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UK Oil & GasAnnouncement

08/09/2017 07:06

RNS Number : 2017Q
UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC
08 September 2017
UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC
("UKOG" or the "Company")
Flow Testing, Oil Storage and Further Drilling Permits Granted by Environment Agency ,
Horse Hill Oil Discovery, Weald Basin, UK
UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC (London AIM and ISDX: UKOG) is pleased to announce that it has been informed by Horse Hill Developments Limited ("HHDL") the operator of Horse Hill Licences PEDL 137 and PEDL 246, containing the Horse Hill-1 ("HH-1") oil discovery, that the Environment Agency has granted the necessary permits to enable HHDL to carry out extended flow tests at HH-1, store any produced oil, drill and test both a side-track from the existing HH-1 well and new borehole HH-2. The Company has a 32.435% interest in the Licences.
As previously reported, an application for long term production testing and further appraisal drilling was submitted to Surrey County Council in October 2016 and is now confirmed to be decided at the Council's planning committee meeting on October 18th, 2017. Members of the planning committee completed a scheduled visit to the Horse Hill site yesterday, 7 September, in preparation for the October meeting.
The Company therefore envisages that these operations will commence in the fourth quarter of 2017 upon grant of the necessary remaining regulatory permissions.
HH-1 Oil Discovery (UKOG interest 32.435%)
The HH-1 Kimmeridge Limestone and Portland oil discovery well is located within onshore exploration Licence PEDL137, on the northern side of the Weald Basin, 3 km north of Gatwick Airport. As previously reported in February and March 2016, two naturally-fractured limestone members within the Kimmeridge section, known as KL3 and KL4, flowed dry, 40-degree API oil, at an aggregate stabilised natural flow rate of 1,365 barrels per day ("bopd") with no clear indication of depletion. 
The overlying Portland flowed dry, 35-degree API gravity oil at a stable pumped rate of 323 bopd. The Portland oil was produced at the rod-pump's maximum achievable rate and thus flow was constrained by the pump's mechanical capacity. 
Stephen Sanderson, UKOG's Executive Chairman, commented:
"We look forward to a successful planning outcome and the resumption of operations at Horse Hill."
Qualified Person's Statement
Stephen Sanderson, UKOG's Executive Chairman, who has over 35 years of relevant experience in the oil industry, has approved the information contained in this announcement.Mr Sanderson is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and is an active member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
For further information, please contact:
UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC
Stephen Sanderson / Kiran Morzaria  Tel: 01483 243450 
WH Ireland (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
James Joyce / James Bavister Tel: 020 7220 1666
Cenkos Securities PLC (Joint Broker)
Nick Tulloch / Neil McDonald  Tel: 0131 220 6939
BPA Media/Square 1 Consulting (Public Relations)
Brian Alexander / David Bick Tel: 01483 243450
Glossary:
discovery
a discovery is a petroleum accumulation for which one or several exploratory wells have established through testing, sampling and/or logging the existence of a significant quantity of potentially moveable hydrocarbons
limestone
a sedimentary rock predominantly composed of calcite (a crystalline mineral form of calcium carbonate) of organic, chemical or detrital origin. Minor amounts of dolomite, chert and clay are common in limestones. Chalk is a form of fine-grained limestone
naturally fractured reservoir
a fractured reservoir contains open and usually connected cracks or fissures within the rock matrix; fractures can enhance permeability of rocks greatly by connecting pore-spaces together; naturally fractured reservoirs have been created over geological time by nature, not man-made via hydraulic fracturing
sidetrack
re-entry of a well from the well's surface location with drilling equipment for the purpose of deviating from the existing well bore to achieve production or well data from an alternative zone or bottom hole location, or to remedy an engineering problem encountered in the existing well bore
UKOG Licence Interests
The Company has interests in the following ten UK licences:
Asset
Licence
UKOG's Interest
Licence Holder
Operator
Area (km2)
Status
Avington1
PEDL070
5%
UKOG (GB) Limited
IGas Energy Plc
18.3
Field in stable production
Baxters Copse2
PEDL233
50%
UKOG Weald Limited
IGas Energy Plc
89.6
Appraisal/development well planned; licence extended to 2018
Broadford Bridge 3
PEDL234
100%
Kimmeridge Oil & Gas Limited 4
Kimmeridge Oil & Gas Limited 4
300.0
BB-1 flow testing underway
Holmwood3
PEDL143
30%
UKOG
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc
91.8
Holmwood-1 exploration well planned in 2017/18
Horndean1
PL211
10%
UKOG (GB) Limited
IGas Energy Plc
27.3
Field in stable production
Horse Hill5
PEDL137
32.435%
Horse Hill Developments Ltd
Horse Hill Developments Ltd
99.3
Submitted planning application for long term production tests and drilling of two wells
Horse Hill5
PEDL246
32.435%
Horse Hill Developments Ltd
Horse Hill Developments Ltd
43.6
As above
Isle of Wight (Offshore)3
P1916
100%
UKOG Solent Limited
UKOG Solent Limited
46.7
Preparing drilling planning submission
Isle of Wight (Onshore)2, 3
PEDL331
65%
UKOG
TBA
200.0
Preparing drilling planning submission
Markwells Wood2
PEDL126
100%
UKOG (GB) Limited
UKOG (GB) Limited
11.2
Submitted planning application for appraisal and field development
Notes:
1. Oil field currently in production.
2. Oil discovery pending development and/or appraisal drilling.
3. Exploration asset with drillable prospects and leads. Contains the extension of the Godley Bridge Portland gas discovery and the site of the Broadford Bridge-1 and 1z well.
4. UKOG has a 100% interest in Kimmeridge Oil & Gas Limited, which has a 100% interest in PEDL234.
5. Oil discovery with recently completed flow testing.
6. UKOG has a direct 49.9% interest in HHDL, which has a 65% interest in PEDL137 and PEDL246.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.

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