88 Energy selects location for Hickory-1 well
"We continue to advance our Icewine East acreage towards the planned drilling of an exploration well next year,” said managing director Ashley Gilbert
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88 Energy Ltd is a multi-listed oil and gas exploration and production company with a North American focus. The company has operator exploration and appraisal projects in onshore Alaska and non-operator exploration in onshore Namibia. It has been operating on the North Slope of Alaska since 2015, successfully drilling multiple exploration wells and acquiring extensive seismic data across a large acreage position.
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"We continue to advance our Icewine East acreage towards the planned drilling of an exploration well next year,” said managing director Ashley Gilbert
The estimates cover separate and independently mapped resources
88 Energy is the operator of project Icewine with a 75% working interest
Seemingly, a lot of 88’s estimates are built on nearby Pantheon Resources wells
The group will look to raise A$10mln via a placing, plus up to another A$4.99mln in potential over-subscriptions
Whilst Pantheon's well is in the spotlight, 88 Energy confirmed it had cash and said a programme of well workovers is growing production in Texas
A farm-out process seeks partnerships to support well drilling on Alaska's North Slope
Consultants saw similarities between Icewine and the nearby successes at Pantheon Resources projects.
New production, well programme completed, and more progress with Project Icewine
A workover by Lonestar, the operator, immediately boosted oil and gas production rates
The explorer is working on plans for its forward work plans in Alaska
The exploration share fell as disappointing latest results dash previously high expectations.
"We look forward to results from the pending wireline program, which is set to be conducted over the next 7 to 10 days"
Target depth is expected to be reached in two weeks
Drilling began last week at the Merlin well, on Alaska's North Slope
Stockbroker Cenkos sees a valuation of 13.6p for the exploration company as it drills "one of the biggest wells of 2022".
The appraisal well will test targets estimated at some 652mln barrels of oil.
88 Energy said the prospective resource report for Project Icewine is expected in the first half of 2022.
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“Success at Merlin-2 has the clear potential to be transformational for our shareholders and we look forward to providing updates as the drilling of this appraisal well progresses," said chief executive Ashley Gilbert.