Title: Lucas Energy Presentation
1Lucas Energy Presentation
2Lucas Energy Overview
- In 2004, Lucas Energy was founded by industry
experts with extensive regional field experience
who wanted to build a different type of oil and
gas company. - Our corporate philosophy is to operate an
efficient, agile and risk averse oil company. - We avoid most of the typical exploration and
production risk by acquiring proven assets in
areas where management has had prior experience. - To date our team has proven its ability to grow
reserves while maintaining a profitable company.
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3Company History
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- Acquired 9 Producing Wells in Gonzales and Karnes
Counties Financed with 2.2 Million Debt and
Restricted Shares - Acquired 2 leases and 2 shut in wells in Gonzales
County - Acquired 6 Oil Wells in Gonzales County Financed
with Restricted Shares - Acquired 1 Well in Gonzales County
- Acquired 1 Producing Well in Austin Chalk Region
- Acquired 2 Shut-In Wells in Gonzales County
- Acquires 498 acre, 5 well property in Austin
Chalk - Acquires Team Bank lease
- Announces Reserve Report of 1.5m BBLS
- Lucas Energy Resources Founded
- Acquired 2 Unit Wells in Gonzales County
- Acquired 2 Producing Wells in Baylor County
- Acquired 5 Wells in Zavala County
- Acquired, Improved 1 Well in Gonzales County
- Sold Interest in Zavala County for Profit
- Reverse Merger Completed Began Trading OTC
- Acquired 7 leases, 3 Wells in Fort Bend County
- Announced 1.0 Million Equity Private Placement
- Acquired, Revitalized 1 Well in Gonzales County
- Acquired, Revitalized 1 Well in Gonzales County
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4Lucas Hyper-growth Strategy
- First phase of operations was completed by
acquiring forty-three leases totaling 10,000
acres with proven reserves. - Lucas has over twenty prioritized lateral
drilling locations with proven reserves. - Engineering and geology work has been completed
on a ten well lateral program.
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5Increasing Reserves
- Our leases are sourced directly through local
landowners and small operators. - This intimate knowledge of the area and contacts
gives us the advantage. - We employ a field-tested process to revitalize
underperforming assets and add reserves. - New equipment is used in order to avoid costly
downtime and maintenance. - Our test and production improvement process has
proven effective with nineteen wells revitalized
to date. - We generate new lateral prospects through
revitalizing vertical wells. - We have a target of 300-350m in reserves in
three years.
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6Reserve Overview
- Lucas Energy has approximately 1 .6 million
barrels, 35 million (PV10), in proven reserves. - We have a finding cost of less than 5/bbl.
- We anticipate 52.5 million in additional
reserves in Fiscal 2008.
Reserve Risk Spectrum
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Confidence
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7Industry Risks vs. Lucas Energy
Lucas Energy No No No No No Yes
Typical Emerging Oil Company Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes
- 1. Exploration Failure Risk
- 2. Lease Acquisition Risk
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- 3. Political Risk Geopolitical/Legislative
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- 4. Environmental Risk Permitting
- 5. High Finding and Operating costs
- 6. Execution Risk
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8Summary
- Investors are buying immediate cash flow.
- We have an ability to find and acquire attractive
reserves that are overlooked by larger companies. - We have already acquired significant proven
reserves twenty PUD locations, twenty-seven
wells in production and eight wells awaiting
revitalization. - We employ a proven test and clean-up/production
improvement process to hold leases. - Typical payback timeline per well is less than
twelve months. - Our gross margins run in the 80 range.
- Lucas Energy has been cash flow positive since
its first operating quarter. - We are poised for a Hyper-growth stage with
current financing. 90 of capital raised will be
invested in the drilling program and additional
reserve acquisitions.
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9Appendix
- Table of Contents
- Slide
- Current Portfolio 11
- Typical Revitalization Process 12
- Production Example 13
- Management and Directors 14
- Ownership Summary 15
- Safe Harbor Statement 16
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10Acquired Rights to Thirty-four Properties
- Lucas owns 100 working interest in all
properties. - 10,000 acres/41 leases.
Lucas Energy acquires leases with large reserve
potential.
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11Typical Lucas Energy Revitalization Process
Griffin Oil Unit No.2Post Lucas Energy
Revitalization
Typical Shut-In Well atTime of Purchase
New Modern Equipment Added Chinese pumping unit
assembled and delivered available for approx. 60k
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12Griffin Oil Unit No.2 Well Production
Lucas Acquired
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13Management and Directors
- James J. Cerna, Jr. Chief Executive Officer
- Twelve years of experience in buy side research
(primarily at GT Global/AIM). - Chief Oil Gas Analyst and CFO, Petroleum
Partners Inc. - William A. Sawyer Chief Operations Officer
- Thirty years of experience in oil and gas
operations. - Highly experienced field operator, petroleum
engineer. - Previous firms ARCO, Houston Oil Minerals,
ERCO. - Malek A. Bohsali Chief Financial Officer
- Fifteen years experience in energy industry.
- MBA, University of Houston.
- Rick Schmid Board Member
- Certified Geophysicist in the State of Texas.
- Previous firms Texas Independent Exploration,
DDD Energy. - Peter Grunebaum Board Member
- Forty years of experience as an independent
energy investment banker.
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14Current Ownership Summary
Fully diluted shares, no warrants or options
outstanding
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15Safe Harbor
- Certain statements made during this presentation
are forward-looking and are subject to risks and
uncertainties. The forward-looking statements
made are based on our beliefs, assumptions and
expectations of future performance, taking into
account all information currently available to
us. - Actual results could differ materially from the
forward-looking statements made during this
presentation. - When we use the words "believe," "expect,"
"anticipate," "plan," "will," "intend" or other
similar expressions, we are identifying
forward-looking statements. - The forward-looking statements made during this
presentation are subject to the safe harbor of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. - We refer you to our filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for a more detailed
discussion of the risks that may have a direct
bearing on our operating results, performance and
financial condition.
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