Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that the appraisal well (7225/3-2) test programme on the Norvarg discovery located in licence PL535 in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea has been completed.

The appraisal well was drilled approximately 275 km north of the Hammerfest LNG plant on Melkøya, in a water depth of 377 metres, to delineate the Triassic Kobbe Formation of the Norvarg gas discovery. Two formation tests were carried out in the upper and lower parts of the Kobbe Formation, with the well flowing at a maximum gross production rate of 175,000 standard cubic metres of gas per day (approximately 6.2 million standard cubic feet per day) on a 52/64-inch choke. Extensive data acquisition, wire line logging, coring and sampling has been carried out. The well has also been completed with down hole gauges capable of transmitting data after abandonment, which will give further information about the extent of the reservoir.

The Norvarg appraisal well was drilled to test the eastern segment of the structure and to assess the quality and productivity of the Kobbe reservoir.

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