Southern Alberta Basin Multi-zone Oil Prospects May 28, 2012
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North American Resource Plays PRIMARY 3
Bakken Formation Distribution Map British Columbia Alberta Rocky Mountain Thrust Belt Saskatchewan Manitoba North Battleford Arch Washington Bakken Formation Sweetgrass Arch Pondera-Teton Montana North Dakota Idaho Wyoming Modified from Smith and Bustin 2000 4
Activity, Positioning & Growth 2008 Pondera Teton - 110k acre, 26 sq.mi. 3D Seismic, 4-well Sunburst & Madison Evaluation Program 2009 December NFX acquires 156k acres from Blackfeet for $12mm [$85/ac] 2010 February ROSE updates 2009 drilling program 13MM 15MM OOIP/section 2011 February Primary completes $17.25mm equity raise. CAPEX of $13.5mm 2011 - ROSE-300k acres, NFX-340k acres, FXEN-70k acres JV; ongoing drilling and completion program 2011 October Primary completes Sale & JV Farmout with U.S. Major - $48.5MM 2011 NFX reports IP rate of 225 boe/d; ROSE reports stabilized rates of 104 boe/d and 154 boe/d 2011 November Primary commence 12 well JV drilling program 2012 March - ROSE reports stabilized rate on 3 rd HZ well at 403 boe/d 2012 April JV drilling program current status Increased Lease exposure in the area to 361,000 gross and 304,000 net acres Completed ~95 sq. mi. 3D Seismic and drilled, logged and cored 6 vertical Bakken System strat test wells Secondary vertical production testing drill program on up to four wells on Nisku, Sawtooth & Sunburst 5
Current South Alberta Basin Facts Southern Alberta Basin Over $240 mm on Land Sales in Southern Alberta from April 2010 Average price - $2000/ha ($812/ac.) Maximum price - over $8200/ha ($3300/ac.) To-date over 75 wells are in the process of been tested, completed and/or drilled. Currently 45 Industry participants in the region whereby 34 CDN and 11 U.S. Fairway estimated at 175 mi, north-south and 40-50 mi. east-west Implied potential resource in place in the multiples of billions of barrels Approx. $500 mm spent to date on land, JV s, exploration and drilling Western Montana Southern Alberta Rosetta Resources (ROSE-Q) Crescent Point Energy (CPG-T) Newfield Exploration (NFX-Z) / Stone Energy (SGY-Z) Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-Z) Anschutz Exploration Murphy Oil Corp (MUR-Z) Quicksilver Resources (KWK-Z) Nexen (NXY-T) Torc Oil & Gas Fairways Offshore Exploration DeeThree Exploration (DTX-T) Arkanova Energy (AKVA-Q) Bowood Energy (BWD-V) / Legacy (LEG-T) FX Energy (FXEN-Q) / American Eagle Energy (AMZG-Q) Argosy Energy (GSY-T) Williston Basin Over 4000 Bakken/Three Forks wells drilled to date: USGS estimates up to 4.3 Bbbls of recoverable reserves Producing in excess of 400,000 bbls/day in the U.S. and 70,000 bbls/day in Canada 6
Bakken System Production Rates R27 TORC 280 bbl/d IP90 R13 Bowood 100 boe/d IP90 Bowood 357 boe/d ~14 days DeeThree 415 boe/d IP30 Argosy 140bbl/d DeeThree 940 boe/d 10 days DeeThree 800 boe/d ~3 days Lethbridge Murphy 216 bbl/d IP30 Murphy 400 boe/d ~42 days T1 R16W R2W Modified from Smith & Bustin,2000 ROSE 7 day stabilized production rates NFX Initial production rate ROSE 403 boe/d ROSE 151 boe/d ROSE 104 boe/d NFX 225 boe/d T36N LEGEND Rosetta Newfield Shell Murphy Argosy Deethree Crescent Pt Bowood/Legacy Torc Primary Well Locations First Nations Reserves Primary Leased Lands T22N 7
Blackfeet Reservation SAB Activity 403 boe/d 151 boe/d 104 boe/d 225 boe/d ROSE 7 day stabilized production rates NFX Initial production rate 8
2011/12 Vertical Drilling Activity #3 Dupuyer Ridge 16-35 #6 Dupuyer Ridge 14-27 Fairways #1 Rockport 16-19 #2 Springhill 14-34 #5 Ralston Gap 4-2 #4 Watson Flats 1-12 9
1.5 NW Montana Bakken Depth Structure 1.0 ROSE 403 boe/d ROSE 150 boe/d Kevin-Sunburst Dome 84MMbo & 500Bcf Blackfeet Indian Reservation ROSE 104 boe/d Cut Bank 172MMbo & 210Bcf NFX 225 boe/d Cored Bakken Well Fairways Bakken System Test Well Pondera Oil Field 29MMbo Shell Evilsizer Well PIE vertical test wells Primary s Area of Interest Ro #s From Dolson et al. (1993) 10
NW Thrust Front SAB Bakken Stratigraphic & Reservoir Model: Position of Primary Petroleum Leasehold Rosetta Riverbend 12-13H Newfield Sheriff 1-11H Sweetgrass Arch Axis SE Top of Bakken Oil Window 4000 6000 8000 Top of Bakken Gas Window 10000 Note: Vertical Exaggeration of Stratigraphic Zone Thickness ~20X Depth Scale 11
South Alberta Basin Williston Basin Similarities Differences Hydrocarbon-saturated, continuous petroleum system with low water saturation Stratigraphically equivalent source rock and reservoir zones Unconventional clastic and carbonate reservoirs Exploitation requires horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing Greater structural complexity in South Alberta Basin Large-scale stratigraphic trapping potential along western flank of Sweetgrass Arch Relatively shallower drilling depths and lower completed well costs in South Alberta Basin Greater overpressure developed in Williston Basin 12
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