Empire Energy Group Limited will reopen the well and restart Extended Production Test ("EPT") operations on or around 28th September 2021. The EPT operations are expected to further enhance Empire's understanding of the relative productivity of each of the Velkerri Formation shale targets (A, B, Intra A/B and C) and the gas composition of produced hydrocarbons. The data collected will inform technical decisions and the optimum placement of the Carpentaria-2H horizontal well, and future horizontal appraisal drilling across EP187. Empire also intends to enhance the artificial lift system at Carpentaria-1 to better determine the productivity of the Velkerri Formation shales. The Carpentaria-2H well pad is located 4.5 kilometres to the north of the Carpentaria Highway and McArthur River Pipeline on an existing 2D seismic line approximately 11km North of Carpentaria-1. The target Velkerri Formation shales are shown by mapping to be more than 200 metres deeper at the Carpentaria-2 location than the same sequence in Carpentaria-1. Civil works for the Carpentaria-2 well pad and access roads are advancing well. Water bore drilling has been completed. The drilling of the Carpentaria-2H well is expected to commence in late October once final Northern Territory approvals are received. The Carpentaria-2 vertical hole section will be drilled through the Velkerri Formation shale sequence followed by an extensive formation evaluation program. The vertical hole section will be immediately plugged back and the horizontal Carpentaria-2H hole section drilled into the Velkerri Formation shale to be high- graded by the pilot hole and Carpentaria-1 formation evaluation and production testing. Hydraulic fracture stimulation and EPT of the Carpentaria-2H horizontal well, which will be designed to test the commercial production potential of the well, is planned to start early in the 2022 dry season once technical data has been collected and analysed.