IOC Interoil Corp. (delisted)

SINGAPORE and PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea, Aug. 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- InterOil Corporation (NYSE:IOC) (POMSoX:IOC) advises that the PRL-15 Joint Venture has started drilling a side-track well at the Antelope-4 site, as part of its appraisal campaign on the Elk-Antelope gas field in Papua New Guinea.

The Antelope-4 appraisal had been suspended in May 2015 at a true vertical depth sub-sea of 2,056m (6,745 feet), approximately 158m above the field gas water contact.

Well operations, which resumed on August 13, 2015, included the on-site preparation and testing of well-head equipment. Subsequently the Operator, Total E&P PNG Limited obtained approval from the PNG Department of Energy to re-enter the well.

The side-track was initiated at a measured depth of 862 meters (2,828 feet)^#. As at 1530 hours (PNG time) the side-track well was drilling ahead at a depth of 895 meters (2,936 feet)^#.

# Measured depth below rotary table

About InterOil

InterOil Corporation is an independent oil and gas business with a sole focus on Papua New Guinea. InterOil's assets include one of Asia's largest undeveloped gas fields, Elk-Antelope, in the Gulf Province, and exploration licences covering about 16,000sqkm. The company employs more than 2,000 staff and contractors. Its main offices are in Singapore and Port Moresby. InterOil is listed on the New York and Port Moresby stock exchanges.

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