Oilex advises that the Cambay-75 appraisal/development well has reached total depth of 1,580 meters and wireline logging operations have been completed. The well intersected good quality MBS sands, the uppermost unit of which (1 meter thick) contains gas and the remainder of the unit is interpreted to be water bearing with significant oil shows and high residual gas saturations which are not commercially producible in this well.

The interpretation of the logs indicates that the MBS sandstone is about 7 meters thick and of good quality with average porosity 26%. The uppermost sandstone of 1 meter thickness is gas-bearing and overlies a water bearing interval that also contains significant gas saturations and oil shows. The MBS reservoir pressure is lower than virgin pressure but clearly not in direct communication with Cambay-74 and Cambay-64 and most likely separated by a small but linearly persistent fault. The fault is difficult to interpret from the seismic data. It may divide the structure into a western and eastern compartment, the former having been evaluated by Cambay-75. This area may be in communication with the Akhol Juni Field operated by ONGC adjacent to the western Cambay block boundary which has been producing oil from the MBS at relatively low rates over a long period of time.

The OS II sandstones in Cambay-75 are poorly developed as 3 separate thin units each up to 1.5 meters thick. High gas readings were recorded while drilling although the log analysis indicates the presence of water with gas.

The Cambay-75 well will be plugged back and suspended enabling future re-entry if warranted by further analysis.

Future Cambay Work Program Miocene MBS - analysis of the well results will be incorporated into the geological model to determine further potential well locations for both oil and gas. Whilst oil was the primary objective at Cambay -75 the discovery of gas in this part of the block at MBS provides an additional reservoir target which in combination with gas already discovered at other geological levels and the MBS in the northern part of the block could form the basis of a future gas project at Cambay

The eastern flank of the main MBS structure is about the same area as the western flank and may be better located to receive and preserve hydrocarbon charge from the main basin to the east. The prime objective of the work program remains to develop the oil production of the MBS.

Gas Appraisal Project - gas has been proven at the level of Miocene, Oligocene and Eocene in many of the old wells and in the wells drilled last year at Cambay. The field has previously produced gas from the Oligocene and Miocene. Substantial resources of gas remain at Cambay and were the initial focus of the drilling program in 2008. The assessment of the commercial and technical aspects of the project remain high priority to be completed before further drilling.

Participants in the Cambay Production Sharing Contract are Oilex (operator) with 45% interest and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited with 55% interest.

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