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Int'l Frontier JV spuds evaluation well at Tecolutla

2018-04-12 09:39 ET - News Release

Mr. Steve Hanson reports

IFR JOINT VENTURE COMMENCES DRILLING OF HISTORIC FIRST WELL AT TECOLUTLA

In partnership with Mexican petrochemical leader Grupo IDESA, International Frontier Resources Corp.'s joint venture, Tonalli Energia, has spudded its first evaluation well, TEC-10, at its onshore Tecolutla block.

The TEC-10 directional evaluation well will be drilled to target the El Abra formation at a depth of 2,490 metres (8,169 feet).

The expected timeline from spud date to reach total depth is under three weeks.

Tonalli will implement a modern core and logging program to re-evaluate the properties of the reservoir and to optimize both the completion of TEC-10 and future development of the Tecolutla field.

"TEC-10 will be the first Tecolutla well to target new locations within the reservoir utilizing 3-D seismic and modern technologies to increase productivity and oil recovery," said Steve Hanson, president and chief executive officer of International Frontier Resources. "Following the release of the drilling rig, a thorough completion and testing program will be conducted to evaluate the TEC-10 well."

The Tecolutla field is located within the Tampico-Misantla basin, which has multiple reservoirs with diverse play types as well as access to existing infrastructure, market, service sector providers and an established supply chain. In 2017, IHS Markit identified the Tampico-Misantla basin as a potential superbasin.

Tecolutla is in close proximity to existing Pemex measurement points and pipeline infrastructure. This strategic position of the block should enable Tonalli to efficiently bring oil to the market. Existing pump stations and oil effluent pipelines are both located approximately 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) north of the TEC-10 well. Oil produced at Tecolutla will be trucked to this existing facility and metered before entering the existing pipeline system. These are connected to the central processing facility at Poza Rica. This favourable location provides Tonalli with significant optionality for marketing and transportation of the much-needed oil to the domestic market in the event of a commercial oil find. The existing four wells at Tecolutla were drilled by Pemex between 1956 and 1972 and produced 1.9 million barrels without the use of artificial lift. Based on Tonalli's interpretation of the 3-D seismic, the Tecolutla field has been significantly underdeveloped.

International Frontier Resources was one of the first foreign companies to participate in the historical reform of Mexico's oil and gas sector when Tonalli was granted the right to operate, develop and produce hydrocarbons at Tecolutla through a licensing contract with the Mexican government. The Tecolutla block was awarded to Tonalli on May 12, 2016, as part of the first round and third call of Mexico's oil and natural gas mature fields bid round (Round 1.3), the first in almost 80 years. Each of the blocks offered in Round 1.3 attracted multiple bids.

About International Frontier Resources Corp.

International Frontier Resources is a Canadian publicly traded company with a demonstrated record of advancing oil and gas projects. Through its Mexican subsidiary, Petro Frontera SAPI de CV and strategic joint ventures, it is advancing the development of petroleum and natural gas assets in Mexico. The company also has projects in Canada and the United States, including the Northwest Territories and Montana.

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