Falcon Oil & Gas Awards Project Management Contract to Halliburton and Provides Operations Update
January 17 2006 - 5:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
DENVER, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSXV:
FO) announced today that it has entered into a contract with
Halliburton's Digital and Consulting Solutions Division Project
Management Team under which Halliburton will provide project
management and operations personnel for Falcon's operations in
Hungary and Romania. Falcon's President, CEO and Chairman Marc A.
Bruner commented, "Halliburton and I have a good track record
together. I will always appreciate the important contributions that
Halliburton made to my previous deep, tight gas project in Wyoming.
And now, it is with optimism that I look forward to their
assistance with this important new deep gas project in Hungary."
Hungary Falcon has two rigs running in Hungary at this time. The
Crosco 403 rig is currently drilling at a measured depth of 2820
meters at the Pusztaszer-1 location on the Tisza License and the
Crosco 801 rig is currently drilling at a measured depth of 1427
meters at the Mako-6 location on the adjacent Mako License, both in
south-eastern Hungary. "Both rigs are making good progress," stated
Marc A. Bruner. "And our geological predictions about high drilling
penetration rates have certainly been accurate to date. While these
two rigs are drilling ahead, our exploration team has continued to
run additional 3D seismic programs to add to our inventory of
drillable prospects and the operations team has proceeded to
construct the next surface location at the Szekkutas-1 location."
Romania After studying the information provided by the Halliburton
team, Falcon has decided to drill one or more additional wells in
the Jiu Valley Coal Bed Methane Concession in Romania. "The design
of the hydraulic fracture stimulation of the initial well at
Lupeni-South-1 has been finalized," said Mr. Bruner. "But, although
utilized extensively in the U.S., the technology associated with
the completion and testing of coal bed methane wells is new to
Romania and the necessary equipment requires extensive
mobilization. Accordingly, we have decided to source another rig,
and drill one or more additional wells in the Jiu Valley. Our plan
would then be to complete multiple wells in the same sequence of
operations." Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. is a Canadian corporation
which is in the business of oil and gas exploration and production.
It has operations in Hungary through its wholly-owned subsidiary
TXM Oil and Gas Exploration, and in Romania through its
wholly-owned subsidiary JVX Energy Corporation. Contacts: Falcon
Oil & Gas Ltd. Marc A. Bruner President, CEO and Chairman Allan
D. Laird Director (303) 803-3646 Contacts: CTA Public Relations
Bevo Beaven Vice President/General Manager (303) 665-4200 The TSX
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responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. The
TSX Venture Exchange has in no way passed upon the merits of the
above-described transaction and has neither approved nor
disapproved the contents of this press release. FCMN Contact:
Shirley@ctapr.com DATASOURCE: Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. CONTACT:
Marc A. Bruner, President, CEO and Chairman, or Allan D. Laird,
Director, both of Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd., +1-303-803-3646; or
Bevo Beaven, Vice President/General Manager of CTA Public
Relations, +1-303-665-4200, for Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. Web site:
http://www.ctapr.com/
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