Return Energy Announces Successful Drilling Program and Confirms Charlie Lake Light Oil Resource Potential at Rycroft, Albert...

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CALGARY, April 9, 2018 /CNW/ - Return Energy Inc. ("Return" or the "Company") (TSX-V: "RTN"), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Winslow Resources Inc. ("Winslow"), is pleased to announce that the initial drilling and completion program at its Rycroft core property north of Grande Prairie, Alberta has concluded with the successful northerly extension of the Braeburn dolomite of the Charlie Lake 'S' pool, as evidenced with the drilling of the 14-27 well, in addition to confirming the presence of commercial light oil in the overlying Charlie Lake dolomitic siltstone encountered in the 6-34 well.  This Charlie Lake siltstone is the target of a large-scale development by other operators immediately west and north of Return's acreage position where it is being exploited by way of horizontal wellbores with multi-stage fracture stimulations.

Braeburn Member, Charlie Lake 'S' Pool

The 100/14-27-076-06W6/0 vertical well encountered the Braeburn dolomite of the Charlie Lake formation and, after fracture stimulation, tested 125 BOE/day of light (37⁰ API) sweet oil and associated natural gas. During swabbing operations the well exhibited a steady fluid level and increasing ability to flow as completion fluid was recovered. Approximately 1,500 barrels of completion fluid remain to be recovered and oil rates are expected to increase as load fluid recovery from the fracture stimulation continues.  The well is currently shut-in for initial pressure build-up and equipping operations are underway.  Plans are also underway for the installation of a pipeline to connect 14-27 to the Company's wholly-owned and operated Rycroft Gas Plant and, once connected, the well will be capable of producing without restriction.  Pipelining operations are expected to commence post spring break-up.

Charlie Lake Dolomitic Siltstone

The second vertical well in the program was drilled at 100/06-34-076-06W6/0 and penetrated a 5.5 metre thick Charlie Lake dolomitic siltstone zone approximately thirty metres above the Braeburn member.   After fracture stimulation, swabbing operations resulted in light (38⁰ API) sweet oil rates of approximately 45 barrels of oil per day.  Gas flow was restricted during the test period so rates are not available however casing pressure continued to build throughout the test period.  Water cuts observed during testing and after the recovery of load fluid are consistent with those observed in the large-scale Charlie Lake dolomitic siltstone development producing to the immediate west and north of Return's landholdings where several of the more recent horizontal wells drilled by competitors have recorded production rates exceeding 350 barrels of oil per day.

Return CEO Ken Tompson commented "We're very pleased with the outcome of our initial drilling program at Rycroft.  The 14-27 well came in as expected and 6-34 has significantly de-risked a scalable resource play in the Charlie Lake dolomitic siltstone, setting the stage for a future horizontal drilling program using multi-stage fracture stimulation techniques. We are now in the position of having an inventory of up to 13 drilling locations targeting the Braeburn dolomite and 22 horizontal drilling locations targeting the Charlie Lake dolomitic siltstone."

Return, through Winslow, has a 100% working interest in the above wells and its Rycroft core area.

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