East West Petroleum Provides Operational Update For New Zealand
November 5, 2014
Vancouver, British Columbia: November 5, 2014 East West Petroleum Corp. (TSX-V: EW, the “Company” or “East West”), is pleased to provide the following update on its operations in New Zealand. TAG Oil Ltd. (“TAG”) is the operator and co-owner of all of the Company’s licenses in New Zealand.
PEP 54877 (Cheal North), 30% East West
Production from the Cheal E-site (30% East West) continues to remain steady at approximately 250 boepd (76% oil) net to East West from three wells (Cheal-E1, -E4 and -E5). The Cheal-E1 and –E4 wells continue to flow under natural production, with the Cheal-E5 well remaining on artificial lift.
The Nova-1 rig has arrived in the Taranaki Basin and has now spudded the Cheal-E6 well. The Cheal-E6 well will be targeting the Mt. Messenger sandstones in proximity to the Cheal-E1 and Cheal-E4 wells and is expected to take approximately 21 days to drill. The Company’s share of drilling costs for the Cheal-E6 well amount to approximately $1 million and will be funded out of the Company’s existing cash balance.
In January, the joint venture partners have scheduled a recompletion of the Cheal-E2 in the Mt. Messenger Formation. The E2 well initially targeted the Urenui Formation; however following a joint venture review of drilling and completion operations, it was determined that mechanical completion issues prevented commercial production from the Urenui sandstones. After comparing these results with all of the E-site drilling data now available and comparing with seismic coverage over the permit, the joint venture has decided to isolate the Urenui Formation in this well and re-complete Cheal-E2 to establish production from the Mt. Messenger Formation. Following recompletion, the E2 well will undergo flow testing and temperature and pressure analysis. The estimated net cost to East West is approximately NZ$240,000.
PEP 54879 (Cheal South), 50% East West
East West is pleased to report that the 1,016 barrels of oil from the Cheal-G1 test were sold in September for net proceeds of US$101,963. Under the terms of the joint venture agreement with TAG, East West is entitled to receive 100% of the first $2.5 million in revenue, while paying 100% of the costs to produce that revenue, in return for having funded the first $2.5 million in exploration costs at Cheal South.
The data from the Cheal-G1 test is now under review along with the data from the G2 and G3 wells and existing seismic data to determine the optimum development strategy for Cheal South.
About East West Petroleum Corp.
East West Petroleum (www.eastwestpetroleum.ca) is a TSX Venture Exchange listed company established in 2010 to invest in international oil & gas opportunities. East West has built a diverse portfolio of attractive exploration assets covering a gross area of approximately 1.3 million acres. The Company has its primary focus on two key areas: New Zealand, where it has established production and cash flow and is evaluating a low risk exploration play, and Romania where it is fully carried on an upcoming high impact 12 well exploration program. In New Zealand, East West holds an interest in three exploration permits near to existing commercial production in the Taranaki Basin, operated by TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX: TAO); in December 2013, the Company was awarded a 40% interest in one block in the emerging East Coast Basin of New Zealand, which covers over 100,000 acres. The Company also has interests in four exploration concessions covering 1,000,000 acres in the prolific Pannonian Basin of western Romania with Naftna Industrija Srbije (“NIS”).
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