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Block 102:
Shona
Energy Company (Feb. 2006) has been awarded the Oil and Gas
Concession for Block 102 located in northern Peru
adjacent to the Ecuador border. Block
102 represents a mandatory relinquishment of 313,000 acres in 1989
from Block 1-AB, which was held by OXY. Oil was discovered by OXY
in 1972 on Blk 1-AB with a total of 18 fields found to date. Field
size ranges from 10 to 175 MMBBLS and over 600 MMBO have been
produced from this block. It is estimated that over 140MM BOE
recoverable reserves remain on Block 1-AB. Approximately 30% of Peru’s daily oil production comes from Block 1-AB. A pipeline with
approximately 220,000 BOPD capacity transverses Block 102
connecting Block 1-AB to the Repsol La Pampilla refinery located
on the Pacific Ocean in Lima. Currently only 20 – 30% of the capacity is being utilized in
this pipeline. Shona acquired 221 km of 2D seismic in mid-2007
which confirms several prospects. Shona has initiated an
environmental impact study for drilling in 2009.
Esperanza
Block:
Shona
Energy Company, Inc. has signed (Feb. 2007) a Participation
Agreement with Geoproduction Oil and Gas Company LLC and Ray Oil
Tools, for the development of the Esperanza Block in the Lower
Magdalena Basin of Northwestern Colombia. Discovered by Exxon (Esso
SA) in the 1970s, the Esperanza Block covers 45,975 hectares or
approximately 114,000 acres and includes areas formerly designated
as the Jobo, Tablon, Castor, Coral and Sucre Gas Fields, that have
produced approximately 70 BCF of natural gas in the aggregate.
Geoproduction, a Louisiana based company with a branch office in Bogota
and Ray Oil Tools a Louisiana based corporation, were awarded The Esperanza Contract in August
2004 by Colombia's Agencie Nacional de Hidrocarbures (ANH). Geoproduction
engineers have estimated the remaining reserves in the three
sectors may contain 221 BCF of proved recoverable reserves, and
140 BCF of additional probable, plus possible, reserves. This
is also a unique window of opportunity to establish a solid
exploration foothold in Colombia, as more and more companies are
going there in response to the government's new petroleum laws and
regulations as well as in response to the vastly improved economic
and political environment established under the leadership of
President Alvaro Uribe. Shona acquired 40km2 of 3D
seismic that has identified a number of undrilled structural
traps. Shona plans to drill its first well in June 2008. |