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Carnarvon Energy — Carnarvon Petroleum — Investor Presentation (February 2012)

29 slides from Carnarvon Energy's investor presentation, Feb 22, 2012

  1. Slide 1: Investor Presentation

    Investor Presentation 22 February 2012 For personal use only ASX ANNOUNCEMENT Carnarvon Petroleum Limited (“Carnarvon”) (ASX:CVN) is pleased to provide shareholders with the attached Presentation given by Mr Adrian Cook, Carnarvon Managing Director, at the Hartleys Office, Level 6 No.141 St Georges

  2. Slide 2: Investor Presentation February 2012

    For personal use only Investor Presentation February 2012

  3. Slide 3: Business overview

    Business overview Strategic focus For personal use only  Material equity interests  Onshore & shallow offshore  S.E Asia & Australia  Conventional oil & gas  Production, appraisal & exploration Key assets  Oil production & exploration in Thailand  Gas exploration / appraisal offshore WA 2

  4. Slide 4: Corporate overview

    Corporate overview For personal use only As at 17 February 2012 Shareholder base  Shares on issue 693.3 million Foreign  Held by directors & staff 69.0 million institutions Domestic 6%  Market capitalisation (A$0.11 / share) A$76 million institutions 9% Directors  Liquidity (% of stock traded pe

  5. Slide 5: Production Thailand

    Production Thailand  CVN has a base of oil production in Thailand For personal use only  primarily from fractured volcanic reservoirs  Sandstone reservoir drilling program scheduled for Q1, 2012  Active drill program also covers exploration and appraisal of volcanic reservoirs supported by new t

  6. Slide 6: Exploration / appraisal Australia

    Exploration / appraisal Australia  WA-435-P & WA-437-P For personal use only  Proven petroleum systems in mid Triassic  Gas discovery in WA-435-P in 1980 Phoenix 1 well  Gas charged in all sands below 4,113 mRT (>767 m)  Gas appraisal and exploration targets with possible oil  Proven Triassic

  7. Slide 7: Exploration Australia (WA-436-P, WA-438-P & WA-443-P)

    Exploration Australia (WA-436-P, WA-438-P & WA-443-P)  Fugro acquiring substantial new 3D seismic data (~4,289 km2) For personal use only  New 3D seismic area covers the Bandy, Manilya and Salamander leads  Maturing of these permits naturally follows the Phoenix farm-out Salamander Structure Acqu

  8. Slide 8: Exploration Thailand (L20/50)

    Exploration Thailand (L20/50)  Post well technical work For personal use only complete  Significant number of leads identified with good reservoir-seal pairs  Leads support material Migration from depocentre volumes  Concession is in working petroleum system  Plans to acquire 3D seismic late 20

  9. Slide 9: Exploration Thailand (L52/50 & L53/50)

    Exploration Thailand (L52/50 & L53/50) For personal use only  Close proximity to prolific offshore basins in the Gulf of Thailand  New 2D seismic data acquired and processed  Pre-seismic interpretation supports material structures in carbonate plays akin to offshore basins  Potential for materia

  10. Slide 10: 2012 priorities

    2012 priorities Production – Thailand – base production + options to increase For personal use only  Volcanic reservoir Continue drilling high flow appraisal & development targets  Technologies Trial technologies to mitigate water incursion & stabilise flow rates  Sandstone reservoir Drilling to

  11. Slide 11: Annexure: Thailand Production

    For personal use only Annexure 1 Thailand Production L44/43 & L33/43 Concessions in Thailand 10

  12. Slide 12: Production – positives onshore Thailand

    Production – positives onshore Thailand For personal use only  Hydrocarbons present  Low operating costs  Low cost drilling  Easily scalable operations  World class operating environment  Stable fiscal terms  High margin operations (500 bopd well pays back in ~ one month) 11

  13. Slide 13: Production – nature of volcanic reservoirs

    Production – nature of volcanic reservoirs  Multi field production has an underlying base For personal use only  New wells required to maintain higher flow rates  Due to nature of well flow rate declines & water incursion  2011 drilling in the WBEXT area didn’t mitigate declines  Focus on recov

