Central Petroleum Limited · ASX:CTP

Central Petroleum — Shareholder Meeting (November 2008)

37 slides from Central Petroleum's shareholder meeting presentation, Nov 27, 2008

  1. Slide 1: Chairman's Address - Annual General Meeting 27 November 2008

    ASX ANNOUNCEMENT RELEASED to the ASX DATE: 271108 TO: Manager, Company Announcements ASX Limited For personal use only CONTACT: John Heugh +61 8 9474 1444 CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 27 NOVEMBER 2008 at 2:30PM Today we have a rather short formal agenda, and so firstly I would like to

  2. Slide 2: Chairman's Address (continued)

    In a very recent development, PXA has been wholly acquired by QGC who themselves are now owned by BG. I will note without further comment that we expect interesting times ahead. Finally I would mention the funding provided by the loan/bond agreement with For personal use only D.B Zwirn. This was app

  3. Slide 3: Central Petroleum Limited AGM 2008

    For personal use only central petroleum LIMITED AGM 2008* (* Derived from a variety of previous announcements and public domain information)

  4. Slide 4: Disclaimer

    Disclaimer For personal use only The presentation has been summarised from various reports including, “CBM Potential of the Pedirka Basin” by Mulready Consultants, “Pre-feasibility Study for a 10,000 bbl/day FT GTL Plant in Central Australia”, and ” Appraisal of GTL Development Option for Potential

  5. Slide 5: Australia - Island Continent

    Australia - Island Continent For personal use only • 7 million km2 landmass • Additional 3.5 million km2 seafloor rights 2008 • Relatively underexplored • Low sovereign risk • Stable benign fiscal regime • Stable politics • Transparent democracy • relatively insulated from USA/Europe meltdown (raw m

  6. Slide 6: E&P GTL/GTF

    For personal use only E&P GTL/GTF • One of the biggest underexplored single country exploration packages under single operatorship in the world-250,000 km2 • Proven prospectivity- ground surrounds 2 producing fields Mereenie, Palm Valley (Santos/Magellan JV) • Billion barrel oil, multi TCF gas and m

  7. Slide 7: Corporate

    Corporate For personal use only • Started in 1998 with US$12/bbl oil prices • Listed early 2006, current capitalisation c.$26 million 10 cps (061108) • 257 million shares, 96 million options trading 6 cpo (061108) • Share value retreat due to recent stockmarket chaos in line with BHP, Rio, Woodside

  8. Slide 8: Short to medium term objectives

    Short to medium term objectives For personal use only Looking for : - additional risk sharing partner via farmouts for E and P - strategic investment into Central to stabilise share register - Joint Venture with holder of appropriate GTL/GTF/UCG technology

  9. Slide 9: Strategy - control and operate central value adding petroleum hub

    Strategy- control and operate central value adding petroleum hub For personal use only

  10. Slide 10: Development Path

    Development Path For personal use only • Oil discovery and development for early cash flow • Development of gas and Helium resources in conventional reservoirs • Development of CBM and non conventional reservoirs Pedirka and Amadeus • Planned development of large scale GTL/GTF plant(s) to add value

  11. Slide 11: Hands on approach!

    For personal use only Hands on approach !

  12. Slide 12: Central Petroleum Limited 2008 programme

    Central Petroleum Limited 2008 programme For personal use only • Completed two stage 1,600 km seismic programme early 2008 • Drilled 2 conventional oil wells and 1 CBM well Pedirka Basin 2008 • Drilled Blamore 1, 160m net gassy coals, failed to test all oil targets-residual oil Algebuckina Formation

  13. Slide 13: 2009 Programme Proposal

    2009 Programme Proposal For personal use only • 8 Conventional wells-A$32 million • 15 fully cored CBM wells, 25 appraisal wells-A$40 million • Mix 2D and 3D seismic-A$16 Million • Subject to appropriate farmin partners/capital

  14. Slide 14: Potential resources/UOIIP-UGIIP

    Potential resources/UOIIP- UGIIP For personal use only • 35 TCFG or 6 Bn BOE upside “yet to find” Amadeus Basin conventional targets-NTGS 2005 • 34-70 TCFG (recoverable) CBM Prospective Resources in Central’s Pedirka Basin-2007 • Additional potential UCG Pedirka Basin-currently attempting to quantif

  15. Slide 15: UCG/GTL Potential?

    UCG/GTL Potential ? For personal use only • 2008 programme and historical data supports concept of 1,000s of km2 thick coal at various depths Pedirka Basin • No decision yet as to UCG under Petroleum or Mining Act Northern Territory, Qld debacle may point the way • SA UCG under Petroleum Act • UCG s

  16. Slide 16: 2008 Programme-suspended

    2008 Programme-suspended For personal use only

  17. Slide 17: Worldwide the low fruit has been picked

    For personal use only Worldwide the “low fruit” has been picked Frontier basins and non-conventional reservoirs are now a priority

  18. Slide 18: Amadeus Basin-Seebase

    For personal use only Amadeus Basin-Seebase • underexplored • complex thrust/fold basin • Neo-proterozoic to Devonian • Prevalent halo-tectonics • 34 exploration well • 175,000 km2 • 2 producing fields • 7,000 km seismic

  19. Slide 19: Amadeus Sections

    For personal use only Amadeus Sections-pervasive Gillen Member -efficient salt seal to trap hydrocarbons & Helium

