Title: Investor Presentation
1Investor Presentation November 2007
2Disclaimer
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3Black Rock Oil Gas Plc
- AIM-quoted oil and gas exploration company
- Principal interests in Colombia and the UK
Southern North Sea - Recent heavy oil discovery in Colombia
- Near production opportunities with significant
exploration potential in Colombia - Exploration potential in Southern North Sea
- Recent share capital reorganisation
- Competent Persons Report underway
4Directors
- Tony Baldry MP, Non-Executive Chairman
- Member of Parliament for Banbury for over 20
years - Former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Energy - Jointly oversaw the privatisation of the
Electricity Industry - Wealth of experience providing corporate
strategic and financial advice
- Dr John Cubitt, Managing Director
- Chartered Geologist
- 27 years experience in international oil gas
exploration and production including Forest Oil
International, Shell and Force Petroleum - Specialises in Board level strategic and
operational direction, project management and
asset evaluation
- Peter Kitson, Finance Director
- Fellow of Association of Certified Accountants
- 15 years experience in Oil and Gas with BP and
Elf - General management experience with, for example,
Commonwealth - Development Corporation and BP
- Chris Moore, Non-Executive Director
- Over 30 years experience in the international
upstream petroleum industry - Exploration, finance and asset management
positions in BP, Tricentrol and ARCO - Specialises in upstream project evaluation,
negotiation and execution - Adviser on strategic new venture development
5Current Capital Structure
- Symbol Exchange BLR AIM
- Market capitalisation 6.6 million
- Price as at 28 October 2007 20.5p
- High Low Share Price in 2007 18 55p
- Shares issued 32,160,407
- Options/warrants outstanding 577,018
- (200,000 exercisable at 50p per share before
18/04/2009 - 377,018 exercisable at 25p per share before
8/8/2010) - Fully diluted share capital 32,737,425
- The company undertook a 50 for 1 share
consolidation exercise in July 2007 -
6Corporate Strategy
- Focus on generating near term cash flow
- previously non-commercial or undeveloped
discoveries - target bypassed pay and acreage adjacent to
existing producing fields - acquire production
- Balance low risk production with high quality
exploration projects - acquire exploration acreage in hydrocarbon
provinces with proven potential - seek significant equity interests to materially
impact the company and maximise financial
flexibility
7Progress on 2007 Targets
- Realise the potential of the Colombian acreage
- Acacia Este and Arce seeing activity in 2007
- Drill and test Acacia Este
- Discovered 16API oil
- Tested at 101 bbls per day, 4 strokes per minute
- Complete Arce Field steam injection test
- Steam injection has commenced and we will be
evaluating production rates for remainder of 2007 - JV proceeding with appraisal on sole risk basis
- Have an active drilling programme
- Acacia Este drilled and 1 appraisal well on
Acacia Este in Q4 2007 - Begin process to book net reserves of 2.5-10
million barrels of oil equivalent - Competent Persons Report commissioned
- Diversify the portfolio of EP assets in Europe
and the Americas - Continue to review opportunities to manage the
portfolio - Concluded that North American opportunities
inappropriate at this time in line with market
sentiment - see disclaimer
8Targets for 2008
- Build on the potential of the Colombian acreage
- Acacia Este appraisal
- Conduct a rapid appraisal programme including
long-term production tests, additional appraisal
well drilling and 2D/3D seismic acquisition - Submit a commerciality application to Ecopetrol
and move towards development by year end - Obtain debt financing for development
- Arce Field evaluation on going
- Possible acquisition of additional 2D seismic
- Possible appraisal well in 2H 2008
- Have an active exploration drilling programme
- On Las Quinchas, drill Acacia Este-3 appraisal
plus possibly drill/test Baul and 1-3 extra
exploration targets - On Alhucema, drill exploration wells Arriconada
-1 in 1Q possibly one other - Book net reserves of 2.5-10 million barrels of
oil equivalent - Diversify the portfolio of EP assets in Europe
and Latin America - 1 projects in Colombia or Peru
see disclaimer
9Colombia
- Proven oil producing region 1.9 billion barrels
of discovered reserves in the Middle Magdalena
Valley region - Colombia produces 556,800 bopd (2006)
- BP, Occidental, Petrobras and Lukoil are all
active in the country - Colombia is stable politically with President
Uribe in his second 4 year term - Colombia is economically buoyant
- Middle Magdalena Valley currently has limited
criminal or terrorist activity - Excellent infrastructure close to our licences
including pipelines, refinery, trucking station,
