Melbana Energy Limited · ASX:MAY

Melbana Energy — Investor Presentation (March 2017)

23 slides from Melbana Energy's investor presentation, Mar 29, 2017

  1. Slide 1: Corporate Presentation March 2017

    For personal use only Corporate Presentation March 2017

  2. Slide 2: Disclaimer: Forward-looking Statements and Resources

    Disclaimer For personal use only Forward-looking Statements and Resources Summary of information: This presentation contains general and background information about Melbana Energy’s activities current as at the date of the presentation and should not be considered to be comprehensive or to comprise

  3. Slide 3: Summary

    Summary Cuba For personal use only USA • Block 9 exploration potential increased 50% to ~12.5 billion barrels of oil-in-place with recoverable Prospective USA Resources of 637 million barrels (100% share, unrisked Best Estimate)* Cuba Block 9 • High graded Alameda-1 prospect presents an opportunity

  4. Slide 4: Corporate Snapshot

    Corporate Snapshot Capital Structure Share Price For personal use only Share price (as at 27/3/2017) A$0.022 5 140 Volume Shares on issue 953.2m 4 120 100 Options 13.25m Millions 3 Cents 80 Share Performance Rights 26.3m 2 60 40 Market Capitalisation ~A$21m 1 20 Cash (Feb 2017) ~A$3.9m 0 - Jun 16 No

  5. Slide 5: Cuba

    For personal use only Cuba 5

  6. Slide 6: Cuba Block – An Overview

    Cuba Block 9 – An Overview Block 9 PSC For personal use only • 100%* interest in Block 9 PSC (2,380km2 or 588,000 acres) located onshore in Cuba • 25 year term (awarded in 2015) • Exploration sub periods: • 1 (Sept 2015 to Nov 2017) – studies and seismic reprocessing – largely completed • 2 (Nov 201

  7. Slide 7: Cuba Block – An Oil Rich Region

    Cuba Block 9 – An Oil Rich Region Cuba Prospectivity and Market For personal use only • Represents under-explored south-eastern margin of the Gulf of Mexico - one of the world’s great petroleum mega provinces • Limited application of modern exploration techniques due to 50+ year US embargo • Cuba cu

  8. Slide 8: Cuba Block – Resource Assessment

    Cuba Block 9 – Resource Assessment Exploration potential for over 12 billion barrels of oil-in-place For personal use only • Exploration potential increased 50% to over Boca de Canasi- Bacuranao Jaruco P. Escondido Yumuri- 12.5 billion barrels of oil-in-place and Seboruco Varadero Majaguillar Prospe

  9. Slide 9: Cuba Block – Leads in Conventional Play

    Cuba Block 9 – 19 Leads in Conventional Play Priority drill targets identified – Alameda, Zapato & Piedra For personal use only Block 10 (Sherritt 100%) recent LT-100 well failed to reach main target. Tested oil at non-commercial rates in upper objective 9

  10. Slide 10: Cuba Block – Alameda Prospect

    Cuba Block 9 – Alameda Prospect Multi-target exploration drilling opportunity close to historic oil recoveries For personal use only • Primary objective in depth range from 3,000 to 3,700 metres • Marti-5 (drilled 1988) recovered lighter oil (24°API) and had oil shows over a 850 metre gross interval

  11. Slide 11: Cuba Block – High Potential Zapato Prospect

    Cuba Block 9 – High Potential Zapato Prospect Multiple structures with hundred million barrel exploration potential For personal use only • Zapato Prospect is a large structure targeting fractured carbonate objective • Close to the shallower Motembo oil field which historically produced high quality

  12. Slide 12: Australia and New Zealand

    For personal use only Australia and New Zealand

  13. Slide 13: Onshore New Zealand – PEP51153 Overview

    Onshore New Zealand – PEP51153 Overview • Melbana has 30% interest in PEP51153 (85km2 or For personal use only 21,000 acres), operated by TAG Oil Ltd (70%) Puka • Located onshore in New Zealand <10km east of PEP 51153 Waihapa TAG Oil Ltd’s producing Cheal field Cheal • PEP51153 contains the high imp

  14. Slide 14: Onshore New Zealand – Pukatea-1

    Onshore New Zealand – Pukatea-1 High impact Pukatea prospect to commence drilling in ~6 months For personal use only • High impact exploration opportunity, targeting a highly productive conventional reservoir in the Tikorangi Limestone directly below the Puka oil pool • Prospective resources estimat

  15. Slide 15: Australia – WA-488-P & the Beehive Prospect

    Australia – WA-488-P & the Beehive Prospect Beehive - One of the largest undrilled hydrocarbon structures in Australia For personal use only • Beehive is a significant, multi billion barrel oil Darwin prospect located on WA-488-P • Beehive Prospective Resources estimated to PETREL range from 97 to 2

  16. Slide 16: Australia – Beehive Prospect

    Australia – Beehive Prospect Beehive – a feature of enormous scale For personal use only • Located in ~40 metres water depth • Target depth 4,000 – 4,500m • Prospect reservoir is an isolated carbonate platform of Carboniferous age. • Enormous feature: • Carbonate platform is 18km across (approx. sam

  17. Slide 17: Corporate & Activity Pipeline

    For personal use only Corporate & Activity Pipeline

  18. Slide 18: Melbana Forward Program

    Melbana Forward Program Multiple catalysts to support a significant re-rating For personal use only CUBA • Multiple high impact exploration drill targets identified BLOCK 9 PSC • Up to two wells to be drilled in first half 2018 • Drill program planning underway NEW ZEALAND • Pukatea-1 drilling comme

  19. Slide 19: Investment Highlights

    Investment Highlights Cuba For personal use only ✓ Only ASX listed company with Cuban energy exposure ✓ Block 9 exploration potential increased 50% to >12 billion barrels of oil-in-place & Prospective Resources of >600 million barrels (unrisked Best Estimate, 100% share)* ✓ Priority drill targets id

  20. Slide 20: For personal use only

    For personal use only Peter Stickland Managing Director & CEO Melbana Energy Limited L15, 500 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia Ph: +61 3 8625 6000 Email: admin@melbana.com www.melbana.com

  21. Slide 21: Northern Australia Acreage and Projects

    Northern Australia Acreage and Projects DILI Discrete upstream projects adjacent to proven hydrocarbons For personal use only ABADI GREATER SUNRISE BAROSSA Kupang Kupang EVANS SHOAL   Joint Petroleum BLACKWOOD CALDITA Development HERON Area BAYU-UNDAN Tassie Shoal Projects Concept TSMP2 TSM

  22. Slide 22: Tassie Shoal Projects (Melbana 100%)

    Tassie Shoal Projects (Melbana 100%) For personal use only Shallow water, innovative low cost development paths for regional stranded gas • Region has substantial undeveloped high CO2 gas that needs a low cost development solution • Methanol manufacturing uses gas with high CO2 (up to 30%) as feedst

  23. Slide 23: AC/P50 & AC/P51: Multiple oil targets

    AC/P50 & AC/P51 (Melbana100%*): Multiple oil targets Melbana fully carried through 3D seismic reprocessing For personal use only • Identified material Ramble On and Jur’maker oil prospects in proven petroleum system defined on modern 3D seismic data • Suitable for lower cost jack-up drilling rig • P

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