Calibre Energy, Inc. Announces Update on First Well in Iraqi Kurdistan
Calibre Energy, Inc., (OTCBB:CBRE) ("Calibre"), an American-based
independent natural gas and oil exploration and development company,
announces the Bina-Bawi-1 exploration well was at a depth of 2,112
meters (6,929 feet) and has completed running 9 5/8" casing and is
currently drilling ahead to a total depth estimated to be 2,900 meters
(9,514 feet). The Bina-Bawi-1 is the first well in Calibre's planned
multi-well exploration and development drilling program in Kurdistan.
The primary objectives of the well are the Cretaceous, the Qurachina
Formation in the Triassic, and the Chiazaire Formation in the Permian.
Calibre is participating in the Bina-Bawi-1 through an Exploration
and Production Sharing Agreement ("EPSA") with the Kurdistan Regional
Government ("KRG") of the Republic of Iraq in the Arbil Province,
covering the Bina-Bawi structure. Calibre has a 10 percent interest in
the EPSA through a participation agreement with Hawler Energy Ltd., a
privately-held oil and gas exploration company based in Houston,
Texas. A&T Petroleum, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Turkish-based
Petoil, is the operator. While other parts of Iraq remain mired in
violence and unrest, the semi- autonomous region of Kurdistan has been
the most peaceful and stable region of Iraq since the creation of the
no-fly zones in 1991.
The Bina-Bawi structure is a 28 kilometer by 7 kilometer anticline
immediately northwest of the Taq-Taq Field where Genel Enerji and
Addax Petroleum recently announced test results from the Taq-Taq 4
well which flowed at an initial aggregate maximum rate of 29,790
barrels per day from three separate reservoir intervals in the
Cretaceous. The flow rates were reported to be constrained by the
limited capacity of surface testing facilities. Genel Enerji and Addax
Petroleum are currently drilling an appraisal well and expect initial
export of oil from the Taq Taq Field in 2007. Addax Petroleum in their
November 2006 presentation estimated that the Taq Taq Field has
current STOIP of 1.2 to 2.7 billion barrels with expected STOIP of 1.9
billion barrels.
ABOUT CALIBRE ENERGY, INC.
Headquartered in Washington, DC with operating offices in Houston,
Texas, Calibre Energy, Inc. is an early stage oil and gas company
focused on the creation of shareholder value through the development
of world class unconventional and untapped domestic and international
oil and gas resources with domestic operations in the Barnett and
Fayetteville Shales and international operations in Iraqi-Kurdistan.
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