Beacon Energy（AIM：BCE）是一家全周期石油和天然气公司，通过其全资子公司 Rhein Petroleum GmbH（“莱茵石油”）拥有德国陆上资产组合，宣布 SCHB2 侧线钻机已完成已由前任操作员释放，并将很快开始调动到埃尔费尔登站点。

侧线作业预计将于 2024 年 5 月 8 日左右开始。侧线作业本身预计需要大约 14 天。一旦钻机从埃尔费尔登现场复员，预计将在 2024 年 5 月最后一周重新开始生产。

侧线作业完成后，一旦达到稳定和持续的流量，将提供进一步的更新。

该公司首席执行官拉里·博顿利 (Larry Bottomley) 表示：
“我们期待着侧钻作业的开始，并将继续全力专注于建立 SCHB-2 井的最佳生产能力。一旦实现持续流量，公司的目标是迅速采取行动，优化和更新埃尔费尔登油田开发计划、合资格人员报告和债务融资工作流程，以加速进一步开发钻探，以实现埃尔费尔登油田的全部潜力。我们期待着此​​次行动的结果，并提供最新情况。股东在适当的时候。”

Beacon Energy (AIM:BCE), the full-cycle oil and gas company with a portfolio of onshore German assets through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Rhein Petroleum GmbH ("Rhein Petroleum"), announces that the drilling rig for the SCHB2 sidetrack has been released by the previous operator and will shortly commence mobilisation to the Erfelden site.

Sidetrack operations are expected to commence on or around 8 May 2024. The sidetrack operation itself is expected to take approximately 14 days. Once the rig has been demobilised from the Erfelden site, production is expected to re-commence during the last week of May 2024.

A further update will be provided following completion of sidetrack operation and once a stabilised and sustained flowrate has been achieved.

Larry Bottomley, CEO of the Company, said:
"We look forward to the commencement of the sidetrack operation and remain fully focussed on establishing the optimal production capacity of the SCHB-2 well. Once a sustained flow rate is achieved, the Company aims to move swiftly to optimise and update the Erfelden Field Development Plan, a Competent Persons Report and debt funding workstreams required to accelerate further development drilling to realise the full potential of the Erfelden field. We look forward to the results of this operation and providing an update to shareholders in due course."