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Central Petroleum — Investor Presentation (September 2014)

31 slides from Central Petroleum's investor presentation, Sep 11, 2014

  1. Slide 1: Central Targets Pipeline

    For personal use only CENTRAL TARGETS PIPELINE 11 - 18 September 2014 (ASX:CTP) 0

  2. Slide 2: Disclaimer

    Disclaimer 1.This presentation is not intended for prospective investors and does not purport to provide all of the information an interested party may require in order to investigate the For personal use only affairs of Central Petroleum Ltd (“Company”). This presentation does not attempt to produc

  3. Slide 3: Activity update

    Activity update For personal use only Integrate new gravity data. Progress permit award process with CLC Interpreting seismic data; 327 km 2D acquired, plus Producing gas 573 km reprocessing at Palm Valley Building Dingo Producing oil at Surprise pipeline and facility Drilling Whiteley 1 & Gaudi 1 t

  4. Slide 4: Overview

    Overview  Australia’s domestic gas market facing supply shortfall in next 5 years For personal use only  Golden opportunity for Northern Territory (NT) to be a ‘key’ supplier of domestic east coast markets • Comparable to QLD’s gas exploration boom displacing the PNG pipeline  Aggregated gas supp

  5. Slide 5: Central's Strategic Plan

    Central’s Strategic Plan For personal use only Short Term Develop resources, production capability, infrastructure and cash flow  Purchase of Dingo and Palm Valley - Done  Reacquire Ooraminna - Done  100% owned fields have exploration opportunities to triple available gas  Target 200 PJ of explo

  6. Slide 6: Pivotal Location Could Re-Rate Central Assets

    Pivotal Location Could Re-Rate Central Assets Existing gas pipelines available for NT Market For personal use only Pipeline route options • Major users Territory Generation / mining and industrial • Darwin LNG (operating), Ichthys LNG (2016) Pipelines being considered to connect NT with East Coast •

  7. Slide 7: Building on solid foundations

    Building on solid foundations For personal use only Oil and gas in production Palm Valley Gas and Surprise Oil Field in production Year 1 revenue >$12M Dingo Gas Field on target for production commencing in H1 2015 Operating footprint and key infrastructure established in heart of Centrals explo

  8. Slide 8: Near Term Exploration

    Near Term Exploration For personal use only  Within / adjacent Central infrastructure  Poised for market opportunity  Meaningful targets Palm Valley Central – production licence Central – retention licence PV West Ooraminna Central – Santos JV area Dingo Central application area Reservoir \ Field

  9. Slide 9: Palm Valley overview

    Palm Valley overview For personal use only History Description and upside • Discovered 1965 • Area >200 km2 • Lease OL 3 granted 1982 • Gross hydrocarbon column up to 670 m • Gas delivered to Alice Springs from 1983, • Production primarily from natural fractures to Darwin from 1986 to 2012 • Large v

  10. Slide 10: Palm Valley Deep – large potential

    Palm Valley Deep – large potential For personal use only Opportunity  South North   Attractive volume estimates, indicative 5x remaining reserves  Arumbera A1 Sst - primary target  Natural fracture development required  Attractive target beneath producing gas field, plant, export pipeline Repr

  11. Slide 11: Palm Valley West – exploration

    Palm Valley West – exploration For personal use only Opportunity  Additional data have upgraded the structural target  Pacoota Sst – primary target  Arumbera Sst – secondary target  Natural fracture development similar to Palm Valley is required  Adjacent to producing gas field, plant, export p

  12. Slide 12: Ooraminna Field – close to Dingo pipeline

    Ooraminna Field – close to Dingo pipeline For personal use only Ooraminna 2, drilled 2010 Pioneer Sst • Flowed gas up to 0.15 MMcfd 393 km2 • High angle fractures Arumbera Sst 181 km2 • Gas flares observed whilst 38 km2 drilling from 470 mKB in A1 member (Dingo Field) Ooraminna opportunity • Large f

  13. Slide 13: Maturing leads in proximity of the Dingo Gas Field

    Maturing leads in proximity of the Dingo Gas Field For personal use only Leads: Orange-2: Arumbera Sst flowed 0.4 MMcfd, 50% N2, 20% CO2 • Dingo North Ooraminna-2: Pioneer Sst flowed 0.15 MMcfd • Dingo NW on-trend with Dingo Orange Gas Field Ooraminna Gas Field • Seismic recommended • Charge model r

  14. Slide 14: Surprise Oil Field

    Surprise Oil Field Surprise-1RE-HST1 For personal use only Status • Production commenced 1st April Surprise East-1 • Oil trucked to Port Bonython (proposed) • 180 BOPD Objectives • Develop eastern closure • Increase recovery efficiency • Technical evaluation; • Optimised well design for Surprise Eas

  15. Slide 15: EP and PL – targeting oil

    EP 115 and PL 6 – targeting oil For personal use only Surprise Oil Field Johnstone West 1 TWT, Paccota Sst Mt Winter 1 Surprise Oil Field proves 0 km 50  Effective source and maturity of Horn Valley Siltstone (HVS)  Seal, reservoir and timing are effective Exploration Strategy  Delineate traps al

