Circle Oil PLC Reserves and Contingent Resources Update (7475W)
April 29 2016 - 2:01AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMCOP
RNS Number : 7475W
Circle Oil PLC
29 April 2016
29 April 2016
CIRCLE OIL PLC
("Circle" or the "Company")
Reserves and Contingent Resources Update
Circle Oil plc (AIM: COP) the international oil and gas
exploration, development and production company, announces the
results of the Company's 2015 year-end reserves and resources
assessment. The Company has engaged a new provider for the
evaluation of its reserve and resource base, LR Senergy, a leading
independent auditor of hydrocarbons. LR Senergy currently supplies
reserves certification for the providers of the Company's Reserve
Based Lending ('RBL') facility.
The results of the assessment are set out below and recognise
production over the year, the current low oil price environment and
are also impacted by the change in assessor. To reflect the
downward revisions the Company expects to recognise an impairment
charge in its financial results for the year ended 31 December
2015.
Egypt
In Egypt, the net Circle 2P reserves for the NW Gemsa Field as
at 2015 year-end are 6.671MMboe. Although this figure is lower than
the 2014 year-end 2P figure of 12.49MMboe, a further 1.626MMboe has
been re-categorised as P50 Unrisked Contingent Resources as at 2015
year-end. There was also net field production of 1.295MMboe during
2015.
Morocco
In Morocco, the net Circle 2P reserves for the Sebou Permit as
at year-end 2015 are 0.980MMboe. This figure is lower than the 2014
year-end 2P figure of 3.74MMboe. Additionally, the P50 Unrisked
Contingent Resources as at 2015 year-end are a further 1.183MMboe.
There was net field production of 0.276MMboe during 2015.
Reserves
Table 1: Producing and Undeveloped Reserves
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Gross on Licence Circle Working Interest Operator
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Proved (1P) Proved plus Proved , Proved (1P) Proved plus Proved,
Probable Probable Probable Probable
(2P) plus (2P) plus
Possible Possible
(3P) (3P)
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Oil & Liquids Reserves (MMstb)
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Egypt 9.795 13.889 18.511 3.918 5.556 7.405 PetroAmir
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Morocco 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Circle
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Total (MMstb) 9.795 13.889 18.511 3.918 5.556 7.405
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Gas Reserves (Bscf)
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Egypt 11.302 16.173 21.925 4.521 6.469 8.770 PetroAmir
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Morocco 5.566 7.915 11.231 4.026 5.686 8.012 Circle
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Total
(Bscf) 16.87 24.09 33.16 8.55 12.16 16.78
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MMboe (based on nominal conversion 5.8 Bscf=1 MMboe)
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Egypt 11.744 16.678 22.291 4.697 6.671 8.917 PetroAmir
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Morocco 0.960 1.365 1.936 0.694 0.980 1.381 Circle
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Total (MMboe) 12.703 18.042 24.228 5.392 7.651 10.299
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Contingent Resources
Table 2: Unrisked Contingent Resources (Producing Fields)
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Gross on Licence Circle Working Interest Operator
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Low (P90) Best (P50) High (P10) Low (P90) Best (P50) High (P10)
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Oil & Liquids Reserves (MMstb)
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Egypt 0.000 3.386 7.957 0.000 1.354 3.183 PetroAmir
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Morocco 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Circle
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Total (MMstb) 0.000 3.386 7.957 0.000 1.354 3.183
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Gas Reserves (Bscf)
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Egypt 0.000 3.936 9.407 0.000 1.574 3.763 PetroAmir
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Morocco 3.627 9.166 19.453 2.715 6.861 14.529 Circle
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Total (Bscf) 3.627 13.102 28.860 2.715 8.435 18.292
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MMboe (based on nominal conversion 5.8 Bscf=1 MMboe)
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Egypt 0.000 4.064 9.579 0.000 1.626 3.832 PetroAmir
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Morocco 0.625 1.580 3.354 0.468 1.183 2.505 Circle
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Total (MMboe) 0.625 5.644 12.932 0.468 2.809 6.336
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For further information contact:
Circle Oil Plc (+44 20 7182 4913)
Mitch Flegg, CEO
Investec (+44 20 7597 5970)
Chris Sim
George Price
James Rudd
Jonathan Wynn
Murray (+353 1 498 0300)
Joe Heron
Pat Walsh
In accordance with the guidelines of the AIM Market of the
London Stock Exchange the technical information contained in the
announcement has been reviewed and approved by Mitch Flegg, Chief
Executive Officer of Circle Oil plc. Mitch Flegg, who has over 34
years of experience, is the qualified person as defined in the
London Stock Exchange's Guidance Note for Mining and Oil and Gas
companies.
Mitch Flegg holds a BSc in Physics from Birmingham University
and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the
Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB).
Reserves and Resources are categorised in accordance with the
2007 Petroleum Resources Management System prepared by the Oil and
Gas Reserves Committee of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
and reviewed and jointly sponsored by the World Petroleum Council
(WPC), the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and
the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE).
Recoverable volumes are expressed as gross and net reserves or
contingent resources. Gross volumes are defined as the total
estimated petroleum to be produced with an effective date of 1st
January 2016. Net volumes are defined as net entitlements
attributable to the interests owned by Circle arising from the
application of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) terms in Egypt
and reflecting the concession arrangements in Morocco.
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Glossary
Reserves mean those quantities of petroleum
estimated to be either on production
or a firm commitment to develop
has been documented and is recoverable
with reasonable certainty to
be commercially recoverable
under current economic conditions
and government regulations including
prices and costs as of the evaluation
date
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Proved Reserves mean those reserves which have
a better than 90% chance of
being produced.
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Proved plus Probable mean those reserves which have
Reserves a better than 50% chance of
being produced
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Proved plus Probable mean those reserves which have
plus Possible a better than 10% chance of
Reserves being produced
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Oil & Liquids includes Condensate & LPG converted
Reserves to boe (1 stb condensate = 0.94
boe, 1 tonne LPG = 11.6 boe)
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Contingent Resources: the arithmetically summed resources
attributable to those quantities
of petroleum estimated to be
potentially recoverable from
known accumulations, but the
applied project(s) are not yet
considered mature enough for
commercial development due to
one or more contingencies.
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Low Estimate in a resource size distribution
this is the Low case or P90
(90% probability).
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Best Estimate in a resource size distribution
this is the Base case or P50
(50% probability) or Mean volume.
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High Estimate in a resource size distribution
this is the Upside case or P10
(10% probability).
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MMstb million barrels of stock tank
oil
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Bscf billion standard cubic feet
of gas
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MMboe million barrels of oil equivalent
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Notes to Editors
Circle Oil plc (AIM: COP) is an international oil & gas
exploration, development and production company holding a portfolio
of assets in Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt with a combination of
low-risk, near-term production, and significant upside exploration
potential. The Company's shares were admitted to trading on AIM in
October 2004.The Company has assets in the Rharb Basin, Morocco;
the Ras Marmour Permit in southern Tunisia; the Beni Khalled permit
in northern Tunisia, the Mahdia Permit offshore Tunisia and the NW
Gemsa permit in Zeit Bay area of Egypt.
Circle's strategy is to locate and secure additional licences in
prospective hydrocarbon provinces and, through targeted investment
programmes, monetise the value in those assets for the benefit of
shareholders. This could be achieved through farm-outs to selected
partners who would then invest in and continue the development of
the asset into production, or Circle may opt to use its own
expertise to appraise reserves and bring assets into production,
generating sustained cash flow for further investment.
Further information on Circle is available on its website at
www.circleoil.net.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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