Nido Petroleum Philippines Pty Limited, as Operator of Service Contract 54A and Service Contract 54B, repot the successful completion of the combined SC 54A Lawaan/Libas and SC 54B Pawikan 2D seismic surveys on 10 December 2011. Nido's partners in SC 54A are Yilgarn Petroleum Philippines Pty Ltd , Trafigura Ventures III B.V. and TG World Corporation, and in SC 54B, Yilgarn Petroleum Philippines Pty Ltd and Shell Philippines Exploration B.V.

The two surveys were acquired over the period 29 November to 10 December 2011 using the MV 'Nordic Energy' operated by seismic contractor Nordic Maritime Pte Ltd.

Key highlights:

■ SC 54A: 73 full-fold line kilometres of new 2D seismic was acquired over the greater Lawaan and Libas Prospects. The objective of the survey was to determine if the two prospects are connected structurally which would further upgrade the potential of the larger Lawaan Prospect, which is currently the leading drilling candidate in SC 54A. Prospective resource oil-in-place estimates for Lawaan and Libas are currently 34.7 million barrels* and 12.0 million barrels respectively.

■ SC 54B: 430 full-fold line kilometres of new 2D seismic data was acquired over the Pawikan Lead. The objective of the new seismic is to mature the Pawikan Lead to Prospect status by addressing remaining risks relating to reservoir and charge into the structure.

The Pawikan Lead lies 30 km to the south of the non-commercial Gindara-1 gas and oil discovery well which was drilled by the SC 54B Joint Venture earlier this year and 10 kilometres south-west of the Service Contract 14 Nido A/B oilfields. Prospective Resource oil-in-place estimate for Pawikan is approximately 2 billion barrels*.

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