Gas2Grid Commences Technical Program at Malolos Oil Field in Philippines

Gas2Grid Limited reported Wednesday that following the award of a Two Year Technical Moratorium by the Philippine Department of Energy, it has commenced the Malolos Oil Field technical program to establish the best completion technology to fully appraise and develop the oil field. The Two Year Technical Moratorium provides security of tenure over Service Contract 44 located onshore Cebu in the Philippines until Jan. 28, 2017 and within that time the Company aims to demonstrate the field commerciality and apply for a 25 year production term.

In conjunction with the work program, the Company has already met with selected companies to consider farming in the Service Contract 44 by funding the oil field appraisal and development. Further meetings with additional companies are planned.

Two Year Technical Moratorium – Work Commitments

The Two Year Technical Moratorium has been granted by the Philippine Department of Energy with the work commitments outlined below. The Company aims to complete this program as early as possible to achieve field commerciality by bringing forward the Year 2 program, subject to funding.

Year 1 (Jan. 28 – Jan. 27, 2016) – $100,000

• Research and design a mud/hydraulics program to minimize formation damage in open hole
• Research possible alternatives to enhance current oil production from Malolos-1 well
• Malolos-1: implement any enhancement program warranting application in cased hole
• Malolos-1: continue to test produce
• Conduct new petrophysical analysis on Nuevo Malolos-1, Malubog Formation core
• Collect Malubog Formation outcrop samples and conduct petrophyiscal analysis
• Commence research, in association with industry experts and service contractors, on best completion type for Malubog Formation sandstone reservoirs, incorporating all available petrophysical data
• Map in detail the Malolos surface anticline

Year 2 (Jan. 28, 2016 – Jan. 27, 2018) – $1 million

• Complete research, in association with industry experts and service contractors, on desired completion type for Malubog Formation sandstone reservoirs incorporating all available petrophysical data
• Finalize the open hole well design and completion program, in association with industry experts and service contractors
• Deepen Nuevo Malolos-1 to oil bearing reservoirs, core and record modern open hole electric logs (Option: drill a new Malolos well elsewhere in oil field)
• Complete well for oil production implementing new completion technology
• Commence oil production test to establish field commerciality
• Apply for a 25 year production term

Farmout

The Company’s preference is to fund the full appraisal and development of the Malolos Oil Field by securing a farmin partner. Farmout presentations commenced before Christmas, initially targeting oil companies located in South-East Asia. The farmout efforts will be expanded over the next few months.

The Malolos Oil Field still represents an attractive investment opportunity despite the recent oil price drop and the immediate effect that it has had on the oil industry worldwide. The Malolos Oil Field has a 20.4 million barrel “Best Estimate (P50) Contingent Resource” of good quality, low sulphur crude oil that is located onshore close to transportation in a country with excellent fiscal terms. All that point to low development and operating costs which should leave a healthy profit margin, even at the current low oil price.