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Falklands’ Desire Petroleum shows report confirming prospectivity of its licences
Chairman Stephen Phipps anticipates the drilling of at least one more well in the current campaign Falkland Islands oil explorer Desire petroleum unveiled Friday a new competent person's report (CPR), which it hailed as confirmation of the “prospectivity” of its licences.
The independent report covered just 40% of the company's northern basin licences, including some of the acreage shared with fellow explorer Rockhopper, and focused on the areas of the fast-tracked 3D data.
Up to 11 prospects were identified in the area covered by the fast-tracked 3D seismic data and the report concluded best estimate gross recoverable resources of 638 million barrels of oil (MMstb), with 322 MMstb net recoverable resources net to Desire.
High estimate gross potential came in at 1,207 MMstb, the AIM-listed company added. Meanwhile, prospect sizes ranged from 15 MMstb to 132 MMstb, with an average prospect size of 71 MMstb.
At 85 dollars per barrel environment, the minimum economic threshold is 43 MMstb recoverable for a stand-alone development and 10 MMstb recoverable for a sub-sea tie back development, according to the findings of the report.
Chairman Stephen Phipps said: “The CPR summary confirms our belief in the prospectivity of the fast track areas of PL003 and PL004. The farm-out agreement with Rockhopper will ensure that at least one well is drilled on this acreage in the current drilling campaign”.
However, the group added that Diamond Offshore Drilling is in discussions with a third party that may result in the Ocean Guardian rig leaving the Falkland Islands in the first quarter of 2012. Until such time as a follow on contract for the rig is confirmed, there is no end date for the current contract.
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Read all commentsplease don't lie ....!!
Oct 29th, 2011 - 09:14 am 0some ordinary people can't know the covered purpose of these
oil drillings but some deep persons know it why .....!!
! STOP PRESS !
Oct 29th, 2011 - 10:30 am 0Article above says:
“......... Diamond Offshore Drilling is in discussions with a third party that may result in the Ocean Guardian rig leaving the Falkland Islands in the first quarter of 2012......”
Mr Beef.....
Care to comment?
On the basis of the British invasion of Río de la Plata I have been able to establish that Argentina is in fact owned by Great Britain.
Oct 29th, 2011 - 09:03 pm 0I have been tabling a series of motions at the UN in order to officially establish this claim to Argentina. There is historical president for this, on the basis of an almost 200 year invasion of the Falkland Islands by a German and some British ex patriots, Argentina claims the Falkland Islands.
I can establish as historical fact that Río de la Plata was invaded by Britain and that this claim was never renounced, there is over 200 years of continued British claim to Argentina.
This makes all Argentines suject to British law and taxation. I am planning to get Buenos Aires renamed Port of Britain. Argentina will be called Bairdland, after the leader of British forces in the first occupation of Río de la Plata.
It is important to state that this did not happen just once - as in the Argentine claim to the Falklands - but twice!!!
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