paved roads and a small airport - Region consists primarily of rolling hills used
for cattle rearing
10Colombia - Middle Magdalena Basin
50 joint venture with Kappa Resources Colombia
- 2 licences
- Las Quinchas Association Contract
- Alhucema EP Contract
- Las Quinchas - Acacia Este discovery and
appraisal - 50 -150 mmbbl potential
- Las Quinchas Arce Field continuing appraisal
and testing - Alhucema - drilling Arrinconada-1 and possibly 1
additional exploration well in 2008 - see disclaimer
11Colombia fiscal models
- Association Contracts (e.g. Las Quinchas)
- Production sharing under shared risk terms
- R factor (additional share of production
allocated to Ecopetrol related to the ratio of
revenue to costs but only applies to fields
producing above 60 mmboe) - Ecopetrol 50 back-in potential at declaration of
commerciality, but pays share of back costs out
of production - Sliding scale royalty based on rate prevailing at
time of discovery and 35 income tax - Independent oil company take on small heavy oil
fields 40-60 - EP Contracts (e.g. Alhucema)
- With ANH (Colombian Government Agency) since
2004. No back-in rights for Ecopetrol - Sliding scale royalty, fee of 30 of price
exceeding benchmarks and 35 income tax - Independent oil company take ranges from 50-60
12Colombia - Acacia Este
- Acacia Este oil discovery
- Drilled in July-August 2007
- Tested at 101 barrels of 16API oil per day
- Large structure
- Shallow depth
- Operator estimated target 50-150 mmbbls
recoverable heavy oil - 2 appraisal wells may be drilled in 2007/8
- New 2D seismic to be acquired in 1H 2008
- Long-term production tests to be conducted in
2008 - Commerciality submission in 2008
- Development feasible in 2009
- see disclaimer
Acacia Este prospect
13Colombia - Acacia Este
14Colombia - Arce Oil Field
- Discovered 1984, heavy oil at depths of around
3000 feet - 4 wells drilled, 30 feet net pay. Arce 3 4
tested 30 bopd - Long term steam injection testing started in Q2
2007. Ongoing - Operator estimated gross 10-20 mmbo recoverable
- Commerciality statement was submitted in 2007 and
JV allowed to proceed on a sole risk basis - Peak production could reach 3,000 bopd after 5
years. 30-60 wells may be required -
15Colombia - Arce Oil Field
Oil gathering station
Steam injection plant
16Colombia - Baul Oil Field
- Shallow heavy oil, 100 net pay
- Baul 3 produced 16,610 barrels of oil from a 14
sand in 1960-61 - Testing in 1Q 2008
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17Colombia Exploration Opportunities
Las Quinchas Association Contract
- Large number of drillable prospects, from shallow
heavy oil to light oil targets in the deep
Cretaceous - La Linda (37 mmbo in 2 separate fault block
targets) heavy oil prospect - Rio Viejo/La Tolda (24 mmbo target) light oil,
12,000-18,000 ft target depth - 50 relinquishment required in 2008
-
- see disclaimer
18Colombia Exploration Opportunities
Alhucema EP Contract
- Heavy and light oil prospects
- Possible extension of Chicala / Arce oilfield
trend - Juanes prospects
- N Morroa Cretaceous light oil lead
- 50 km 2D seismic acquired in 2H 2006
- Arrinconada-1 well (previously known as Juanes
SW) to be drilled in 1Q 2008 - Exploration well possibly to be drilled in 2H 2008
19UK Southern North Sea
15 interest in Block 49/8c operated by
Wintershall
- Carboniferous gas find, discovered in 1989 and
flowed at 5 mmcf/day - Drilled 49/8c-4 in 2006 to appraise and test the
Monterey gas field - Drilling was very successful but technical
difficulties during testing meant that flow rates
were lt1mmscfd - Gas was recognised from several zones in the
Carboniferous - Now moved into second 4 year phase of licence
- 50 relinquishment completed
20UK Southern North Sea
Monterey Gas Field
- Operator estimated mean recoverable reserves -
165 bcf - Recent positive economics for development based
on horizontal well and fracture stimulation
technology - Future studies include a seismic facies
evaluation of the Carboniferous reservoirs,
pre-development studies and economic screening. - Development possibly tied back to Cutter or
Markham - Production possibly by 2009
- Stinson Gas Prospect
- Operator estimated mean recoverable reserves -
147 bcf - see disclaimer
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21Summary
- Black Rock has turned a corner
- Acacia Este potential company maker discovery
in 2007 - 50 -150 mmbbls recoverable
- Tested at 101 barrels of 16API oil per day
- 1 appraisal well to be drilled in November 2007
and 1 in 2008 - Long-term production tests in 2008
- Commerciality submission in 2008
- Development considered feasible in 2009
- Arce Field steam injection test still continuing
- Arce Field development allowed on a sole risk
basis - Additional exploration opportunities on existing
licences in Colombia - Economics for development of Monterey in UK
improving - see disclaimer
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