Aminex PLC Operational Update (8811Q)
December 05 2016 - 2:45AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMAEX
RNS Number : 8811Q
Aminex PLC
05 December 2016
Aminex plc
("Aminex" or "the Company")
Operational Update
Aminex today provides an operational update for the Ruvuma PSA
and the Kiliwani North Development Licence.
The Company confirms that an independent inspection of the
Caroil 2 drilling rig has now been completed and the Ntorya-2
appraisal well is now expected to be spudded mid-December. The
Company has a 75% operated interest in the well and initial results
are expected early next year. The well location is a 1,500-metre
step-out from the Company's Ntorya-1 discovery which flow-tested
gas at 20 mmcf/d, with 139 barrels of associated condensate, from a
3.5-metre sand interval. The Ntorya-2 well is expected to test the
up-dip part of the same channel complex as the Ntorya-1 discovery
well only in a thicker gross reservoir section.
Additionally, the Company has now completed all necessary civil
works for the subsequent Ntorya-3 wellsite. Ntorya-3, which will be
located approximately 5 kilometers from the Ntorya-1 discovery
well, is expected to be drilled following Ntorya-2 but the
programme may vary depending on the results at Ntorya-2. Ntorya-3
was identified based on 2D seismic acquired in 2014 and is further
up-dip from Ntorya-1 and Ntorya-2. The well is expected to test the
thickest part of the Cretaceous channel complex.
Revenues from Kiliwani North gas sales to the Tanzania Petroleum
Development Corporation are now established. The gas is sold at
US$3.00 per mmbtu at the outlet flange of the wellhead and the
Company does not incur any additional transmission costs. The
agreed gas price is not linked to global commodity prices so is
unaffected by changing market conditions. The Company is paying
down its corporate debt facility from the proceeds of sales
receipts.
For further information, please contact:
Aminex PLC
Jay Bhattacherjee, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0) 20 3198
8415
Max Williams, Chief Financial Officer
Investec Bank plc
Chris Sim +44 (0) 207 597 4000
Shore Capital
Jerry Keen
+44 (0) 20 7408 4090
Davy
Brian Garrahy +353 (0) 1 679 6363
Camarco
Billy Clegg / Gordon Poole +44 (0) 20 3757 4980
Notes to editors
Aminex PLC is a producing company which is premium listed on the
London Stock Exchange and primary-listed on the Irish Stock
Exchange. The Company's focus is its three licences in Tanzania,
where it was one of the first independent oil companies to enter
the country in 2002:
Kiliwani North Development Licence (54.575%) Operator
The Kiliwani North Field has been independently ascribed with 28
BCF gross contingent (2C) resource and is currently in production
at 15mmcfd. Gas is sold at the well head in $US at a fixed price
and fed directly into the Tanzania's pipeline infrastructure to Dar
es Salaam. As operator.
Ruvuma Production Sharing Agreement (75%) Operator
The Ruvuma acreage includes Aminex's Ntorya-1 onshore Cretaceous
gas discovery which has been independently ascribed 70 BCF gross
contingent (2C) resource in the Ruvuma Basin. The well tested at 20
mmcfd with 139 bbls of associated condensate. Aminex is currently
appraising the discovery as well as continuing exploration activity
on the licenced area in the prospective Ruvuma Basin.
Nyuni Area Production Sharing Agreement (90%) Operator
The Nyuni Area acreage offers high impact exploration and has
been ascribed 4.2 TCF prospective resource. Drilling success in the
region based on 3D seismic has been over 90%.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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