Carnarvon Petroleum appointment brings legal and commercial capabilities
Experienced oil and gas executive Gavin Ryan is appointed to the company’s board of directors.
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Carnarvon Energy Ltd (ASX:CVN) has set its sights on unlocking the largest oil field in WA’s North West Shelf.
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Experienced oil and gas executive Gavin Ryan is appointed to the company’s board of directors.
Elevated gas readings and increased resistivity were observed, indicating the presence of hydrocarbons.
Shares in the company are trading up another 11% or 4 cents today to 40 cents.
The shares increased 24% on strong volume of more than 48 million.
Joint venture partners Carnarvon and Quadrant Energy have recovered light oil from an excellent reservoir.
Shares in the company last traded at 17.5 cents before going into a trading halt.
The significance drilling results to date have warranted that the wireline program is brought forward.
The drilling encountered several sandstone intervals as expected within the Caley Member.
Two wells underway within the offshore Phoenix project are targeting gas and condensate.
The well is within the Phoenix project offshore Western Australia in the Canning Basin.
As the well gets drilled deeper, thinner equipment is required.
The second exploration well at the Phoenix project has reached a measured depth of about 3,637 metres.
Previously drilled nearby wells have confirmed gas and condensate below the surface.
The well is located within the Canning Basin offshore Western Australia.
Earlier this week, the company commenced drilling the Dorado-1 well in the Canning Basin.
The Dorado-1 well is located within the Phoenix Project based offshore.
The raising was completed at 13 cents and shares are currently trading at a premium.
The Phoenix South-3 well is targeting the Caley Member at a depth of around 5,360 metres.
The Caley primary target is expected to be intersected at a depth of about 5,360 metres.
The well will be the second at the Phoenix project aimed at assessing the gas and liquids potential in the Caley Member.
The well is expected to access gas and condensate in the Caley Member at a depth of about 5,300 metres.
Quadrant Energy is drilling ahead in 17 1/2 inch hole at a measured depth of 3,114 metres.
Existing shareholders are also being given the chance to participate in a share purchase offer to raise up to $4 million.
Broker Hartleys recently forecast a 12-month share price target of 25 cents.
The signing of a Maritime Boundary Treaty with Timor-Leste has enabled the company to progress its development strategy.
The primary objective of the well is to assess the gas and liquids potential in the Caley Member.
Analysts at Hartleys view Carnarvon as one of the best stocks to target to gain leverage to the oil price recovery.
Drilling has started at the Phoenix South-3 well with drilling to start next month at Dorado-1 well.
The objective is to fully evaluate the gas and condensate discovered earlier
Carnarvon had a cash balance of A$48.1 million at the end of the March quarter, leaving it well-placed to fund an active period of exploration.
The semi-submersible drilling rig will now be anchored in place and ballasted.
This represents only a minor delay, offset by multiple share price catalysts at play throughout 2018.
Hartleys has a 12-month share price target of $0.25 on the stock implying upside of nearly 100%.
Operated by Quadrant Energy, the latest well is just 560 metres from the Phoenix South-2 discovery
The treaty finally determines each nation’s ownership of the rich oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea.
Innovative exploration methods have been used to build North West Shelf asset portfolio.
A better data set has been established for an oil field that last produced in 2004.
The 585 square kilometre permit will be known as the Eagle Project.
The company's shares are trading 13% higher intra-day, at $0.13.
Hartleys notes company's cash position of circa $50 million as at December 31, 2017.
The company holds a 20% interest alongside operator, Quadrant Energy with 80%.
The company's prospect is adjacent to Woodside Petroleum’s Swell-1 well.
Phoenix South-3 well is expected to commence drilling in March 2018.
The Dorado-1 well will be exploring for significant gas and condensate volumes.
Potential for lower cost drilling and field developments in the permit.
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The company has provided an update on its 100% held Buffalo project in WA-523-P.
The North West Shelf is Australia’s most prolific oil and gas region.
Quadrant (80%) is the operator, and Carnarvon holds 20%.
The company's oil and gas assets are all located offshore of Western Australia.
Carnarvon is focused on the North West Shelf in Western Australia.
The company is collaborating with its neighbour NOGA in the Timor Sea.
Carnarvon remains focused on its assets on the North West Shelf.
Carnarvon secured Buffalo with the objective of applying new technology.
The company entered the June quarter with $51.1 million in cash.
Carnarvon held over $51 million in cash at the end of March 2017.
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Carnarvon Petroleum (ASX:CVN) and partner have updated on the Phoenix South-2, located within the WA-435-P exploration permit in the North West Shelf of Australia.
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Quadrant is the operator and holds 80%, with Carnarvon 20%.
Carnarvon Petroleum (ASX:CVN) has been granted a trading halt this morning, pending details from the Phoenix South-2 well.
Quadrant is the operator and holds 80%, with Carnarvon 20%.
Carnarvon Petroleum (ASX:CVN) has provided an update on drilling operations as advised by the operator of the Phoenix South-2 well, Quadrant Energy.
Phoenix South-2 will be drilled down to a total depth of around 5,500 metres.
Quadrant is the operator of the project area and holds 80%, with Carnarvon 20%.
The well is currently setting the 20” (508mm) casing.
Phoenix South-2 will be drilled down to a total depth of around 5,500 metres.
Carnarvon holds a 20% interest, with Quadrant, the operator, holding 80%.
The Roc-2 well is located on Australia’s North West Shelf.
Since the last report the full suite of wireline logs have been acquired, which have a higher resolution than the previously acquired logs, allowing for delineation of net and gross reservoir within the well.
Carnarvon is recognised as an innovator and industry leader in understanding the deeper plays on the North West Shelf, and has identified great potential within the Permo-Triassic stratigraphy within the newly awarded block.
The Roc-2 well has been designed to appraise and test the Roc-1 gas-condensate discovery revealed earlier in the year, and is located within the WA-437-P exploration permit in the North West Shelf.
Adrian Cook, managing director, commented: "We have successfully acquired core over the reservoir section and I’m happy to be in a position to confirm today that we’ve encountered hydrocarbons in good quality reservoir sands."
Carnarvon noted that well results to date are similar in nature to those observed when drilling the same formations in the Roc-1 well.
The Roc-2 well has been designed to appraise and test the Roc-1 gas-condensate discovery revealed earlier in the year. The well is required to delineate the extent of the Roc field.
The well is located on Australia’s North West Shelf, and has been designed to appraise and test the Roc-1 gas-condensate discovery revealed earlier in the year.
The Roc-2 well is located in 100 metres of water, around 160 kilometres north-east of Port Hedland in the Bedout sub-basin of the greater Roebuck basin.
The joint venture partners decided not to complete the full suite of logging activities, believing sufficient information has now been acquired to assess the well results to the extent planned.
Carnarvon holds a market value of circa $100 million with $96 million cash, future cash flow up to $44 million and a well carry of $8 million. Carnarvon has two material drilling outcomes within the next 6 months.
Carnarvon has appointed MGPalaeo to build a comprehensive stratigraphic database for the North West Shelf. When overlaid with Carnarvon’s existing database it will provide powerful insights into the regional geology.