Licence Update for SEL 4/07 Celtic Sea

RNS Number : 7506Q

Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc

22 June 2015

 



Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc

("Lansdowne" or the "Company")

Licence Update for SEL 4/07 Celtic Sea, Offshore Ireland

22 June 2015

Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc, a North Celtic Sea focussed oil and gas company, is pleased to announce that PSE Seven Heads Limited, the operator of SEL 4/07, and a wholly owned subsidiary of PSE Kinsale Energy Limited ("Kinsale Energy") has entered into a contract with Diamond Offshore Drilling (UK) Limited for the Ocean Guardian drilling rig to drill a well on the Midleton Prospect.

The Ocean Guardian is expected to drill the Midleton well during August 2015.

The well site survey has been completed over the Midleton location using the survey vessel Polar Surveyor.

Kinsale Energy holds an 80% interest in SEL 4/07, with Lansdowne holding the remaining 20%. Through the farm-in agreement previously announced, Kinsale Energy will fund 100% of the costs of drilling a well (including the site survey work) on the Midleton prospect. Kinsale Energy is continuing work on well planning and further announcements will be made in due course.

Commenting on the news, Lansdowne CEO Steve Boldy said:

"We are pleased with the rapid progress Kinsale Energy has made since taking over as operator and look forward to the drilling of the Midleton well later this year."

For further information please contact:

Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc Steve Boldy Richard Slape	[phone]
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe Sarah Wharry David Porter	[phone]

Qualified Person Review

This release has been reviewed by Stephen Boldy, Chief Executive of Lansdowne, who is a petroleum geologist with 34 years' experience in petroleum exploration and management. Dr Boldy has consented to the inclusion of the technical information in this release in the form and context in which it appears.

Notes to editors:

About Lansdowne

Lansdowne Oil & Gas (LOGP.LN) is a North Celtic Sea focussed, oil and gas exploration and appraisal company quoted on the AIM market and head quartered in Dublin.

Lansdowne holds extensive acreage, in the North Celtic Sea Basin, an emerging

under-explored province. Lansdowne holds a 20% stake in the Barryroe field, and in addition to SEL 4/07 holds two other exploration Licences - 5/07 (Rosscarbery) and 5/08 (Amergin) that contain drill ready prospects defined on 2011 3D seismic data. The farm-out process is continuing on these other licences to identify partners for a drilling programme.

For more information on Lansdowne, please refer to www.lansdowneoilandgas.com

About the Midleton Prospect

·     The Midleton prospect lies approximately 20 km northeast of the Kinsale Head gas field and also 20km to the east of the Ballycotton gas field.

·      The main producing reservoir in the Ballycotton and Kinsale Head gas fields is the Lower Cretaceous Greensand / 'A' Sand. The Greensand / 'A' Sand also forms the primary reservoir target in the Midleton prospect and has been established to be present with good reservoir quality in the nearby 49/11-1 and 49/11-2 wells, which were drilled in downdip locations.

·      Additional potential lies in the Lower Cretaceous Upper Wealden sands that are an important secondary reservoir in the Kinsale Head field.

·      Midleton lies along a trend of inverted structures along the northern margin of the basin that includes the Ballycotton Field.

·      Amplitude brightening at Greensand 'A' Sand level is seen on seismic lines across the Midleton prospect, similar to that seen on lines across the Ballycotton Field.

About Kinsale Energy

PSE Kinsale Energy Limited, (formerly Marathon Oil Ireland Limited), has been producing natural gas from its offshore facilities 50km south of the Old Head of Kinsale in the Celtic Sea since 1978. The company was acquired by PETRONAS in April 2009. The company is based in Cork and currently employs 60 people. The company's facilities include 2 fixed offshore platforms, over 120km of subsea pipelines and a shore terminal. PSE Kinsale Energy Limited operates the Kinsale Head, Ballycotton and Seven Heads Gas Fields. PSE Kinsale Energy Limited also operates a natural gas storage field (Southwest Kinsale).

www.kinsaleenergy.ie 

North Celtic Sea Basin Location Map showing Lansdowne Oil and Gas acreage

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7506Q_-2015-6-19.pdf 

 

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