HOUSTON, TEXAS — (Marketwired) — 08/19/13 — Cub Energy Inc. (“Cub”, or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE: KUB) announces that the Olgovskoye-24 (“O-24”) exploration well has commenced drilling. The O-24 well is operated by KUB-Gas LLC (“KUB-Gas”), a partially-owned subsidiary in which Cub has a 30% effective ownership interest through its 30% shareholding of KUBGas Holdings Limited.
Olgovskoye-24 Well
The O-24 well will be drilled as a directional well with a planned total measured depth of 2,450 metres. The well is located approximately one kilometre west of the Company–s Olgovskoye-12 (“O-12”) and will be drilled with the KUB-Gas owned K-200 drilling rig. The O-24 well is expected to take approximately 70 days to reach total depth.
The primary objective of O-24 is to further develop the Bashkirian age B6 pool discovered by the O-12 well in the third quarter of 2011. The B6 zone, which was approximately ten metres thick in the O-12 well, was production tested in October 2011 at a maximum gross rate of 8.1 million cubic feet per day (“MMcf/d”) through a 10 mm choke. The O-12 started producing in January 2012 at an average rate during that month of 4.43 MMcf/d of gas with 67 barrels of condensate per day. Current production is approximately 4 MMcf/d (1.2 MMcf/d net to Cub).
About Cub Energy Inc.
Cub Energy Inc. is an upstream oil and gas company, with a proven track record of exploration and production cost efficiency in the Black Sea region. The Company–s strategy is to implement western technology and capital, combined with local expertise and ownership, to increase value in its undeveloped land base, creating and further building a portfolio of producing oil and gas assets within a high pricing environment.
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Contacts:
Cub Energy Inc.
Mikhail Afendikov
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(713) 677-0439
Cub Energy Inc.
Lionel C. McBee
Director of Investor Relations
(713) 677-0439