Polar Petroleum Corp. (POLR; herein after "Polar Petroleum",
"Polar" and/or "the Company") is pleased to provide an update on
the Company's exploration work to date and its current business
plans for its 3 Alaska-based oil and gas projects in the prolific
North Slope region: the Hemi Springs Project, the Franklin Bluffs
Project and the North Point Thomson Project.
Polar Petroleum Corp.'s President and CEO, Daniel Walker,
commented: "While we have already completed initial exploration
work on 2 of our projects, the plans outlined here include all the
potential stages and conditional outcomes we are currently
considering to undertake for our 3 Alaska projects. With these
plans spanning from preliminary exploration right through to
potential drilling and production and/or deciding whether to retain
lease acreage, it's understandable that these plans may be altered
along the way or may not ultimately be executed."
Polar Petroleum's exploration plans are forward-looking in
nature; are dependent on the Company's ability to raise the
necessary capital to fund the work and operations outlined below;
and there can be no assurance Polar will be able to do so.
HEMI SPRINGS PROJECT
1. Initial technical assessment.
2. Magnetic data purchase and interpretation (completed;
Fugro).
3. Well log analysis and interpretation (in progress; Waters
Petroleum, LLC).
4. Begin well permitting process (surface and target locations
to be revised/amended later).
5. Seismic data acquisition, interpretation, and structural
mapping (in discussions).
6. Decide if more data required to define exploration well
location. If more data required, then (a), if not, then (b).
(a) Acquire and interpret additional data, then (b) and (c).
(b) Define exploration well location(s).
(c) Obtain petroleum engineer's assessment of reserves for
well's target-horizons (independent third party).
7. Decide to pursue drilling by Polar alone (a), by seeking an
outside drilling partner (b), or forego drilling at this time
(c).
(a1) Finalize well permit for drilling.
(a2) Go to tender for well.
(a3) Spud well, drill and test. If well is not successful, then
(a4), otherwise (a5).
(a4) Evaluate alternative well locations and run the stages
(a1-a4) again, or go to (b), or go to (c).
(a5) Fully define a field development plan, unitize the leases,
and go into production.
(b) Identify prospective drilling partner companies and engage
in discussions, with the objective of pursuing steps (a1-a3)
above.
(c) Decide whether to retain lease acreage.
[For Hemi Springs Project flow chart, see URL below.]
FRANKLIN BLUFFS PROJECT
1. Initial technical assessment.
2. Magnetic data purchase and interpretation (completed;
Fugro).
3. Well log analysis and interpretation (completed; Waters).
4. Evaluate cost/benefit of applying for 3-year lease extension
on ADL 390939.
5. Decide to pursue extension (a), or drop the lease (b).
(a) Continue as below (6).
(b) Terminate the lease and end the project.
6. Apply for lease extension, and if granted continue as below
(7), if not then (5b).
7. Define target-horizons; obtain petroleum engineer's
assessment of well reserves; begin well permitting process (surface
and target locations to be revised/amended later).
8. Decide to pursue drilling by Polar alone (a), by seeking an
outside drilling partner (b), or forego drilling at this time
(c).
(a1) Finalize well permit for drilling.
(a2) Go to tender for well.
(a3) Spud well, drill and test. If well is not successful, then
(a4), otherwise (a5).
(a4) Evaluate alternative well locations and run the stages
(a1-a4) again, or go to (b), or go to (c).
(a5) Fully define a field development plan, unitize the leases,
and go into production.
(b) Identify prospective drilling partner companies and engage
in discussions, with the objective of pursuing steps (a1-a3)
above.
(c) Decide whether to retain lease acreage.
[For Franklin Bluffs Project flow chart, see URL below.]
NORTH POINT THOMSON PROJECT
Polar Petroleum is currently in discussions with Fugro/CGG
regarding obtaining magnetic and gravitational data and
interpretation for the North Point Thomson project; the geologists
have started their initial technical assessment. The Company is
also working with WesternGeco about the availability to purchase
seismic data from ConocoPhillips and BP for the North Point Thomson
project (as well as for the Hemi Springs Project).
1. Initial technical assessment (in progress).
2. Gravity and Magnetic data purchase and interpretation (in
discussions).
3. Well log analysis and interpretation (in discussions).
4. Begin well permitting process (surface and target locations
to be revised/amended later).
5. Seismic data acquisition, interpretation, and structural
mapping (in discussions).
6. Decide if more data required to define exploration well
location. If more data required, then (a), if not then (b).
(a) Acquire and interpret additional data, then (b) and (c).
(b) Define exploration well location(s).
(c) Obtain petroleum engineer's assessment of reserves for
well's target-horizons (independent third party).
7. Decide to pursue drilling by Polar alone (a), by seeking an
outside drilling partner (b), or forego drilling at this time
(c).
(a1) Finalize well permit for drilling.
(a2) Go to tender for well.
(a3) Spud well, drill and test. If well is not successful, then
(a4), otherwise (a5).
(a4) Evaluate alternative well locations and run the stages
(a1-a4) again, or go to (b), or go to (c).
(a5) Fully define a field development plan, unitize the leases,
and go into production.
(b) Identify prospective drilling partner companies and engage
in discussions, with the objective of pursuing steps (a1-a3)
above.
(c) Decide whether to retain lease acreage.
[For North Point Thomson Project flow chart, see URL below.]
http://media.globenewswire.com/cache/24266/file/21361.pdf
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Read more about the Hemi Springs Project, the Franklin Bluffs
Project and the North Point Thomson Project on Polar Petroleum's
official website, as well as further information about the Company
and its latest news releases at http://www.polarpetro.com.
ABOUT POLAR PETROLEUM CORP.
Polar Petroleum (POLR) is an independent American oil and gas
company based in Anchorage, AK. The Company is focused on securing
domestic energy solutions through the exploration, development and
production of oil and natural gas in Alaska's proven North Slope
region: home to the 2 largest oil fields in North America, over 10
other producing fields, and established infrastructure. The
Company's Franklin Bluffs Project overlies the 3 source rocks
thought to represent potential unconventional shale oil on the
North Slope. Test drilling in the vicinity has met expectations for
finding oil in the source rocks.* The Company's Hemi Springs
Project is estimated to potentially represent recoverable petroleum
reserves of ~558 million barrels of oil.** The Company's North
Point Thomson Project lies along the northern border of
ExxonMobil's Point Thomson Unit and is 8 miles northeast of the
producing Badami Unit.
Polar's projects comprise 29 leases and ~66,061 acres, and are
strategically positioned between many of the major players of the
oil and gas industry and the necessary infrastructure to bring
hydrocarbons to market.
* Petroleum News, Sept. 23, 2012; ** Geologic Study and Initial
Evaluation of the Potential Petroleum Reserves of the Hemi Springs
Project, North Slope, Alaska (D. T. Gross & D. W. Brizzolara,
Mar. 25, 2013).
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
Polar Petroleum Corp. |
Daniel Walker, President & CEO |
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uncertainties and risks. Such forward-looking statements are within
the meaning of that term in Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements in this press
release are based on Polar Petroleum Corp.'s current expectations
and projections regarding future events, which are based on
currently available information. The forward-looking statements in
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Petroleum Corp.'s anticipated new developments, business prospects,
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the SEC, to disclose only those mineral deposits that a company can
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"inferred" "resources," which the SEC guidelines prohibit US
registered companies from including in their filings with the SEC.
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Form 10-K which may be secured from us, or from our website at
http://www.polarpetro.com.
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