Europa Oil & Gas, the AIM quoted UK, West Africa and Ireland focused oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announces that it has submitted a planning application for the Cloughton (Europa interest: 40%) appraisal well to North Yorkshire Council.

The Company has also launched a community engagement website dedicated to its Cloughton gas field appraisal project to provide local residents and stakeholders with information on the project, Europa’s application to drill at the Burniston Mill site, and how the project partners intend to work with local communities.

This site is also intended to help prevent misinformation and address frequently asked questions about Europa’s planned operations.

Cloughton – The East Midlands (40%)

PEDL 343 contains two adjacent blocks, TA09 and SE99a and covers 110 square kilometres. Block TA09 is located north of Scarborough running up the east coast and Block SE99a is located to its west. 

The Cloughton-1 discovery well was drilled by Bow Valley in 1986 and encountered gas throughout the Carboniferous section. Four zones were tested, three of which were in the Carboniferous, the other within the Permian dolomitic limestone. The Cloughton-1 well test achieved rates of between 2-40,000 scf/day on natural flow, however with the right completion and production optimisation techniques it is believed a well could flow at 6 mmscft/day. The gas is sweet good quality gas with >98% methane and ethane.

Europa regards Cloughton as a gas appraisal opportunity with the critical challenge being to obtain commercial flowrates from future production testing operations. A location for an appraisal well pad has been identified and following successful testing operations the field would be monetised by connecting to the nearby gas grid.

KeyFacts Energy: Europa Oil & Gas UK country profile