Hurricane Energy PLC 'Lincoln Crestal' 205/26b-14 Well Update (5812L)

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RNS Number : 5812L

Hurricane Energy PLC

09 September 2019

9 September 2019

Hurricane Energy plc

("Hurricane" or the "Company")

'Lincoln Crestal' 205/26b-14 Well Update

Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, provides an update in relation to the 205/26b-14 well ("Lincoln Crestal").

The Company notes speculation regarding the flare on the Transocean Leader drilling rig. The Company confirms that a drill stem test on the Lincoln Crestal well has produced oil to surface, resulting in a flare. At 13:10 on Sunday 8 September 2019, the well was shut-in to enable a planned pressure build-up test.

The Company will update the market on initial results of the well, including flow rates and oil type, following completion of the ongoing testing phase.

Contacts:

 
 Hurricane Energy plc 
  Dr Robert Trice, Chief Executive Officer      [phone] 
  Alistair Stobie, Chief Financial Officer       820 
 Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited 
  Nominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker 
  Callum Stewart / Nicholas Rhodes / Ashton 
  Clanfield                                     [phone] 
 Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc 
  Joint Corporate Broker 
  Andrew Foster / Tom Perry / Alex Smart        [phone] 
 Vigo Communications 
  Public Relations 
  Patrick d'Ancona / Ben Simons 
  [e-mail]                       [phone] 
 

About Hurricane

Hurricane was established to discover, appraise and develop hydrocarbon resources associated with naturally fractured basement reservoirs. The Company's acreage is concentrated on the Rona Ridge, in the West of Shetland region of the UK Continental Shelf.

The Lancaster field (100%) is the UK's first producing basement field. Hurricane is pursuing a phased development of Lancaster, starting with an Early Production System consisting of two wells tied-back to the Aoka Mizu FPSO. This development is initially expected to produce an average of 17,000 bopd (gross production of 20,000 bopd with assumed operating efficiency of 85%, following a period of ramp-up). First oil was achieved on 4 June 2019.

Hurricane's other assets include Lincoln (50%), Warwick (50%), Halifax (100%), Whirlwind (100%), and Strathmore (100%). Together with Lancaster, these assets have total combined 2P reserves and 2C contingent resources of 2.6 billion barrels of oil equivalent (2.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent net to Hurricane).

In September 2018, Spirit Energy farmed-in to 50% of the Lincoln and Warwick assets, committing to a five-phase work programme targeting sanction of full field development in 2021. The first phase of the programme includes the drilling and testing of three wells in 2019, which is being carried out using the Transocean Leader semi-submersible drilling rig. Lincoln Crestal is the second well and was spudded on 12 July 2019.

Glossary

 
 2P Reserves               Proved plus probable reserves under the Society 
                            of Petroleum Engineers' Petroleum Resources 
                            Management System 
 2C Contingent resources   Best case contingent resources under the 
                            Society of Petroleum Engineers' Petroleum 
                            Resources Management System 
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 bopd                      Barrels of oil per day 
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 FPSO                      Floating production storage and offloading 
                            vessel 
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 Spirit Energy             Spirit Energy Limited 
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Competent Person

The technical information in this release has been reviewed by Dr Robert Trice, who is a qualified person for the purposes of the AIM Guidance Note for Mining, Oil and Gas Companies. Dr Robert Trice, Chief Executive Officer of Hurricane Energy plc, is a geologist and geoscientist with a PhD in geology and has over 30 years' experience in the oil and gas industry.

Standard

Resource estimates contained in this announcement have been prepared in accordance with the Petroleum Resource Management System guidelines endorsed by the Society of Petroleum Engineers, World Petroleum Congress, American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers.

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