Tom Kelly a bit more optimistic on Kennedy and the significance to the play:
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Empyrean Energy PLC
27 May 2008
Empyrean Energy PLC
("Empyrean" or the "Company"; Ticker: (EME))
Sugarloaf Prospect, ("Sugarloaf"), Block B, Texas USA
* Kennedy ž1 well flows gas and condensate from a new pay zone
* New pay zone is 120 feet thick versus 80 feet thick upper zone already producing
from two wells in Block A
* This test alone could more than double the potential recoverable reserves from the
project
Empyrean, the AIM listed oil and gas explorer and producer with assets in Germany and USA
today announces the following:
Kennedy ž1 Well
Empyrean has been advised by Texas Crude Energy Incorporated ("TCEI"), the operator of
Block B on the Sugarkane Gas and Condensate
field, that production tubing has been successfully installed in Kennedy ž1 and the well
has been flowed and placed back on well test. The
reservoir stimulation program on the Kennedy ž1 well commenced on 14 May, 2008 with the
hydraulic fracture stimulation ("frac") of an
approximate 600 ft zone at the end of the horizontal section of the well via four sets of
perforations.
As at 0600hrs (US CST) on the 25th May 2008 the well had produced a total of 1,274 bbls of
fracture fluids, 257 bbls of condensate and
is continuing to produce small quantities of gas and condensate. With the production tubing
now in place there are several options
available to accelerate the recovery of fracture fluid and the potential for additional
fracture stimulation along the horizontal section of
the well will also be considered.
Commenting today, Empyrean Executive Director Tom Kelly said "This is very encouraging
news for the project as a whole because we now
may have approximately 150% larger potential recoverable volumes when you add this new "middle
pay zone" to the "upper pay zone" that we had
already proven commercial from the testing of the Block A wells. Significantly, this test at
Kennedy was a relatively small fracture
stimulation conducted over a relatively small horizontal section of the well and we would
expect that much better flow rates can be achieved
using knowledge gained from these early wells. The completion technique used on this most
recent test should measurably improve the
production rates for the third potential pay zone, a lower zone some 50 feet thick, which was
initially tested by the Sugarloaf-1 vertical
well."
Further releases will be made as appropriate.
The information contained in this announcement was completed and reviewed by the Technical
Director of Empyrean Energy Plc, Mr Frank
Brophy BSc (Hons) who has over 40 years experience as a petroleum geologist.
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