Jericho Oil Provides Operations Update
/EINPresswire.com/ -- VANCOUVER, BC and TULSA, OK--(Marketwired - April 13, 2016) - Jericho Oil Corporation ("Jericho") (TSX VENTURE: JCO) (OTC PINK: JROOF), a debt-free growth-oriented oil and gas company focused on Mid-Continent production, is pleased to provide an operational update on its Oklahoma asset base, including its action plan in the first 100 days since year-end acquisitions.
Jericho acquired two assets located in Central Oklahoma with net production to Jericho totaling ~142 BOEPD (490 net BOEPD to the Partnership with Jericho Oil and its private partner as of Closing). The Company acquired a 50% working interest in a 10,000 acre asset and a 25% working interest in a 30,000 acre asset, and intends to acquire an additional 25% working interest in the larger asset to increase production an incremental ~100 BOEPD.
During the first 100 days, Jericho's operating and technical team began its initial efforts to improve the declining production rates within producing wells as well as manage operating expenses down. A key portion of the Company's acquisition thesis was the idea that previous distressed operators had not provided the maintenance capital required to implement oil-field best practices and maintain production rates. Accordingly, the team's effort focused on arresting field-wide and specific well production declines through re-works, clean-outs and pressure optimization on several horizontal and vertical wellbores. During this low price environment Jericho will continue to look to deploy capital in the field that will return monies within approximately 90 days or less.
In accordance with this investment philosophy, the Company identified, during its due diligence period, multiple vertical and horizontal wells which were likely to be strong candidates for acid-based clean-outs. In early March, Jericho began its clean-out program with two vertical Hunton producers. Each well outperformed expectations with payback periods under 45 days as represented below.
Acid Job Statistics
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Well 1 Well 2
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Pre-Acid Job
30-day cum (BOE) 521 383
30-day avg. BOEPD 17 13
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Acid Job Date: 3/1/2016
Post-Acid job
30-day cum (BOE) 881 680
% delta vs. pre-acid 69% 78%
24-Hour IP 47 28
% delta vs. 30-day avg. 173% 119%
Cum to-date (BOE) 996 824
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Capital Cost $ 22,000 $ 19,000
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Payback @ $37.50 / bbl 40 days 45 days
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Against the current price backdrop, minimal capital investments which provide strong, risk-adjusted returns on capital are Jericho's main priority to increase production across its entire asset base.
Brian Weatherl, Jericho's Director of Engineering is looking forward to performing horizontal clean-outs which are expected to yield similar results to the vertical tests. Brian stated, "Having worked in the region for the last fifteen years, including ten plus years learning best in-class development techniques and strategies at Chevron, I see a lot of opportunities to arrest decline, improve production and cut costs throughout Jericho's asset base."
In addition to the production improvements, the Company moved to cut costs on acquired fields as well as take advantage of economies of scale with its crude purchaser contracts, decreasing per barrel deductions from $3.50 to $1.50 / bbl.
About Jericho Oil Corporation
Jericho is a growth-oriented oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of overlooked and undervalued oil properties in the Mid-Continent. For more information, please visit www.jerichooil.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This news release includes certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities laws. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from Jericho's expectations include risks related to the exploration stage of Jericho's project; market fluctuations in prices for securities of exploration stage companies; and uncertainties about the availability of additional financing.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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CONTACTS:
Tony Blancato
Director, Investor Relations
P: 604.343.2725
or
Adam Rabiner
Director, Corporate Communications
P: 604.343.4534
investorrelations@jerichooil.com
Vertical Hunton Acid Job - Actual Performance, 2016
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