Pantheon 还宣布，其于 2023 年 12 月成功竞标的租约已授予，预计将在未来几周内颁发。

Pantheon 已正式签约使用 Nabors 105AC 钻机，该公司在之前的钻探活动中使用过该钻机，该公司对这台钻机非常熟悉，该钻机将钻探目标为 Ahpun East 顶部储层。预计 9 月将开始在道尔顿高速公路西侧建造砾石垫，这些现场工程完成后，钻机将投入使用。

据估计，Megrez-1 井的成功地质概率为 69%，目标是 Ahpun East 项目区顶部砂层，该公司估计该区域含有 2U 远景资源，包括 6.09 亿桶可销售液体和 3.3 万亿立方英尺天然气。Ahpun East 顶部砂层比之前钻探的 Ahpun Western 顶部砂层浅得多。

该公司还支付了在 2023 年 12 月举行的阿拉斯加州 2023W Areawide 石油和天然气租赁销售中获得的 46 份新石油和天然气租赁的剩余费用，该销售于 2023 年 12 月 14 日宣布。根据该州在授予租赁之前所做的官方所有权工作，这 46 份新租赁共计 65,691.5 英亩，其中 30 英亩位于 Kodiak 油田的西部边界，16 英亩覆盖 Ahpun East 顶部区域。阿拉斯加州将在未来几周内执行并签发租赁。

Pantheon 首席执行官杰伊·奇瑟姆 (Jay Cheatham) 评论道：“管理层对 Ahpun 东部顶部储层的最佳估计是超过 10 亿桶油当量的 2U 远景资源量，将通过 Megrez-1 井进行测试，该井位于管道和道路基础设施的旁边，预计储层质量将比西部顶部储层好几个数量级，我们相信这是 2024 年全球最具影响力的陆上勘探井之一。这里的成功将进一步推进我们的 Ahpun 开发模式和计划。”

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Pantheon also announces that the leases which it successfully bid for in December 2023 have been awarded and are expected to be issued within the coming weeks.

Pantheon has formally contracted to use the Nabors 105AC drill rig, a rig the Company is familiar with having used it in previous drilling campaigns, to drill the Megrez-1 exploration well which will target the Ahpun East topset play. Siteworks for construction of a gravel pad along the west side of the Dalton Highway are expected to commence in September and upon completion of these siteworks the drill rig will be mobilised.

The Megrez-1 well is estimated to have a 69% geological chance of success and will target the topset sands in Ahpun East project area which the Company estimates to contain a 2U Prospective Resources of 609 million barrels of marketable liquids and 3.3 Tcf of natural gas. The Ahpun East topsets are significantly shallower than the Ahpun western topsets drilled previously.

The Company has also paid the remaining portion of the fees for the 46 new oil and gas leases acquired in the State of Alaska’s 2023W Areawide oil and gas lease sale held in December 2023 as announced on 14 December 2023. Based on the official title work done by the State prior to awarding the leases, the 46 new leases consist of an aggregate of 65 691.5 acres, 30 of which are located on the western boundary of the Kodiak Field and 16 of which cover the Ahpun East topset play. The State of Alaska will execute and issue the leases in the next few weeks.

Jay Cheatham, Pantheon’s Chief Executive, commented: “With a management best estimate for the eastern topsets in Ahpun at over 1 billion boe 2U Prospective Resource to be tested by the Megrez-1 well, located immediately adjacent to pipeline and road infrastructure and in reservoirs expected to be orders of magnitudes better than western topsets, we believe this to be one of the most impactful onshore exploration well being drilled anywhere in the world during 2024. Success here would further advance our Ahpun development models and plans.”

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