Po Valley Energy Limited · ASX:PVE

Po Valley Energy — Investor Presentation (September 2008)

23 slides from Po Valley Energy's investor presentation, Sep 22, 2008

  1. Slide 1: Gas production, Rapid Growth - Oil Barrel Presentation

    “Gas production Rapid Growth Growth” For personal use only Oil Barrel Presentation London 18 September 2008

  2. Slide 2: Resource Base: Po Valley core projects

    RESOURCE BASE For personal use only Po Valley – core projects ‰ 3 Production fields ‰ 2 Appraisal fields ‰ 17 Gas Exploration targets ‰ 4 Oil targets ‰ 1 Storage field application Page 1

  3. Slide 3: Summary - Highlights 2008

    SUMMARY – HIGHLIGHTS 2008 For personal use only Preparing for • Preliminary Production Concession Granted first production • Environmental Approvals Granted - Sillaro • Surface plant now 68% complete - Castello • Pipeline grid connections underway • Gas offtake contracts under final negotiation • Re

  4. Slide 4: Production Field: Sillaro

    PRODUCTION FIELD: SILLARO For personal use only ‰ Top of Anticline ‰ Multiple M lti l gas bearing stacked reservoirs ‰ 3.8 million cf/day = €49k/day = €18m pap Production test (Dec 2005) Page 3

  5. Slide 5: Production Field: Castello

    PRODUCTION FIELD: CASTELLO For personal use only ‰Pinch out structure ‰ San A1 and San A2 tested positive ‰ 2.7 2 7 million cf/day = €34k/day (€12m pa) Page 4

  6. Slide 6: Surface Plant Construction on Schedule

    SURFACE PLANT CONSTRUCTION ON SCHEDULE For personal use only Overall Progress versus Schedule Schedule Progress Equipment 100% completed 90% on skids 80% 70% “Installation ready” 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 07 08 08 08 09 08 8 09 9 8 07 07 07 8 08 08 08 9 8 7 8 -0 -0 l-0 r- 0 r- 0 -0 -0 -0 v- v- n- n

  7. Slide 7: Italian Gas Prices Continue to Remain Firm

    ITALIAN GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO REMAIN FIRM For personal use only EUR/ USD or AUD/ cubic metre ’000 cubic feet 0.40 Aug 08 Prices 24.00 2009 Gas Year Price 0.35 EUR = 0.38/cm EUR = 0.43/cm AUD = $18.49/’000cf 20.00 USD = $18.07/’000cf USD = $15.87/’000cf 0.30 EUR prices 16.00 0.25 0 5 AUD prices 0.20

  8. Slide 8: Production Field: Sant' Alberto

    PRODUCTION FIELD: SANT’ ALBERTO For personal use only ‰ Now 100% PVE owned and operated ‰ Logs identify two gas bearing levels ‰ Flow of 0.08mcm / day on ¼” choke – this is the restricted flow for initial operations ‰ Good pressure recovery ‰ Production concession application previously in hands of

  9. Slide 9: Gas Sales Update

    GAS SALES UPDATE For personal use only Early January Registration of interest End January Commercial and technical presentations on Po Valley Energy and the Castello and Sillaro fields 4 April Issue of bid pack (16 issued) 9 May Presentation of good faith, 11 “non-binding” bids received End May Four

  10. Slide 10: Appraisal Field: Bezzecca

    APPRAISAL FIELD: BEZZECCA For personal use only ‰ Targeting 45bcf / 1.27 bcm ‰ 50km of seismic acquired ‰ Equipment purchased, structure and processed confirmed drilling rig contracted structure and drill site ‰ Previously successfully drilled ‰ Expected to spud in and tested by ENI in 1950s; ‰ Dril

  11. Slide 11: Appraisal Field: Fantuzza

    APPRAISAL FIELD: FANTUZZA For personal use only ‰ Targeting 2,600m Miocene structure ~40bcf / 1.15 bcm (70% of entire field reserves) ‰ Previously drilled and tested by ENI ‰ 50km of seismic acquired and processed ‰ Fantuzza 1 site selected, drilling approvals in process, equipment purchased and dri

