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Cabot Energy PLC
20 July 2017
Cabot Energy Plc
("Cabot Energy" or "the Company")
Production and operations update
Cabot Energy (AIM: CAB), the AIM quoted oil and gas company
focused on production led growth balanced with high impact
exploration and appraisal opportunities, provides the following
update on the Company's production and operations ahead of the
start-up of the Canadian summer work programme.
Current production
-- Production in Canada is currently in line with guidance at up
to 550 barrels of oil per day ("bopd") (on a gross basis, with the
Company's working interest at 75 per cent.)
- Some single well batteries are being intermittently shut in
due to trucking restrictions as the conditions remain wet in the
area
-- Two wells, recently acquired and brought into production at
good rates, require routine maintenance with a workover rig which
is planned to occur in August and should add 80 bopd (gross)
-- Approximately 130 barrels of oil equivalent per day ("boepd")
of gas production is currently accruing to the Company from the
Civita gas field onshore Italy, which was recently acquired
(announced on 8 June 2017)
- The acquisition has an economic effective date of 1 January
2017 resulting in the net economic benefit of the production from 1
January 2017 to completion due to be paid to the Company on
completion
- Completion is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to occur before the year end
Canadian summer work programme
-- The Company is about to start a planned maintenance and
inspection programme at its main 13-36 facility, expected to last
up to 10 days
-- The 2017 summer work programme is due to commence in August,
targeting an additional 300 bopd (gross) production in Canada
-- Programme to include:
- two side tracks from existing wells in the Rainbow region
- the recompletion of two previously drilled wells in the Virgo
region to enable water disposal downhole and the trucking of dry
oil to the Company's facilities
- three workover operations on wells in the Rainbow region to restart production
-- Gross cost of the programme is expected to be US$3.5 million
($2.6 million net)
Year end production rates
-- Following the summer work programme, gross production in
Canada is expected to be between 800 and 1,000 bopd (600 and 750
bopd net)
-- With the addition of the Civita gas field production of 130
boepd, total production net to the Company is expected to be
between 730 and 880 boepd towards the end of the year
Mapping project
A subsurface project is ongoing to map the wider Keg River play
across the Virgo area, along with the potential of the other
hydrocarbon producing horizons present throughout the acreage. The
outcome of this study will be provided to independent reserve
engineers for inclusion in an updated reserves report for the
Company's Canadian assets by year end as well as to assist in the
planning of a 2018 work programme.
The Company continues to evaluate new acquisition opportunities
to expand production and complement organic growth in its core
operational regions of Canada and Italy.
Keith Bush, Chief Executive Officer of Cabot Energy,
commented:
"I am very pleased to see the growing levels of production from
Canada following the successful completion of the work programme
from the first half of the year. Additional production from here
should see increasingly material cashflow, even at current oil
prices, and I am confident in the upside potential of the assets,
both from a production and cashflow perspective.
"The summer programme involves the drilling of side tracks from
existing well bores to access the large amounts of oil still in
place within the reefs on our acreage. This represents an important
new step in the development of the Company's acreage with further
possible side track candidates available for drilling in 2018.
"Recompletion of the Virgo wells is a means to avoid expensive
third party processing costs and the cost of trucking water,
improving the net cashflow. Water injection should also provide
some pressure support to the oil production from the reefs. This
combined benefit increases the amount of economically recoverable
oil significantly from each well and should be repeatable in many
other locations within our operations."
-Ends-
For further information please contact:
Cabot Energy Plc Tel: +44 (0)20 7469 2900
Keith Bush, Chief Executive Officer
Nick Morgan, Finance Director
Stockdale Securities Limited (Nomad and Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0)20 7601 6100
Antonio Bossi
David Coaten
FirstEnergy Capital LLP (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0)20 7448
0200
Jonathan Wright
FTI Consulting Tel: +44 (0)20 3727 1000
Edward Westropp
In Accordance with AIM Rules - Guidance for Mining and Oil &
Gas Companies, the information contained in this announcement has
been reviewed and signed off by the CEO of Cabot Energy, Mr Keith
Bush, who has 25 years' experience as a petroleum engineer. He has
read and approved the technical disclosure in this regulatory
announcement. The technical disclosure in this announcement
complies with the SPE standard.
Note to Editors:
Cabot Energy is an oil and gas company focused on production led
growth. The Company is undertaking a redevelopment and production
project in north west Alberta and has a broader portfolio of
exploration and appraisal opportunities in countries of relatively
low political risk, primarily Italy. Comprehensive information on
Cabot Energy and its oil and gas operations, including press
releases, annual reports and interim reports are available from
Cabot Energy's website: www.cabot-energy.com
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