Entek Energy Limited (Entek) has farmed into High Island Blocks A300 & A301 in the Gulf of Mexico.

In pursuit of Entek’s strategic approach to building value through low risk, high reward oil and gas exploration prospects, the Company has farmed into two Blocks in the outer continental shelf of the Gulf of Mexico - blocks A300 and A301, located in the High Island Area, East Addition, South Extension. The Blocks are 5,760 acres each and located in approximately 190 feet water depth.

An exploration well is planned to spud in November 2007. The exact timing of the well is dependent on rig schedules. The prospect to be drilled, named the Big Ugly Fat Boy (BUFB) is a shallow target identified with high quality 3D seismic. The prospect has a strong amplitude anomaly very similar to thick gas pays in adjacent blocks. The prospect has a potential gas resource of between 8 to 40 BCF.

Entek will earn a 15% Working Interest in the Blocks by paying 20% of the first well to casing point. Thereafter, Entek’s participation cost will revert to 15%. In the event that the initial exploratory well is successful, the joint venture plans to drill a second well to enable confirmation of connectivity through a large portion of the reservoir and prove sufficient reserves to justify development. The cost to drill and evaluate the exploratory well is approximately US$4 million. The follow-up well will be a similar cost.

Commenting on the farmin, Entek Chairman Mr Russell Brimage said “the participation in this farmin further demonstrates our commitment to the Company’s growth, focused on the continental shelf of the Gulf of Mexico where robust exploration targets can be identified using high quality 3D seismic and regionally experienced geo-scientists.”

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