Australis continues to take a conservative approach to estimating its oil and gas reserves and resources. Future production from existing wells has been assessed in the YE2021 report in a manner consistent with previous years. However, given the current Company strategy to introduce a partner for the purposes of advancing the development of its TMS asset, the Board has determined that it would not be appropriate to propose a development plan as part of the YE2021 reserves evaluation.
Therefore, the YE2021 reserve and resource estimate consists of a proved, probable and possible developed reserve estimate only and no reserve estimates have been generated for undeveloped acreage. A contingent resource estimate is provided and, as in previous years, the mid case 2C contingent resource is subject to a qualifying development plan to transition volumes to an appropriate reserve category of proved, probable and possible.
Australis Managing Director and CEO
At the effective date of the report,
The remaining 31 producing operated wells and interests in 15 producing non-operated wells were assessed by Ryder Scott on a Proved Developed Producing ('PDP') basis and additional volumes attributed to the mid (probable) and high (possible) cases. In previous years Australis has proposed modest development plans for Ryder Scott to consider in order to assess proved, probable and possible undeveloped reserves. These development plans were based on an appropriate projected well schedule at that time and any recoverable volumes not assigned as an undeveloped reserve were allocated to a low, mid or high case contingent resource, subject only to a qualifying development plan. Australis has consistently advised that the Company has been seeking to introduce a partner in the TMS to help progress field development.
The Australis Board therefore deemed it appropriate to wait and intends to update the undeveloped reserve assessment when there is more clarity on future development plans. This decision does not impact the economic potential of the play. As shown in the YE2020 reserve report, which included a modest development program, the proved undeveloped reserves were economic even at the YE2020 reserve report oil price of
The ASX and SPE compliant methodology of taking the average 1st day of the preceding 12-month period yielded an oil price of
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Forward Looking Statements
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