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title: "Union Jack Oil PLC (UJO.L) West Newton Drilling Operations Update"
publisher: "Share Talk"
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published: "2020-11-23T08:29:35+00:00"
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date: 2020-11-23
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# Union Jack Oil PLC (UJO.L) West Newton Drilling Operations Update

**Published:** November 23, 2020
**Author:** sharetalk
**Categories:** Energy
**Tags:** appraisal well, Cadeby formations, gas, HYDROCARBON, Kirkham Abbey, oil, PEDL183, UJO, Union Jack Oil, West Newton, wireline logs, WNA-2
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**Union Jack Oil plc (AIM: UJO)**, a UK focused onshore hydrocarbon production, development and exploration company is pleased to provide an update on the West Newton B-1 appraisal well (WNB-1) where drilling operations are on-going.

**Union Jack holds a 16.665% interest** in PEDL183, containing the conventional West Newton A-1 discovery well and the West Newton A-2 appraisal well.

The WNB-1 well has been drilled safely to a Total Depth of 2,295 metres, encountering both the primary and secondary objectives, the Kirkham Abbey and Cadeby formations, respectively.

The Kirkham Abbey formation indicated a hydrocarbon charge based on wireline logs, cuttings and mud gas readings. The secondary target, the Cadeby formation contained insufficient reservoir development within the targeted slope environment.

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**The Joint Venture has commenced a side-track drilling operation from the WNB-1 well and following preparatory engineering exercises the West Newton B-1Z (WNB-1Z) will be drilling ahead during the next few days.**

The objective of the WNB-1Z side-track well is to further appraise the Kirkham Abbey formation on a structurally superior location, targeting enhanced reservoir quality and on-trend with the previously discovered Kirkham Abbey accumulations. The information derived from both the WNB-1 and WNB-1Z wells will provide additional data to inform the optimal locations of future development wells at the West Newton project.

Drilling activities at the West Newton B site are ongoing and shareholders and the market will be updated following completion of drilling operations and evaluation in due course.

**Competent Person`s Statement**

In accordance with the “AIM Rules – Note for Mining and Oil and Gas Companies,” the technical information contained within this announcement has been reviewed and approved by Graham Bull, Non-Executive Director. He is a member of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and has over 46 years of international oil and gas industry experience.

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