Middle East Operations Update
December 05 2017 - 7:07PM
Wavefront Technology Solutions Inc. (Wavefront or the Company)
(TSX-V:WEE) (OTCQX:WFTSF), a global leader in the advancement of
fluid injection technology for oil and gas well stimulation and
Improved/Enhanced oil (“IOR/EOR”) recovery, is pleased to provide
this update on the Company’s Middle East activities.
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
National Petroleum Services (“NPS”) recently
completed record length Powerwave Odyssey Custom Stimulations
(“POCS”) on water injection wells used for reservoir pressure
maintenance. Horizontal well lengths were ~3,000 ft (~915 m) and
~4,000 ft (~1,220 m) respectively with operations lasting 4 to 7
days. Results for the ~4,000 ft well are not yet available. This
well was subject to previous, unsuccessful stimulations using other
techniques. Formation behaviour during the POCS was consistent with
other wells stimulated by Wavefront which give the Company and NPS
confidence that the post-stimulation performance compared to
previous attempts will exceed client expectations. For the ~3,000
ft long horizontal interval the client reported that water
injection rates more than doubled and exceeded the target rate for
the well. With the 2018 budget year approaching NPS and Wavefront
anticipate that such results will lead to increased activity as
Powerwave outcomes continue to exceed client expectations while
also providing cost efficiencies not associated with conventional
well stimulation approaches.
Algeria
In Algeria there are approximately 180 well
stimulations completed per month by the three major operating
companies. These stimulations are assigned to various local and
major coil tubing service companies. Recently, NPS deployed the
first applications of the Powerwave Self-Adjusting Nozzle (“SAN”)
for near wellbore stimulation (≤ 6”); well clean-out, and scale
removal.
The first SAN application involved removal of a
500 m highly consolidated sand plug where other approaches failed.
The successful removal of the 500 m blockage involved pumping a
foamed gelled fluid pumped through the SAN. Post-stimulation
production rates have not been determined however the well was not
producing previous to the stimulation due to the blockage. It is
therefore expected that production rates will approach those rates
historically attributed to wells completed in the oil bearing
formation.
In the second SAN application the objective was
to clean the horizontal section from miscellaneous deposits,
sediments, oil residues, and clay migration obstructing fluid
in-flow from the oil reservoir. The SAN was very successful in
removing in-flow obstructions and post-stimulation results indicate
oil production approximately doubled from 3.89 m3/hr to 6.75
m3/hr.
The state-owned oil company has approved the
Powerwave SAN for near wellbore stimulation; well clean-out, and
scale removal. Wavefront anticipates NPS to use the Powerwave SAN
between 10 to 5 times per month in Algeria.
Sultanate of Oman
Wavefront and its local Powerwave marketing
partner, Marjan Petroleum (“Marjan”) have recently commenced
installing downhole tools in a Powerwave-driven waterflood in Oman.
This previously anticipated Powerwave program having an approximate
value of US $500,000 had been delayed due to lower and volatile oil
prices over the past few years. This expanded Phase II Powerwave
program is to further evaluate the strengths of Powerwave in
various reservoir settings with site-specific Powerwave downhole
tools. Marjan and Wavefront have been advised that if the Phase II
Powerwave program is successful the technology will be deemed
commercial with the state-owned oil and gas operating company and a
five-year contract for equipment and services will be made
available to Marjan and Wavefront.
“We are very pleased with the advancement of
Powerwave in the Middle East region and Wavefront’s achievements to
date,” said Wavefront President and CEO Brett Davidson. “We remain
confident that continued successful Powerwave outcomes will bolster
Powerwave use and as a result improve overall revenue generation
for Wavefront.”
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WAVEFRONT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
INC.
“D. Brad Paterson” (signed)
D. Brad Paterson, CFO & Director
About Wavefront:
Wavefront is a technology based world leader in
fluid injection technology for improved/enhanced oil recovery and
groundwater restoration. Wavefront publicly trades on the TSX
Venture Exchange under the symbol WEE and on the OTCQX under the
symbol WFTSF. The Company's website is www.onthewavefront.com.
For further information please
contact:
D. Brad Paterson, CFO at 780-486-2222 or write
to us at investor.info@onthewavefront.com
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Statement
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Wavefront and its operations constitute “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of Canadian securities laws and the
United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All
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could cause actual results and future events to differ materially
from those anticipated in such statements. Such factors
include fluctuations in the acceptance rates of Wavefront’s
Powerwave and Primawave Processes, demand for products and
services, fluctuations in the market for oil and gas related
products and services, the ability of Wavefront to attract and
maintain key personnel, technology changes, global political and
economic conditions, and other factors that were described in
further detail in Wavefront’s continuous disclosure filings,
available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Wavefront expressly
disclaims any obligation to up-date any “forward-looking
statements”, other than as required by law.
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