Kansas Coal Bed Methane Gas Update
May 14 2008 - 8:43AM
Business Wire
Hemi Energy Group, Inc. (Pink sheets: HMGP) has identified five
coal bed layers under the five mature leases with oil production in
Woodson County, Kansas. The five coal bed pay zones, starting from
the deepest to the shallowest are the Riverton, which sets on top
of the Mississippi formation, the Weir-Pittsburg, Bevier, Mulky and
Summit. The Bourbon Arch, which is a geological feature, is
approximately forty miles long and all of these coal beds lie on
top of the Bourbon Arch. There are more than two billion cubic feet
of coal bed layers and these results only include some of the
layers of coal beds. Testing is still being completed at the lab of
the coring and cutting samples of these layers. When the analysis
is completed at the laboratory, the information can be used by the
geologist to update the reserve report to include the CBM gas. The
geologist will use this information and other detailed geological
information to determine the amount of CBM gas. Hemi's lease
acreage of the five mature oil leases is approximately three square
miles. The company also has additional leases that are adjacent or
contiguous which have several times the total acreage of these five
mature leases. This area of southeast Kansas is well documented as
having blanket geological formations especially in CBM pay zones.
Coal bed methane gas, when properly produced in our area of Kansas,
has a very long commercial life expectancy, many times ten years or
more years, because methane coal beds regenerate the methane gas.
Management's opinion and experience is that there is significantly
more total cubic feet of coal beds and therefore there will be a
large volume of CBM gas when the updated reserves report about oil
and gas is released. Hemi President Keith A. Anderson issued this
statement: "The high crude oil and gasoline prices has impacted
each and every American, as the world seeks alternative sources of
energy and CBM gas is a renewable energy resource. With that
thought in mind, Hemi has been drilling and developing wells, we
have been employing the highest levels of the industry standards
for drilling and completion techniques which will allow these wells
to continue producing decades into the future. Due to the current
economic climate we have focused on crude oil production, near
term. While choosing to leave the CBM gas behind pipe as proved
undeveloped reserves for future use. Converting the current oil
wells into CBM gas wells or comingled CBM gas/Crude oil production
wells will be a relatively simple, straight forward, low cost
conversion of these bore holes. Ongoing reports from Kansas
Geological Society have further confirmed the thickness of the
coals in the Bourbon Arch and quality of gas which may be obtained.
I feel the preliminary CBM gas reserves being quoted in this press
release has the potential of being increased exponentially in the
final completed reserve report, we recently commissioned." A large
petroleum company, with home offices in Houston, Texas, is doing
extensive drilling and development of their coal bed methane gas on
leases with similar types of CBM pay zones located ten to twenty
miles south from our areas of interest. A company like this, with
very large lease holdings, obviously has done extensive due
diligence before committing millions of dollars to develop the CBM
gas in their leases in southeast Kansas. Therefore, it is a
reasonable projection that development of very similar types of
blanket coal bed formations will also be as commercially viable for
Hemi. Hemi has knowledge about other blanket CBM formations that
are within a few miles of our mature leases and also adjacent to
our leases in the Cherry Creek Trend that is our next leases to be
drilled. "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 Statements in this press release
relating to plans, strategies, economic performance and trends,
projections of results of specific activities or investments, and
other statements that are not descriptions of historical facts may
be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. Forward-looking information is inherently subject to
risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially
from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which
include, but are not limited to, risk factors inherent in doing
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negative of these terms. Although we believe that the expectations
reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we
cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements. The Company has no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements. For additional information, please go
to http://hemienergy.com.
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