

 

Pennpetro Energy is an independent oil and gas company focusing on production
in the Gonzales Oil Field in Texas, USA. Shares in the company were admitted
to the Official List of the London Stock Exchange by way of a Standard Listing
on 21 December 2017 with the ticker symbol "PPP".

 

Its wholly owned subsidiary, Nobel Petroleum USA Inc. has a 100% Working
Interest in 2,036.38 acres in Gonzales County in Texas. These acres include
the Whistling Straits #5 well and the Chalk Talk #1H and #4H wells. Noble also
has a Participation, Development and Option Agreement and Joint Operating
Agreement with Texas based Millennium PetroCapital Corporation over a
250,000-acre Area of Mutual Interest in Gonzales County, Texas, aimed at
exploiting the prolific proven Austin Chalk oil and gas play. Pennpetro Energy
has also recently signed a conditional binding agreement to conduct a new 3D
seismic survey on the Horse Hill Oil Field near London's Gatwick Airport which
paves the way to drilling the next production well (HH-3) for 49% of the
revenue of this proposed well.

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