Ascent Resources plc has completed logging operations in the Anagni-1 well located in the Frosinone Exploration Permit in the Latina Valley in Italy. The results of logging and core sampling are encouraging and now a production test over a 450 metre section of potential reservoir is planned.

The Anagni-1 well has been deepened from 971 metres to a current total depth of 1,355 metres. As previously, total loss of circulation was experienced throughout and the only rock samples recovered to surface were four cores, which all had traces of oil. These are detailed below.

The analysis of log data indicates that the complete section is drilled in a continuous limestone with extensive dolomitised zones totalling over 140 metres within the 450 metres gross thickness. Porosity in the dolomite frequently exceeds 10%. From the core data, the limestones area of Miocene and late Cretaceous age.