AuDAX Resources Limited (ASX:ADX) Accepts Farm In Offer From Gulfsands (LON:GPX) On The Chorbane Permit In Tunisia
Perth, Mar 22, 2010 AEST (ABN Newswire) - AuDAX Resources Limited (
ASX:ADX) (PINK:ADXRF) announces that it accepted a farm-in offer from Gulfsands Petroleum Plc (LON:GPX) (PINK:GFPOF) for participation in exploration of the Chorbane Permit onshore Tunisia where AuDAX is the operator and holds a 100% interest.
Gulfsands is a London based, international oil and gas exploration, development and production company with oil and gas production in Syria and the Gulf of Mexico and business development activities in Iraq.
Gulfsands will earn a 40% interest in the Permit by paying 80% of the cost of one exploration well to be drilled later this year. Finalisation of formal farm-in documentation for this transaction has yet to be completed and remains subject to board approvals of both AuDAX and Gulfsands.
The Chorbane permit is located onshore central Tunisia near the port city of Sfax and covers an area of 2,428 square km. It is surrounded by several producing oil fields and extensive oil & gas infrastructure. Previous exploration work in the Chorbane permit has identified a number of prospects and leads, the most prospective being a large tilted horst block ("Sidi Daher") with multiple targets and recoverable prospective resources of 80 mmboe (AuDAX estimate).
Following signing of the Production Sharing Contract for the Chorbane Permit in September 2009, AuDAX has undertaken detailed evaluation work on data which has recently become available. This has led to a high ranking of the Sidi Daher prospect due to a seismic DHI (direct hydrocarbon indicator). In a conservative scenario the reservoir is a "gas only" accumulation within the bounds of the DHI and AuDAX estimates that the structure may contain a total of 175 Bcf of recoverable gas resource (probabilistic mean case).
The forward work commitment for the Chorbane permit requires the drilling of one exploration well.
About ADX Energy Limited
ADX Energy Limited's (
ASX:ADX) (OTCMKTS:ADXRF) is an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed International Energy Explorer which is soon to become a Producer. The Company's Geographical focus is Onshore Europe and Offshore Mediterranean with a portfolio consisting of recently acquired Production as well as Appraisal, Development and Exploration Assets. ADX's interests are located in Romania, Italy, Tunisia and most recently Austria. The Company's immediate focus is on low cost, low risk, profitable resource commercialisation opportunities onshore and higher cost higher reward offshore projects in the longer term. The Company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia with additional operating offices in Bucharest (Romania) and soon to be Vienna (Austria). The Company also has representative offices in Italy and Tunisia.
ADX Energy's vision is to establish a stable cash producing platform onshore Europe and develop a number of rapid resource to reserves opportunities as well as low risk exploration potential with access to infrastructure in favourable fiscal and operating environments.
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