  12. Slide 12: Project Pipeline - IPO 2004

    PROJECT PIPELINE — IPO 2004 For personal use only Exploration Appraisal Development Production • Castrocaro • Bezzecca • Castello • Sant’Alberto • Clodo • Sillaro • Malerba Page 11

  13. Slide 13: Expanded Project Pipeline and Operations - 2008

    EXPANDED PROJECT PIPELINE AND OPERATIONS — 2008 For personal use only Applications Exploration/ Development Production Storage Appraisal Appraisal 1 offshore gas 6 new licence 2 Appraisal 3 fields Preparing to bid & 2 onshore areas targets moving into for new gas gas production storage licences • AR

  14. Slide 14: Leading Gas/Oil Targets - East Po Valley

    LEADING GAS/OIL TARGETS — EAST PO VALLEY For personal use only Page 13

  15. Slide 15: Leading Gas/Oil Targets - North Po Valley

    LEADING GAS/OIL TARGETS — NORTH PO VALLEY For personal use only Page 14

  16. Slide 16: Gas Targets - First Offshore Licence Azzurra

    GAS TARGETS – FIRST OFFSHORE LICENCE “AZZURRA” For personal use only ‰ Plio-Pleistocene structural and stratigraphic traps ‰ 4 prospects, potential P50 gas resources ~ 80bcf ‰ Existing 3D seismic coverage ‰ Gas G bearing b i Page 15

  17. Slide 17: Gas/Oil Targets - Onshore Cadelbosco di Sopra

    GAS / OIL TARGETS – ONSHORE “CADELBOSCO DI SOPRA” For personal use only ‰ 4 main plays in Cretaceous, oil & Messinian-Pliocene,gas ‰ Anticlinal A ti li l & stratigraphic t ti hi traps q ‰ Acquistion of 3D seismic planned ‰ Correggio gas field re development re-development P50 ~ 35 bcf ‰ Two 5 mbbl t

  18. Slide 18: Gas Reserve Summary - 2P Reserves

    GAS RESERVE SUMMARY — 105 BCF / 3 BCM 2P RESERVES For personal use only Exploration Permit Remaining Recoverable Reserves Field Names PVE PVE Interest Proven Probable Possible Total 1 Sant’ 1. S t’ Alberto Alb t S Vincenzo San Vi 50% 64 6.4 71 7.1 86 8.6 22 1 22.1 2. Sillaro/Fantuzza Crocetta 100% 1

  19. Slide 19: Significant Revenue Expected from First Fields

    SIGNIFICANT REVENUE EXPECTED FROM FIRST 3 FIELDS For personal use only ‰ Commercial gasflows from wells entering production will have an annualised production rate of 8.5 million cf/day (when in full production) ƒ Sillaro 1d = 1.3 million cf/day (1 prod. level only) …………drilled & tested ƒ Sillaro 2

  20. Slide 20: Strong Position with Continuing Momentum

    STRONG POSITION WITH CONTINUING MOMENTUM For personal use only ‰ Commencement of Castello and ‰ 105bcf 105b f 2P reserves… Sillaro gas sales ‰ …plus a strong and ‰ Drilling of one production and two p expanding g exploration p exploration wells portfolio… ‰ Full grant of 9 new licences ‰ …and headin

  21. Slide 21: Board of Directors

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS For personal use only Mr Graham Bradley • Former CEO - Perpetual, Blake Dawson Waldron Non-executive Chairman • Director – Singtel • Chairman – HSBC, HSBC Stockland, Stockland Boart Longyear Mr David McEvoy • 33 years Exxon/Esso Non-executive Director • Director ecto - Woodside oo

  22. Slide 22: Senior Management

    SENIOR MANAGEMENT For personal use only Mr Doug Colkin • 17 years with Enterprise Oil including GM for Italy Chief Operating Officer • Senior roles with Getty Oil, Ranger Oil, BP • Petroleum Geologist with 34 years experience Mr Dom Del Borrello • 15 years in Finance Chief Financial Officer • Treasu

  23. Slide 23: Disclaimer

    Disclaimer For personal use only This presentation should not be considered as an invitation or recommendation to purchase securities in PVE. PVE has not audited or investigated the accuracy or completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this presentation. Accordingly, to t

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