  14. Slide 14: Production – technologies

    Production – technologies  The JV is exploring whether For personal use only modern technologies can help  Objectives:  Better identify oil bearing volcanic fractures  Maximise oil flow and long term recovery  Minimise the effect of water incursion  Currently trialing inflow control devices IC

  15. Slide 15: Production – sandstone reservoirs

    Production – sandstone reservoirs  Oil has been produced from Wichian Buri (“WB”) field since 1995 For personal use only  New sandstone reservoir (“SST”) discovered in late 2010 in the WB extension area (“WB EXT”)  WB EXT SST now appraised and modelled for development  Currently awaiting environ

  16. Slide 16: Production - 2012 L44/33 Planned Drilling Program

    Production - 2012 L44/33 Planned Drilling Program For personal use only * * * * * Waiting on environmental approvals for development 15

  17. Slide 17: Production - WBEXT E Sand Development

    Production - WBEXT E Sand Development  4 producers, 40-500 bopd per well For personal use only in fault compartments I & II  8 initial development locations in compartments I & II  1 gas discovery (WBEXT-1F) with down dip oil most likely in compartment IV Prospect Low Mid High name MMbbls MMbbls

  18. Slide 18: Annexure: Exploration / Appraisal Australia

    For personal use only Annexure 2 Exploration / Appraisal Australia WA-435-P & WA-437-P Permits in Western Australia 17

  19. Slide 19: Phoenix asset – Western Australia

    Phoenix asset – Western Australia Material Interests + Large Acreage + Discovered Gas For personal use only  Prospects of ~5.5 Tcf original gas in place The “Phoenix” asset refers to Carnarvon’s  Water depths of ~140m 50% interest in the WA-435-P, WA-436-P, WA-437-P and WA-438-P Permits and its 

  20. Slide 20: Phoenix asset – 3D seismic showing key structures

    Phoenix asset – Western Australia 3D seismic clearly showing key structures For personal use only 19

  21. Slide 21: Phoenix asset – Routes to Realise Value

    Phoenix asset – Western Australia For personal use only Routes to Realise Value Explore and Other Develop Options Asset Domestic Liquids LNG Feed Domestic Asset LNG Project realisation Gas Stripping Supply Gas Swaps Swaps (all or part)  Significant volume potential • Strong interest in farmout incl

  22. Slide 22: Phoenix asset – Western Australia

    Phoenix asset – Western Australia For personal use only The “Phoenix” asset refers to Carnarvon’s 50% interest in the WA-435-P, WA-436-P, WA-437-P and WA-438-P Permits and its 100% interest in the WA-443-P Permit The time line above is indicative only 21

  23. Slide 23: Annexure: L20/50 Permits in Thailand

    For personal use only Annexure 3 L20/50 Permits in Thailand 22

  24. Slide 24: Basin Modelling

    Basin Modelling  Thermal history calibrated with temperature data from 5 wells For personal use only  Conceptual basin model calibrated with seismic and regional geology  Generation scenarios calibrated with geochemistry from 3 wells  Kitchen defined in deepest and thickest part of basin  Charg

  25. Slide 25: Mapped Horizons

    Mapped Horizons For personal use only Reservoir sequences mapped after 2011 drilling 24

  26. Slide 26: Prospective Areas

    Prospective Areas This fault dependent closures For personal use only exists at all levels. Two faults are needed to seal greater compartment, while smaller closure depends on sealing on only one fault. Clear migration through to fault compartments. These fault dependent closures exist at Levels TK2

  27. Slide 27: Lead Summary

    Lead Summary  ~40 Structural features have been identified from post-drill For personal use only interpretation of all of the available seismic data  Sizes of individual leads range up to estimated >70MMBBL OOIP  Some closures exist through more than one mapped horizon, creating the potential for

  28. Slide 28: Example lead

    Example lead KT3-15 For personal use only TK2-5 Requires 3D seismic to unravel structural complexity 27

  29. Slide 29: For personal use only

    For personal use only Ground Floor 1322 Hay Street West Perth WA 6005 Telephone: +61 (8) 9321 2665 Fax: +61 (8) 9321 8867 www.carnarvon.com.au

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