Angus Energy submits application for an extended well test at Balcombe

Angus Energy has announced that, pursuant to Town and Country Planning regulations, the company has posted notice of its application for an extended well test at the Balcombe site, and following the statutory seven day waiting period, the submission will be lodged with West Sussex County Council in Chichester on Wednesday 2nd October.

In response to Investor and Media enquiries the company would like to clarify its field operating techniques at Balcombe, in which the company is the Operator and has a 25% interest.

Specifically the company would like to make clear once more that it does not employ, or intend to employ, any hydraulic fracturing techniques on any of its presently operated fields.

Hydraulic fracturing is an expensive and complex technique used to improve the performance of wells producing directly from shale reservoirs.

As regards Balcombe in particular, Angus do not need to use this technique because it will be producing from a limestone reservoir within the shale.

George Lucan, Managing Director, commented: “There has been a small delay to the timetable for submission of Planning Application for Balcombe.

“This is due to the special care which we are taking on this Application in terms of procuring all conceivable environmental reports and engaging in preliminary community liaison.

“We are pleased nonetheless to have this step completed.”

Balcombe field discovery

Angus Energy holds a 25% stake in and is the operator of, the Balcombe Discovery along with its partners Cuadrilla and Lucas Bolney.

The Balcombe site lies approximately eight kilometre- south east of Crawley near the village of Balcombe. The conventional oil accumulation lies on the downthrown side of the Borde Hill Fault, with dip closure present both to the east and west at Upper Jurassic level.

The field is positioned in a prime central location of the Weald Basin, where buried rock intervals are at their thickest, and oil source rock intervals at their most mature.

Source: Energy-pedia