Indonesia Energy (IEC) has commenced drilling operations at the second of its two back-to-back producing wells. This well is named the K-28 well. The first of these two back-to-back wells, the K-27 well, was completed as a discovery well in May 2022.  These wells are being drilled on the company’s 63,000-acre Kruh Block located on Sumatra Island.

Drilling at K-28 commenced on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. K-28 has a target total depth of 3,400 feet, and it is expected to take approx. 45 days to complete all drilling operations.

As an update to the drilling plan timing for 2022, IEC plans to drill a third new well at Kruh Block which is anticipated to commence drilling in the in September 2022 timeframe, and likely a fourth new well sometime before the end of 2022. These wells are the continuation of IEC’s previously announced drilling campaign to complete a total of 18 new production wells in Kruh Block by the end of 2024.

If drilling is successful, in the K-28 well, is expected to average production of over 100 barrels of oil per day over the first year of production and will cost approx. $1.5 million to drill and complete. Based on the terms of IEC’s contract with the Indonesian government and an oil price of $90.00/barrel (which is approx. 20% below the most recent closing price for Brent), the well is expected to generate $2.4 million in net revenue in its first twelve months, which would be enough to recover more than the cost of drilling the well in the first year of production.

The Kruh Block is located on Sumatra Island where IEC is already producing oil from 5 existing wells.

Mr. Frank Ingriselli, IEC’s President, commented:
"We are excited to have commenced drilling our second of two back-to-back wells and to aggressively take advantage of the current high prices for oil and move our company towards a potential cash flow positive position this year, setting the stage for further drilling and growth for our company in 2022 and beyond. We believe Kruh Block is a world class asset that should significantly grow our cash flow as we drill additional wells and seek to maximize returns on our investments and grow shareholder value. Additionally, our company is moving forward to aggressively set the stage to develop our potential billion-barrel equivalent natural gas Citarum Block, where the previous operator drilled a few gas discoveries."

Kruh Block

Kruh Block covers an area of 258 square kilometers (63,753 acres) in Sumatra, Indonesia. This block produced an average of about 9,900 barrels of oil per month (gross) in 2018. Out of the total eight proved and potentially oil bearing structures in the block, three structures (North Kruh, Kruh and West Kruh fields) have combined proved developed and undeveloped gross crude oil reserves of 4.99 million barrels (net crude oil proved reserves of 2.13 million barrels) and probable undeveloped gross crude oil reserves of 2.59 million barrels (net probable crude oil reserves of 1.12 million barrels) as of January 1, 2019.

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