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Technical Update on Irish Atlantic Margin Mullen Prospect
& Participation in the Atlantic Ireland 2012 Conference, Dublin
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM listed oil and gas exploration,
development and production company focused on Europe, is pleased to provide a
technical update on its 100% owned Licensing Options (`LO') 11/7 and LO 11/8,
located in the highly prospective South Porcupine Basin, in the Irish Atlantic
Margin, where two large, previously unknown prospects, Mullen and Kiernan, were
identified on Europa's acreage in September 2012.
Highlights
* Europa believes the South Porcupine Basin has the potential to host a new
hydrocarbon province and is encouraged by the results of the initial
prospect evaluation
* Indicative resources at Mullen range from 66 million (P90) up to
potentially 1.1 billion (P10) barrels of oil
* P50 resources at Mullen are estimated at 318 million barrels of oil and are
supported on seismic data by an amplitude shut-off at a constant depth
* First pass seismic reprocessing over the Mullen prospect has been completed
and reprocessing over Kiernan is on-going
* Europa is seeking a joint venture partner to undertake further technical
work to de-risk the Mullen and Kiernan prospects and mature them to
drillable status
* The Company is presenting the Mullen prospect at the Atlantic Ireland 2012
Conference in Dublin on 12 November 2012
Hugh Mackay, CEO of Europa, commented, "We believe the South Porcupine Basin
has the potential to host a new hydrocarbon province. First pass seismic
reprocessing over our Mullen prospect has proved positive. We are pleased to
note that the P50 resources of 318 million barrels of oil are supported by an
amplitude shut off, with indicative resources ranging from 66 million (P90) up
to over a billion (P10) barrels of oil. Since our identification of these two
large, previously unknown prospects, significant progress has been made towards
uncovering the potential of these large structures. Whilst reprocessing of
seismic for Kiernan, the larger of the two structures with stratigraphic
closures of up to 244sq km, is still on-going, the technical case of Mullen has
been further matured and will be presented at the Atlantic Ireland 2012
Conference in Dublin on 12 November 2012. Additionally the prospectivity of the
South Porcupine basin will be further tested by the upcoming ExxonMobil Dunquin
well, which is expected to be drilled in Q1 2013. In order to maximise the
potential of these prospects we remain in search of a joint venture partner
with whom to further de-risk Mullen and Kiernan and mature them to a drillable
status."