Creston Resources Announces Acquisition of Four New Wells for Recompletion Project
May 02 2006 - 11:11AM
Business Wire
Creston Resources Ltd. ("Creston" or the "company") (Pink Sheets:
CSTJ) today announced that it has successfully completed the
acquisition of four additional wells located in the Uintah Basin of
Utah from a small independent oil company. In addition to the
current daily production from these wells, this acquisition adds
approximately 2,200 acres of oil and gas leases and the
corresponding undeveloped offset locations. In total, Creston now
holds interests in 50 wells with total lease holdings of just over
19,500 acres. The new wells acquired presently average
approximately 20-25 gross barrels of oil equivalent per day
(BOE/d). The company believes that with recompletion work it can
increase the daily production of these four wells to a range of
75-100 BOE/d through operations such as down-hole pump changes and
increasing artificial lift system capacity. Daily production will
continue while these recompletion plans are finalized and
implemented. In addition, the newly acquired acreage offers
potential offset drilling locations in the prolific La Point area
of the Uintah Basin. Both the current production from the wells and
the undeveloped reserves in the surrounding leases will be included
in an analysis of the company's oil and gas reserves being
conducted by the independent engineering firm Ryder Scott. Under
terms of the acquisition, Creston paid $250,000 in cash and issued
500,000 shares of restricted common stock, in turn receiving a 100%
working interest in the wells and the surrounding leases. The cash
portion of the purchase price may be subject to post-closing
adjustment based on a final apportionment of the benefits and
obligations associated with the acquired assets as of the closing
date. The company did not assume any indebtedness as part of the
transaction. Homeland Gas & Oil, a wholly owned subsidiary of
the company, will take over as operator of the acquired wells.
About the Company Creston Resources Ltd. is an emerging oil and gas
exploration and production company, which is concentrating on the
development of its 19,500 held by production (HBP) acres in the
prolific Uintah basin of Utah. Creston, and its wholly owned
subsidiary Homeland Gas & Oil, currently produce approximately
210 net barrels of high-quality oil (or equivalent) per day. The
company's strategy includes increasing production by reworking its
lower production wells (which may include, in some cases,
perforating new zones) and drilling new wells from among the offset
and infield locations available on its acreage. Most locations are
believed to offer multiple prospective pay zones, from moderately
shallow to moderately deep. Creston will also seek additional
opportunities to acquire projects with production and/or acreage
with proven or potential reserves. About the Uintah Basin The
Uintah Basin is considered one of the most petroliferous areas in
the country. Oil and gas production in the Uintah Basin began in
the late 1940s, with major development in the 1960s, and expanding
in the 1970s and 1980s. Since the 1980s there has been a surge of
exploration and production activity in the basin, with thousands of
wells being drilled and completed. Within the last decade, the use
of the latest oilfield technological advances, including 3D seismic
methods, has yielded significant discoveries in previously
unproductive formations, opening up thousands of acres of the basin
for exploration and development. More than 300 million barrels of
oil (BO) have been produced from the Bluebell/Altamont field alone,
and in 2004 combined total production from Duchesne and Uintah
counties (in which over 95% of the company's acreage is located)
was 9,615,191 BO (65% of the total oil produced in Utah in 2004)
and 146,118,755 MCF of natural gas (49% of the total gas produced
in Utah in 2004). Statements in this press release that are not
historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties which may cause the company's actual results in
future periods to be materially different from any results
discussed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such
risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the company's
ability to acquire productive oil and/or gas properties and to
successfully drill and complete oil and/or gas wells on such
properties, the inherent uncertainty of oil and gas exploration and
production, general economic conditions, as well as other risks and
uncertainties that may be detailed from time to time in additional
documents issued by the company. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. The company
assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements
contained in this document.
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