CGX, Frontera Hit Oil At Kawa-1 Well Off Guyana

CGX Energy and Frontera Energy Corporation, joint venture partners in the Petroleum Prospecting License for the Corentyne block offshore Guyana, have hit oil at the Kawa-1 well. The well was drilled in a water depth of approximately 1,174 feet to a total depth of 21,578 feet, in the northern portion of the Corentyne block.

"The Joint Venture is pleased to announce that it has successfully discovered light oil in the Santonian and Coniacian and gas condensate in the Maastrichtian and Campanian at the Kawa-1 exploration well, offshore Guyana," said Gabriel de Alba, Chairman of Frontera's Board of Directors and Co-Chairman of CGX's Board of Directors.

"The Kawa-1 discovery adds to the growing success story unfolding offshore Guyana and the integrated Kawa-1 well results further support our belief in the potentially transformational opportunity the Joint Venture has in one of the most exciting basins in the world," he added.

The joint venture encountered hydrocarbons in multiple zones extending from 15,216 feet in the Maastrichtian to 21,547 feet in the Coniacian. Essentially every sand encountered over this interval indicated the presence of hydrocarbons. A total of 228 feet of net pay was found distributed throughout the Maastrichtian (68 feet), Campanian (66 feet), Santonian (76 feet), and Coniacian (18 feet) horizons with individual pay zones up to 35 feet thick.

Following the completion of drilling activities at the Kawa-1 exploration well, the Joint Venture engaged independent third-party laboratories and experts to complete detailed studies, refined mapping, and analyses to provide opinions on reservoir quality and hydrocarbon type.

This integrated analysis has provided further support for the Joint Venture's initial interpretations that the Kawa-1 exploration well successfully discovered light oil in the Santonian and Coniacian and gas condensate in the Maastrichtian and Campanian as supported by cuttings, mud gas, and annulus fluid analysis.

These findings are consistent with discovery wells reported by other operators surrounding the northern portion of the Corentyne block and de-risks the forthcoming Wei-1 exploration well, expected to be spud in the third quarter of 2022.

Wei-1 Exploration Well

The Joint Venture continues to integrate detailed seismic and lithological analysis and pore pressure studies from the Kawa-1 well into preparations in advance of drilling the Joint Venture's second exploration well, called Wei-1, in the third quarter of 2022, subject to rig release from a third-party operator.

The Wei-1 exploration well will be located approximately 8.7 miles northwest of the Kawa-1 exploration well in the Corentyne block, approximately 124.3 miles offshore from Georgetown, Guyana.

The Wei-1 exploration well will be drilled in a water depth of approximately 1,912 feet to a targeted total depth of 20,500 ft and will target Campanian and Santonian aged stacked channels in a western channel complex in the northern section of the Corentyne block.

Information gained at Kawa-1 has improved the chance of success at Wei-1 from 29 percent to 56 percent. Data from the Kawa-1 and Wei-1 exploration wells will inform future activities and potential development decisions.

CGX continues to assess several strategic opportunities to obtain additional financing to meet the costs of the drilling program.

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