  20. Slide 20: Gas and Oil Mature Source Shales Horn Valley Siltstone

    GAS and OIL MATURE SOURCE SHALES HORN VALLEY SILTSTONE AMADEUS BASIN -Similar concept to Barnett,, Baxter, Bakken, Devonian and Marcellus Shales USA For personal use only 10,000 km2 in gas window 12-90 TCF UGIIP 7,000 km2 in oil window-Bakken Shale type oil play up to 10,000 MMbbls UOIIP

  21. Slide 21: HVS (Bakken) Play Type

    HVS (“Bakken”) Play Type For personal use only

  22. Slide 22: Mt Kitty-subsalt-gas-condensate-He

    Mt Kitty-subsalt-gas-condensate-He For personal use only Target horizon c. 430 km2 aerial closure, 1,000m max vertical closure prospective recoverable resources 1.7 TCFG, 105 BCF Helium, 2100m TD Possibly the biggest undrilled seismically defined structure onshore Australia

  23. Slide 23: Ooraminna Appraisal Gas

    Ooraminna Appraisal Gas • P10 - 0.7 TCFG Prospective Resources • 300 km2 aerial closure • 60 km to Alice Springs For personal use only • 1300m TD

  24. Slide 24: Waterhouse Gas Appraisal

    Waterhouse gas seepage to surface For personal use only Waterhouse Gas Appraisal • 300 km2 aerial closure • 1.0 TCFG P10 Prospective Resources • 60 km to Alice Springs • 2000m TD

  25. Slide 25: Pedirka Basin

    Pedirka Basin For personal use only NBH/Beach 1978 WMC 1977 oil to surface residual/palaeo oil residual/palaeo oil zones/shows 240m not zones/shows 230m, faulty tested, faulty seals seals • Ordovician-Jurassic • 14 wells • 65,000 km2 • 3 petroleum systems • no commercial fields Few wells in most pro

  26. Slide 26: For personal use only

    • Permian area above 1,250m – 29,103 km2 - 40m net coal • 74 TCF UGIIP CBM (“high”)- prospective recoverable under review • up to c.1.5 trillion tonnes coal available for UCG and GTL For personal use only

  27. Slide 27: CBM Pedirka Basin Coal Beds 34-70 TCFG Prospective Resources

    CBM Pedirka Basin Coal Beds 34-70 TCFG Prospective Resources UCG & CTL potential unquantified For personal use only

  28. Slide 28: Pedirka Basin Devonian carbonate platform plays

    Pedirka Basin Devonian carbonate platform, slope and reef complex plays 4 Bn bbls upside UOIIP For personal use only

  29. Slide 29: Warburton Basin EP Rawson Farmin Blocks

    For personal use only Warburton Basin EP 97 Rawson Farmin Blocks : Devonian carbonate platform, reef and slope-fan play, over 200 km2 5 Bbbls upside UOIIP

  30. Slide 30: Warburton Basin EP Rawson Farmin Blocks

    For personal use only Warburton Basin EP 97 Rawson Farmin Blocks : Devonian carbonate platform, reef and slope-fan play, over 200 km2 5 Bbbls upside UOIIP

  31. Slide 31: Pedirka: many large leads/prospects

    Pedirka : many large leads/prospects For personal use only

  32. Slide 32: Gas destinations

    Gas destinations For personal use only GTL?- flexible product slate, value added products readily disposable on local Australian market, hugely capital intensive, escalating EPC costs GTF?- similar to GTL but apparently less capital intensive plant, more energy efficient, no naphtha production *PIPE

  33. Slide 33: Escalating plant costs overshadowed by regional fuel prices

    Escalating plant costs overshadowed by regional fuel prices For personal use only Singapore Jet-kero Price cf Plant Capital Cost Indices 180 160 ? 140 U S D ollars per Barrel 120 100 ? 80 60 40 20 CE Plant Cost Index Singapore Jet/Kero Benchmark Price CERA Dow nstream Capital Costs Index Poly. (Sing

  34. Slide 34: Regional diesel shortages dictate $ price

    For personal use only Regional diesel shortages dictate $ price - not 1:1 link with crude $ Aussie diesel price linked more to Singapore diesel price than to crude price, Quality of crude dropping off TAPIS DUBAI benchmark

  35. Slide 35: Pre-feasibility CBM fueled GTL Feedstock

    Pre-feasibility CBM fueled GTL Feedstock A$2.50/mscf (conventionally reservoired gas feedstock c.A$1.50-75/mscf) personal use only Notional generic pre- feasibility independently Notional pre-feasibility derived, not a financial Central 20,000 bpd GTL Plant independently derived, forecast not a fina

  36. Slide 36: Pre-feasibility CBM fueled GTL Feedstock - GTF Plant

    Pre-feasibility CBM fueled GTL Feedstock A$2.50/mscf (conventionally reservoired gas feedstock c.A$1.50-75/mscf) For personal use only Notional pre-feasibility independently derived, Central 20,000 bpd Direct Conversion GTF Plant not a financial forecast Producer-owned gas field and Direct Conversio

  37. Slide 37: Central Petroleum Limited - Revitalising Australia's Hydrocarbon Centre

    Central Petroleum Limited For personal use only Revitalising Australia’s Revitalising Hydrocarbon Australia’s Hydrocarbon CentreCentre Central Petroleum Limited MD John Heugh +61(0) 8 9474 1444 johnheugh@centralpetroleum.com.au MD John Heugh +61 8 9474 1444 www.centralpetroleum.com.au

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