Mr. Wolf Regener reports
BNK PETROLEUM INC. - SUCCESSFULLY DRILLS POLISH HORIZONTAL WELL
BNK Petroleum Inc. has provided an update on its Polish shale gas project
and its Tishomingo field, Caney oil shale operations, in Oklahoma.
Poland
In Poland, the company has successfully drilled, cased and cemented its
Gapowo B-1 horizontal well with excellent gas readings regularly
recorded throughout the lateral. The well successfully drilled the
targeted overpressured, gas charged, organic-rich Lower Silurian and
Ordovician shales that were originally encountered in the vertical
Gapowo B-1 well. The well has approximately 5,900 feet of lateral
available to fracture stimulate.
The Gapowo B-1 well is believed to be the longest horizontally drilled
well in Poland.
The high gas readings recorded during the drilling of the lateral were
consistent with the characteristic high gas shows observed in the
original vertical well, despite increased mud weight and a switch to
oil-based mud. The conclusions of the log and core data analysis and
sustained elevated gas shows in the lateral validate the company's
belief that the Lower Silurian and Ordovician shales are highly
prospective for shale gas. The analysis indicated the shales have good
total organic carbon, porosity and permeability. In addition, the
company's geological analysis indicates that these characteristics are
likely to extend over a significant portion of the company's Baltic
basin acreage. The company believes that it controls about 285,000 net
acres that have good potential to produce natural gas and another
approximately 285,000 net acres that are also prospective but have
higher associated risk.
The company has prepared a completion design for this well that is based
on the core analyses and knowledge obtained from previous wells and
stimulations. The company's current plan is to fracture stimulate
approximately 30 per cent of the available lateral length followed
by an extended production test to optimize its design prior to fracture
stimulating the remaining lateral.
Site modifications in preparation for the fracture stimulation will
begin as soon as the drilling rig has moved off site. The site
modifications including building the water handling facilities are
expected to take a number of weeks after which the actual fracture
stimulation can begin.
Oklahoma -- Tishomingo field
As planned, the company recently fracture stimulated 685 feet of the
5,444-foot lateral (12.5 per cent) in the Leila 31-2H horizontal well, to test
a new stimulation technique for cost-optimization purposes. Although
the pilot test results were lower than expected, the information
acquired will greatly assist the company in continuing to pursue its
optimal completion design and the previously disclosed $8-million
estimated Caney well cost.
The Wiggins 12-8H and Barnes 7-2H Caney wells continue to perform very
well. The 30-day rate of the Wiggins 12-8H well, where only half the
length of the company's typical planned Caney well was effectively
stimulated, is 273 barrels of oil per day or 402 barrels of oil
equivalent per day. The Barnes 7-2H well had a 60-day rate of
360 barrels of oil per day (469 barrels of oil equivalent per day) from a lateral that still has 15 per cent available
to be fracture stimulated.
Wolf Regener, president and chief executive officer, commented: "In
Poland, I am very excited that we have confirmed our original discovery
in the Gapowo B-1 vertical well by successfully drilling the long
lateral and encountering such excellent shows. We are looking forward
to a successful fracture stimulation and production test to confirm the
play's full potential. In the U.S., the sustained production results
at both the Barnes 7-2H and Wiggins 12-8H wells are validating our
internal estimates. These results along with our Caney whole core
analysis will help fine-tune the plan for our 2014 drilling program
which is expected to begin in the second quarter of this year. We
also look forward to obtaining the final year-end reserve report which
we anticipate reporting in the next few weeks."
The company's investor presentation has been updated and can be found on
the company's website.
We seek Safe Harbor.
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