Pantheon Resources 已正式签约使用 Nabors 105AC 钻机钻探 Megrez-1 勘探井，该井将从 2024 年第四季度开始瞄准 Ahpun East 顶部油藏。此外，该公司在 2023 年 12 月竞标的租约已经授予，并将在未来几周内发放。

据估计，Megrez-1 井的成功地质概率为 69%，目标是 Ahpun East 项目区顶部砂岩层，Pantheon 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 顶部砂岩层比之前钻探的 Ahpun Western 顶部砂岩层浅得多。

正如 2023 年 12 月 14 日宣布的那样，Pantheon 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 个新石油和天然气租赁权的剩余费用。根据该州在授予租赁权之前所做的官方所有权工作，46 个新租赁权总计 65,691.5 英亩，其中 30 英亩位于科迪亚克油田的西部边界，16 英亩覆盖 Ahpun East 顶部区域。

Pantheon Resources has formally contracted to use the Nabors 105AC drill rig to drill the Megrez-1 exploration well, which will target the Ahpun East topset play, starting in Q4 2024. In addition, the leases it bid for in December 2023 have been awarded and are will be issued within the coming weeks.

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 Pantheon 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.

Pantheon 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.