Urals Energy Public Company Limited Operational update (4677P)

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RNS Number : 4677P

Urals Energy Public Company Limited

17 November 2016

 
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17 November 2016

Urals Energy Public Company Limited

("Urals Energy", the "Company" or the "Group")

Operational update

The board of Urals Energy PCL (AIM: UEN), the independent exploration and production company with operations in Russia, is pleased to provide the following update on its plans for operations in 2017:

Komi operations

At RK-Oil, we have completed preparations to re-enter the existing well and this should commence in Q1 2017. At the same time, we are conducting a tender for a contractor to drill a new well, which will commence once approval has been given by the State Authorities, currently expected to be received in late Q2 2017 or early Q3 2017.

Petrosakh

Average daily production at Petrosakh continues at 1,250 bbls/day. We have decided to shut in Well 109. The well continued to flow high pressure water, with modest oil production, despite attempts to slow the water flow. As there is a risk that the water might freeze in surface pipe systems, we believe that it is necessary to shut the well in. In the Spring of 2017 we will reopen the well and utilise the well as a water injector to maintain pressure in the area. We have decided to defer drilling at Petrosakh itself and concentrate on our workover programme and additional measures to maintain production levels. At the recently acquired South Dagi licence area, which is managed by Petrosakh, we are preparing plans for an exploratory well in Q3 2017 or Q4 2017. Geological studies are in hand, including a micro seismic survey, and on the basis of a development plan we will seek approvals from the State Authorities.

Articneft

Production at Articneft is being maintained at 1,096 bbls/day, and we plan to make two cargo deliveries from our sea terminal in May/June 2017 and September/October 2017. We are reviewing the well data from the recently acquired Artic Oil and will be preparing a new development plan. We expect to conduct 3 or 4 well workovers at Articneft during 2017.

Competent Person's Report

In view of our acquisitions during 2016, we plan to commission a new Competent Person's Report during 2017. We propose to do so once our new development plans, as mentioned above, are completed.

Andrew Shrager, Chairman, commented: "We are able to commit to these drilling operations across our portfolio due to our continued production efficiency and positive cash generation at current oil prices and FX rates. The one factor which may cause us to slow the rate of drilling is possible changes in the taxation of oil and gas companies operating in Russia for 2017, for which we have to wait for information until next month or early next year."

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For further information, please contact:

 
 Urals Energy Public Company 
  Limited 
 Andrew Shrager, Chairman          Tel: [phone] 
  Leonid Dyachenko, Interim                   0300 
  Chief Executive Officer 
 Sergey Uzornikov, Chief       www.uralsenergy.com 
  Financial Officer 
 
 
 Allenby Capital Limited 
  Nominated Adviser and Broker 
 Nick Naylor / Alex Brearley            Tel: +44 (0) 20 
                                              3328 5656 
                                 www.allenbycapital.com 
 

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