W&T Offshore Seals Stake in Shell's Fairway Field, Yellowhammer Facility

- W&T Offshore Seals Stake in Shell's Fairway Field, Yellowhammer Facility

Thursday, August 11, 2011
W&T Offshore Inc.

W&T Offshore has closed its acquisition of Shell Offshore's 64.3% interest in the Fairway Field along with a 64.3% interest in the associated Yellowhammer gas processing plant, with an effective date of September 1, 2010. This acquisition was part of a larger transaction between Shell and W&T for three Gulf of Mexico deepwater producing fields known as Tahoe, SE Tahoe, and Droshky. As of the close date, the adjusted purchase price paid for the Fairway Field and Yellowhammer gas plant, as adjusted on the preliminary closing statement, was approximately $36.7 million, subject to further post-effective date adjustments and assumption of asset retirement obligations associated with these properties.

The Fairway Field is located in the shallow state waters south of Mobile Bay, Alabama and the Yellowhammer plant is located onshore in Alabama about 17 miles northwest of the Fairway Field. Current production, net to our interest in the Fairway Field, is approximately 19.5 MMcf of natural gas per day and 1,200 barrels of natural gas liquids per day or approximately 26.9 MMcfe per day, which was not included in previously provided production guidance. W&T's internal estimates of proved reserves associated with the acquired property as of June 30, 2011 are 39.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 2.5 million barrels of natural gas liquids, or 54.5 Bcfe. These reserves were based on SEC reserves definitions and pricing as of June 30, 2011.

Tracy W. Krohn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "This completes our acquisition from Shell and it serves to increase the borrowing base of our revolving bank credit facility by $50 million."

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Primary Executes LOI for Southern Alberta Basin Bakken Fairway Lands

- Primary Executes LOI for Southern Alberta Basin Bakken Fairway Lands

Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Primary Petroleum Corp.

Primary Petroleum has agreed to move forward in executing a non-binding Letter of Intent ("LOI") to finalize a Farmout and Joint Operating Agreement (the "Agreement") with a major U.S. based Industry Partner on its 291,000 net acres under lease and option in the Southern Alberta Basin Bakken Fairway of NW Montana.

The completion of the transaction is subject to title and environmental due diligence and final documentation. It is expected to close on or before October 3rd 2011, when specific details of the formal agreement will be disclosed. Primary's current 3D Seismic and vertical drilling program will be ongoing during the due diligence and final documentation negotiation period.

"Primary looks forward to completing this transaction and moving forward with a strong Industry Partner to delineate and prove up our acreage position in the Southern Alberta Bakken Basin in NW Montana," states Mike Marrandino, President & CEO. "The Basin continues to be de-risked by Industry on both sides of the border and Primary is looking forward to the potential of confirming economic hydrocarbons over our lands. The next couple of years will be very exciting for the Company once this transaction is completed as it will enable Primary to fulfill its business objectives of evaluating its acreage with the added technical expertise and financial strength of a strong joint venture partner."

Current Pondera-Teton Work Program

Primary also advised that its current 3D Seismic program is underway on the Dupuyer Creek prospect. It is anticipated that both the Dupuyer Creek and Marias River seismic programs will be completed by the end of August. The seismic crew will then move south to continue with our Deep Creek East and Eureka Lake programs. To-date, the Company has identified three vertical drilling locations on its existing 3D Seismic that it completed in 2008 and is underway with the well site permitting process.

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Drillsearch: Drilling Starts at 2nd Well in Western Flank Oil Fairway Prog.

- Drillsearch: Drilling Starts at 2nd Well in Western Flank Oil Fairway Prog.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Drillsearch Energy Ltd.

Drillsearch announced that following the success of the Hanson—1 New Oil Field Discovery in PEL 91, Drillsearch's Western Flank Oil Fairway drilling program continues with the spudding of Snellings-1, the second well in the five well program. The Snellings-1 well spudded at 7.00am Monday, 6 June 2011. Drillsearch holds a 60% Interest in PEL 91 while Beach Energy (ASX: BPT) as operator holds 40%. The Hanson Oil discovery is estimated to contain gross recoverable oil of up to 1 million barrels. Drillsearch also holds a 60% interest in this discovery.

Snellings-1 oil exploration well is located 1500 meters north of the Hanson Oil Discovery and 1900 meters south of the Chiton Oil Field. The primary objective of the well is the Namur Sandstone which is the productive oil reservoir in both the Chiton Oil Discovery and the Hanson New Oil Field Discovery announced on May 30, 2011 along with numerous oil discoveries in the adjacent PEL 92 permit to the south of the Snellings prospect. The Birkhead Formation Sandstones, Hutton Sandstone and Poolowanna Sandstones are considered secondary targets for oil and have been proven at the Christies and Sellicks oilfields to the south and south east of Snellings-1. Drilling will be to a total depth of 1935mRT and it is expected that the drilling will take 10-14 days.

Seismic mapping of the Namur horizon indicates that the Snellings Structure has approximately 10 meters of independent structural relief and potentially encloses an area of 1.0km2. The Snellings Prospect is estimated to have up to P10 High-side Recoverable Prospective Resource potential of up to 1.0 million barrels of oil.

Details of the Snellings Prospect are set out in the attached Prospect Data Sheet and accompanying maps and seismic sections.
Snellings-1 will be drilled as a conventional vertical well with wireline logging and possible testing planned after the well reaches total depth. The main target zone is expected to be penetrated five to seven days after spud.

Mr. Brad Lingo, Managing Director noted that "following the success of the Hanson-1 Oil Discovery announced on May 30, 2011, the spudding of Snellings-1, the second well in our five well drilling program is very encouraging. We are progressing on schedule, and we look forward to providing you with further updates on the exploration work we are undertaking in the highly prospective Western Flank Oil Fairway."

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