Oracle Energy Corp.: Arrone-1 Well Spudded in Italy
15:33 EDT Monday, August 06, 2007
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - Aug. 6, 2007) - Oracle Energy Corp. ("Oracle")-(TSX VENTURE:OCL)(PINK SHEETS:OECPF)(FRANKFURT:O2E) announces that it has been notified by Ascent Resources plc (UK) that it has commenced the drilling of the Arrone-1 gas exploration well in the 358 square kilometre Fiume Arrone Exploration Permit in Central Italy. The well, which is targeting gas prospective basal sands, is 25 kilometres west of Rome and 11 kilometres north-north-west of Rome's Fiumincino International airport. Arrone-1 is the first well on the permit and the partners in the well are Oracle Energy Corp. (20%), Italmin Exploration of Italy (14%), JKX of the UK (10%), and Ascent Resources Italia as the operator with a 56% working interest.
The Arrone-1 well spudded on Saturday, August 4th and the conductor casing is now set at 55 metres. It is planned to drill to a depth of 1,000 metres which is expected to take approximately three weeks to complete. Two wells have previously been drilled in the area of the permit, one of which, the Roma-2 well, drilled in 1955 reported gas shows.
Oracle Energy Corp is an international company engaged in the development and exploration of oil and gas. Oracle Energy has a 20% interest in the Fiume Arrone Permit, Italy. The Company also has an 18.75% interest in 640 acres in Zapata County, Texas, a 20% interest in six previously producing oil and gas concessions in Romania and a 15% interest in the Evaluation and Promotional Agreement for Area XIII, Peru. New project acquisitions are actively being negotiated on.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Nasim Tyab, President
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