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COP Circle Oil

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Circle Oil PLC Reserves and Contingent Resources Update (7475W)

29/04/2016 7:01am

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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 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                               Gross on Licence                          Circle Working Interest             Operator 
---------------  -------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------  ---------- 
                  Proved (1P)    Proved plus      Proved ,      Proved (1P)    Proved plus      Proved, 
                                   Probable       Probable                       Probable       Probable 
                                     (2P)           plus                           (2P)           plus 
                                                  Possible                                      Possible 
                                                    (3P)                                          (3P) 
---------------  ------------  --------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Oil & Liquids Reserves (MMstb) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Egypt               9.795         13.889          18.511         3.918           5.556          7.405       PetroAmir 
---------------  ------------  --------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Morocco             0.000          0.000          0.000          0.000           0.000          0.000        Circle 
---------------  ------------  --------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Total (MMstb)       9.795         13.889          18.511         3.918           5.556          7.405 
---------------  ------------  --------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Gas Reserves (Bscf) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Egypt              11.302         16.173          21.925         4.521           6.469          8.770       PetroAmir 
---------------  ------------  --------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Morocco             5.566          7.915          11.231         4.026           5.686          8.012        Circle 
---------------  ------------  --------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Total 
  (Bscf)             16.87          24.09          33.16           8.55           12.16          16.78 
---------------  ------------  --------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  ---------- 
 MMboe (based on nominal conversion 5.8 Bscf=1 MMboe) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Egypt              11.744         16.678          22.291         4.697           6.671          8.917       PetroAmir 
---------------  ------------  --------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Morocco             0.960          1.365          1.936          0.694           0.980          1.381        Circle 
---------------  ------------  --------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Total (MMboe)      12.703         18.042          24.228         5.392           7.651          10.299 
---------------  ------------  --------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  -------------  ---------- 
 

Contingent Resources

 
                        Table 2: Unrisked Contingent Resources (Producing Fields) 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                            Gross on Licence                   Circle Working Interest         Operator 
---------------  -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------  ---------- 
                  Low (P90)   Best (P50)    High (P10)   Low (P90)   Best (P50)   High (P10) 
---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 Oil & Liquids Reserves (MMstb) 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Egypt              0.000       3.386         7.957        0.000       1.354        3.183      PetroAmir 
---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 Morocco            0.000       0.000         0.000        0.000       0.000        0.000       Circle 
---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 Total (MMstb)      0.000       3.386         7.957        0.000       1.354        3.183 
---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 Gas Reserves (Bscf) 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Egypt              0.000       3.936         9.407        0.000       1.574        3.763      PetroAmir 
---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 Morocco            3.627       9.166        19.453        2.715       6.861        14.529      Circle 
---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 Total (Bscf)       3.627       13.102       28.860        2.715       8.435        18.292 
---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 MMboe (based on nominal conversion 5.8 Bscf=1 MMboe) 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Egypt              0.000       4.064         9.579        0.000       1.626        3.832      PetroAmir 
---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 Morocco            0.625       1.580         3.354        0.468       1.183        2.505       Circle 
---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 Total (MMboe)      0.625       5.644        12.932        0.468       2.809        6.336 
---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 
 

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 
----------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 Proved Reserves         mean those reserves which have 
                          a better than 90% chance of 
                          being produced. 
----------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 Proved plus Probable    mean those reserves which have 
  Reserves                a better than 50% chance of 
                          being produced 
----------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 Proved plus Probable    mean those reserves which have 
  plus Possible           a better than 10% chance of 
  Reserves                being produced 
----------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 Oil & Liquids           includes Condensate & LPG converted 
  Reserves                to boe (1 stb condensate = 0.94 
                          boe, 1 tonne LPG = 11.6 boe) 
----------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 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. 
----------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 Low Estimate            in a resource size distribution 
                          this is the Low case or P90 
                          (90% probability). 
----------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 Best Estimate           in a resource size distribution 
                          this is the Base case or P50 
                          (50% probability) or Mean volume. 
----------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 High Estimate           in a resource size distribution 
                          this is the Upside case or P10 
                          (10% probability). 
----------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 MMstb                   million barrels of stock tank 
                          oil 
----------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 Bscf                    billion standard cubic feet 
                          of gas 
----------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 MMboe                   million barrels of oil equivalent 
----------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 

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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