US Oil & Gas (USOPY)

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Resource Estimates Update (13 January, 2017)

U.S. Oil & Gas Plc, the oil and gas exploration company with assets in Nevada, makes the following announcement:

Highlights:

Structural modelling report for US Oil’s Hot Creek Valley Prospect by Baker Hughes complete

OOIP Best Estimate for the Tertiary Eblana Structure is over 1 billion barrels Contingent Resources

Recoverable Contingent Oil Best Estimate is 203.4 million barrels

Estimates for full lease acreage in preparation by Baker Hughes


Structural modelling of US Oil’s Hot Creek Valley Prospect by Baker Hughes is complete. The Board and the Company’s technical team are now studying the findings, and further details will be communicated to shareholders in due course. In the meantime, Baker Hughes’ revised Oil-In-Place estimates can be reported. These are a significant upgrade on the previous estimates reported in 2013.

For four zones of the Tertiary Eblana Structure, Oil-In-Place estimates and Recoverable Oil are as follows:

OOIP (MMBBl)
Low case Best case High case
TZ1 185 677 1214
TZ2 8 29 58
TZ3 9 40 83
TZ4 72 271 539
OOIP (millions barrels) 274 1017 1894
TOTAL RECOVERABLE CONTINGENT OIL RESOURCES (millions bbls at 20% recoverability) 54.8 203.4 378.8
Zones TZ2 and TZ4 flowed oil on previous tests.

Background
In 2016 the Company contracted Halliburton to carry out a Vertical Seismic Profile (VSP) survey based on US Oil’s Eblana #1 discovery well, and Baker Hughes (BHI) to carry out structural modelling based on all the available data including VSP. The purpose of the structural modelling was to reduce risk as far as possible before the Company carries out its plan to re-enter the Eblana #1 well and sidetrack to identified targets. In addition, Baker Hughes calculated the revised Oil-In-Place estimates reported above for the Tertiary Structure updip of the Eblana #1 well. These estimates do not include the Palaeozoic strata, which may also be highly prospective. Baker Hughes is currently working on revised Oil-In-Place estimates for the Company’s full 88 sq km lease acreage, and these will be reported in due course.

Work programme
The Company is now moving forward rapidly with its corporate and operational agendas. The Board and the US Oil technical team will now take time to study the Baker Hughes report. Meanwhile, discussions with drilling contractors are taking place, and a detailed drill plan is being prepared.

Fundraising efforts continue with the primary aim of maximising resources for drilling operations