Tudor Energy and partner Terrain Energy are offering interested parties to farm-in to licence PL 1/10 to operate and drill an exploration well to test the large Temple Patrick structure. The Temple Patrick structure is located in the western area of the block where Namurian aged shales are expected to source the structure.Â   Licence PL 1/10 is located in the Central Larne - Lough Neagh Basin and was awarded in March 2011. Terrain Energy believe the presence of surface flood basalts on or near the surface has resulted in low activity in the acreage but with improved seismic imaging techniques the company believe the acreage is being overlooked. The company acquired 400 km of new 2D seismic data during 2011 and 2012. A number of prospects in the licence were mapped with estimated pre-drill resources in the region of 600 MMboe. Two wells have been drilled within the acreage, the first exploration was drilled by Shell and Marathon in 1971 but determined as dry. The second exploration, Woodburn Forest was drilled in May 2016 by previous licensee Infrastrata. In June 2016, Infrastrata announced that the well was drilled to a depth of 2,000 m and encountered two conventional reservoirs â the Triassic Sherwood and Lower Permian Sandstones. Porosities of over 20% were recorded in the upper parts of both reservoirs. However, both reservoirs were water wet. The well was plugged and abandoned on 20 June 2016. Following drilling operations, previous licensee Petro River announced on 4 August 2016 that after geochemical analysis, traces of thermogenic gas had been encountered within the drilling fluid. Petro River reports that the gas is likely to have originated from deeper Carboniferous shales.  Interest in PL 1/10 is held by Terrain Energy Limited (60% + operator) and Tudor Hall Energy Plc (40%). Â   For further information please contact:Â   Grahame Grover  Email: grahame_grover@yahoo.co.uk  Tel: +44 (0) 7736 691 911
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