Kea Petroleum plc provides successful results from its initial oil production testing at Puka 2.

During the initial clean-up flow period of 5 days, the well achieved an initial oil flow rate of 719 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) with an associated gas flow rate 0.419 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) on a 22/64" choke over the initial 12 hour flow period. The oil has a density of 38°API and a pour point of 27°C. No formation water was produced during the flow period. The first shipment of oil from Puka 2 was dispatched to market on 31 March 2013.

Well production is now temporarily halted until Sunday 14 April 2013 to establish initial pressure build up.

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