  16. Slide 16: EP and PL – targeting oil

    EP 115 and PL 6 – targeting oil For personal use only Johnstone West 1 0 km 50 Legacy 11km x 11km Existing 4km x 4km Structural definition  Detailed gravity survey - complete, now in processing and interpretation  Resolves structural trends  Basis for seismic acquisition design 15

  17. Slide 17: Strategic objectives

    Strategic objectives For personal use only Medium Term Expand gas supply capability by exploring and developing identified opportunities utilising established revenue flow  Southern Amadeus Stage 2 with Santos proceeding following Mt Kitty’s confirmation of hydrocarbons being present, with 1300 km

  18. Slide 18: North Mereenie Block - opportunities

    North Mereenie Block - opportunities For personal use only Pacoota Sst erosional edge Sub-thrust play Sub-thrust play Fault bound trap Depth ~600–1100 m NW Mereenie-1 Gas blow in Stairway Sst Mereenie Oil and Gas Field Sub-thrust play JV area; Central, Santos eroded 17

  19. Slide 19: Mt Kitty – plugged and suspended

    Mt Kitty – plugged and suspended Results Outlook For personal use only  Flowed mixed gas at rates up to 500,000 cf/d  An oriented sidetrack could be considered to take  Confirmed presence of hydrocarbons advantage of the extensive fracturing observed  Includes valuable Helium up to 9%  Well des

  20. Slide 20: Southern Amadeus – Stage results

    Southern Amadeus – Stage 1 results For personal use only Representative Seismic Section showing major play types Cambrian Neoproterozoic Salt Salt Basement Untested Salt- Untested Intra- Untested Sub-Salt cored Anticlines Salt fault blocks Basement Highs 19

  21. Slide 21: Southern Amadeus – up dip Magee

    Southern Amadeus – up dip Magee For personal use only Further seismic is required to delineate this updip lead NW Magee-1 SE Giles Ck (Magee updip)  Chand Pert Aralka LovesCk Gillen 49% hydrocarbons 6.3% Helium Untested Salt- Untested mounded Untested Sub-Salt cored Anticlines features Basement Hig

  22. Slide 22: Stage seismic program – focus areas

    Stage 2 seismic program – focus areas Stage 1 results For personal use only • Multiple play types and leads identified Delineation of • Mt Kitty proves active hydrocarbon kitchen, Arumbera leads and basement Helium play EP 106 Stage 2 program EP(A) 147 • 1300 km 2D seismic to infill Stage 1 and furt

  23. Slide 23: Data gathering requirements for an unconventional play

    Specific data gathering requirements when pursuing an unconventional play For personal use only Georgina Basin Regional seismic has been acquired Drilling has commenced after Halliburton 22

  24. Slide 24: Key deliverables to proceed to the appraisal phase

    Key deliverables to proceed to the appraisal phase For personal use only Timeline of results from Whiteley 1 and Gaudi 1 During drilling and After completion of Results Results coring phase logging program 1-3 months 3-6 months (Core analysis) No single deliverable can Gas shows conclusively make or

  25. Slide 25: Strategic objective

    Strategic objective For personal use only Long Term Development of ‘next generation’ assets  The Western Amadeus – create an opportunity pipeline as infrastructure and market dynamics open adjacent areas  Detailed Gravity data to define trends prior to seismic  Drill conventional targets, collect

  26. Slide 26: EP-115; multiple targets and play types

    EP-115; multiple targets and play types For personal use only JV with Santos TWT Structure, Pacoota Opportunity  Proven oil charge; Mereenie, Surprise Gamma Ray Sonic, LLD  Conventional reservoirs; Stairway Sst, Pacoota Sst. Total Gas  Sparse seismic, mapped trends  opportunities Resistivity  M

  27. Slide 27: EP-115 - HVS unconventional potential

    EP-115 - HVS unconventional potential For personal use only JV with Santos TWT Structure, Pacoota Summary  Proven source rock, up to 120 m thick  Excellent gas shows whilst drilling Regional view – postulated areas of unconventional plays  Varying maturity may open different play types in discret

  28. Slide 28: Wiso Basin – conventional and unconventional

    Wiso Basin – conventional and unconventional For personal use only Pipeline basement lineaments Oil shows Material growth opportunity • Total area 43,217 km2 • Analogous geology to SGB 15,352 km2 • Oil shows in Cambrian carbonates, stratigraphic wells 7,569 km2 • Potential for conventional and uncon

  29. Slide 29: Areas of Activity

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  30. Slide 30: Summary

    Summary For personal use only  Central is rapidly advancing the exploration and development of substantial acreage  Australia’s domestic gas market supply shortfall creates ‘Golden Opportunity’ for NT to be ‘key’ suppliers  Opportunity to aggregate existing gas supplies to underpin NT - East Coas

  31. Slide 31: Contact Details

    Contact Details For personal use only Central Petroleum Limited 56-58 Jephson St., Toowong, QLD PO Box 1571, Toowong DC Qld 4066. Tel: +61 7 3181 3800 Fax: +61 7 3181 3855 Website: www.centralpetroleum.com.au 30

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