On 1 May 2019, domestic operator UNIGEO a.s. was granted the Janovice permit in eastern Czech Republic. The contract, granted until 31 December 2020 and licenced for oil and gas exploration, is solely operated by UNIGEO.  The Janovice area is located in northern Moravia, about 20 km south of the city of Ostrava. The area is situated within the Carpathian Flysch Zone.  It is believed, the company is seeking to explore for a satellite of the Janovice gas field.  Background Information  The Janowice area is known for gas production from the Karpatian-age clastic series. Although tectonics of the area is intrinsic, a total of ten wells - Janovice 1 to 10 - had been drilled by Geologicky Pruzkum Ostrava (GPO) near Janovice during the period the 1967-1990. Two of the wells encountered gas in the Miocene (Karpatian) series: Janovice 3 (1967) and Janovice 9 (1984). The former well tested 2 MMcf/d in the Karpatian strata, but the tests were interrupted due to technical problems. The latter well started testing the 886-920 m interval (Karpatian) but the formation was soon flooded so the results obtained were rather poor. As the gas-bearing horizon of the Janovice pool is approximately 4 m thick, some local sources indicate that it was questionable if the well was positive and the production was going to be commercial.  In early 2000s, Australia-based Carpathian Resources Ltd farmed in into the Janowice area and intended to bring the field into production - information from 22 January 2004 stated that the Carpathian/UNIGEO group was granted a 4 sq km development contract covering the Janovice field. In 2004, sidetrack well Janovice 3a was drilled and, in late May 2004, after two weeks of production testing, development well Janovice 3a was suspended as a gas producer after testing gas in the Karpatian (Miocene) at rates of 1,519 Mcf/d. According to Carpathian the well encountered a 35 m-thick gas column (gross). On 9 November 2005 Carpathian announced that the unsuccessful well Janovice 11 was drilled to a final depth of 944.5 m, bottoming in the Paleozoic series, and was about to be abandoned. On 3 March 2006, Carpathian announced that following a second pressure test carried out in January 2006, the reserves of the Janovice field were upgraded from the initial 1.2-1.3 Bcf to 3.8 to 4.0 Bcf (80% recovery factor).   In April 2006, Carpathian announced that following an upgrade of the reserves of the Janovice field, the partners we mulling a plan to develop the field to increase recovery - acquisition of a 3D seismic survey was planned. Janovice gas field (Janovice 3a well) delivered on average 14,000 cubic metres per day (approximately 0.50 million cubic feet) during 2009, but on 6 July 2009 Carpathian advised that the company was shifting its principal interest from exploration to investment and the Janovice project was suspended.  With the acquisition of the new permit in 2019, UNIGEO is returning to the area after a period of hiatus.
domestic operator UNIGEO a.s. was granted the Janovice permit in eastern Czech Republic. 