Introduction
The Board of Caspian Sunrise is pleased to update shareholders with news of:
- Publication of the 2023 audited financial statements
- The ongoing well tests for wells 155 and 803 at the BNG Contract Area
- Well 815 - the new shallow well being drilled at the BNG Contract Area
- The charter for the Caspian Explorer; and
Publication of the 2023 audited financial statements
The audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 ("Accounts") are expected to be published on Monday 14 July 2024. Following publication of the Accounts, trading in the Company's Ordinary Shares on AIM is expected to be restored on the same day.
Operational update
BNG well tests
Well 155
Well 155 on the shallow MJF structure at the BNG Contract Area was spudded in Q1 2024 with a planned total depth of 2,400 meters. Drilling has been completed and oil detected over a 22 meter interval.
A 16 meter interval was perforated from which oil has now flowed for the past 13 days. To optimise the longer term output of the well the flow rate has been reduced to approximately 700 bopd.
Well 803
Deep Well 803 was spudded in Q4 2023 with a planned Total Depth of 4,200 meters and a primary target at a depth of 3,950 meters with a secondary target at a depth of 4,200 meters.
Oil has been detected over a 60 meter interval between 3,360 meters and 3,420 meters, above expectations and also above the main salt layer.
Testing continues over an interval now extended to 15 meters.
Well 815
Well 815 is a new well on the South Yelemes shallow structure at the BNG Contract Area with a planned total depth of 1,900 meters.
Drilling has now reached a depth of 240 meters without incident.
Caspian Explorer
The first commercial drilling charter for the Caspian Explorer under the Group's ownership has started as planned and on time.
AIM Rule 17 Schedule 2 (G) Update
Clive Carver, Executive Chairman of Caspian Sunrise, was appointed as a director of Airnow PLC ("Airnow") on 21 June 2017 and resigned on 25 November 2022. On 9 October 2023, Airnow shareholders approved Airnow entering a CVA. To date all CVA obligations have been met.
