Phyl Rendell Director, Minerals and Agriculture, FIG

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• Phyl Rendell Director, Minerals and
  Agriculture, FIG
• Phil Richards Geologist, British Geological
  Survey
• Phil Stone Geologist, British Geological Survey
• Lewis Clifton Director, Byron Marine Ltd

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Area Exploration History Potential Licences and
our operators Future plans UNCLOS
Oil Phil Richards - BGS
Minerals Hows it going? Phil
Stone - BGS
Review
Infrastructure forward look Phyl Rendell - FIG
Audience discussion
Business Perspective Lewis Clifton Byron Marine
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Oil Phil Richards - BGS
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Oil

• Falklands
• Big area
• Sexy geology
• Huge potential

• But
• Remote
• Logistically difficult

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Exploration History

• 1992 - Start.
• 1995 - 1st licensing.
• 1998 - drilling (6 wells).
• 2003 - 07 - new surveys.
• 2007 - 08 - new wells?

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1998 drilling technical and logistical success
despite remote location and Argentine
intransigence. Oil to surface!
Next time we expect both technical and
commercial success! Oil to refineries?
Opportunities for the Future
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Where are the sexy areas?
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Current oil licences
The only bit thats been drilled so far. Rest is
frontier, virgin territory.
Lots of activity here will lead to drilling!
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Current offshore activity
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Next drilling targets
After that?

• When?
• Needs a rig.
• At least 3 months.
• Possibly 2007.

• Appraisal of discovery?
• Production?

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Desire FOGL BSP Rockhopper FGML Argos
New breed of companies here since last (1998)
phase of drilling Shell and other majors gone
away.
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What odds for oil?
Calculating those odds
Source rock 80
x Maturity 70
x Seal 75
x Reservoir 60
x Trap 80
Odds 20, or 15
But, if any parameter 0
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How much oil is there?
So, how much oil?
Somewhere between zero and lots!

• Falklands companies estimate
• North Falklands gt 4 billion barrels in place?
• South and East Falklands - gt 10 billion barrels
  in place?

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Potential markets?
Potential for Falklands to ensure part of UKs
security of supply
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Extending the Continental Shelf UNCLOS the
long term resource issue supporting the
future for our great grandchildren
Opportunities for the Future
18 April 2007
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Minerals Phil Stone - BGS
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Minerals
18 April 2007
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Minerals
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Minerals
Opportunities for the Future
18 April 2007
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Minerals
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Minerals
FGML drilling rig operating in Ceritos
Arroyo, East Falkland
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Review Phyl Rendell - FIG
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The Way Forward - Review

• A good place to do business

• Robust regulatory framework that protects the
  environment

• FIG works in partnership
• with companies to maximise knowledge of the area

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• Islands infrastructure has facilitated

• Acquisition of 45,000 km of 2D seismic
• 3 large 3D seismic surveys
• Several airborne magnetic surveys both on and
  offshore
• 6 exploration wells

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• Shell, Amerada etc found facilities and local
  services better than expected when drilling

Private sector has burgeoned since 1998 and can
offer a wider range of services
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Where are we headed? Continued exploration
leading to

• production with minimal onshore/environmental
  impact
• long-term economic self-sufficiency for the
  Islands

Come and join us!
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