88 Energy announced Oil found.
Merlin-1 well confirms light oil with appraisal well planned for Q1 2022
Highlights
• Merlin-1 post well evaluation successfully demonstrates presence of oil in the N20 and N18 targets;
plus a new target (N19) was penetrated;
• 41 feet of net log pay interpreted across the three reservoir intervals;
• Geochemical analysis determined oil with an estimated API gravity between mid-30 to low-40 API
(light oil);
• Merlin-1 results incorporated into an updated Project Peregrine independent unrisked net
entitlement mean total Prospective Resource estimate of 1.6 billion barrels* with Merlin-2 geological
chance of success assessed as 56%; and
• Merlin-2 appraisal drilling locations identified to the east of Merlin-1 where enhanced reservoir
thickness and quality expected, with appraisal drilling planned for Q1 2022.
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