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Samson Talks Frac Ops at Bakken Stockyard, Rainbow Projects

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   |    Wednesday,September 03,2014

Samson Oil & Gas Limited has reported an update on its Bakken/Three Forks projects.

North Stockyard Project - Williams County, North Dakota

The infill development plan for North Stockyard consists of 8 middle Bakken wells that have been drilled and 22 Three Forks wells. The Three Forks wells consist of 8 First Bench Three Forks wells, 6 Second Bench Three Forks wells, and 8 Third Bench Three Forks wells. For ease of reference, the current status of each well is set out below with separate tables for each drill pad:

Both Sail and Anchor 4-13-14HBK and Blackdog 3-13-14H remain shut in until the completion of the Bootleg 6/7/8 wells. Upon completion of the Bootleg 6/7/8 wells, the Blackdog 3-13-14H lateral section will be cleaned out.

Bootleg 8-14-15 TFH drilled the 6 inch lateral to 18,430 feet. The 4-1/2 inch production liner has been set and cemented at 18,268 feet. Frontier 24 will move to the North pad and drill the Ironbank wells 4 & 5 in the Three Forks.

Bootleg 5-14-15TFH frack has been completed and 23 plugs (out of 34) have been drilled out with a coiled tubing unit. The well was turned to production as of Tuesday Sept 2nd.

Bootleg 4-14-15TFH frack has been completed and 14 plugs (out of 28) have been drilled out with a coiled tubing unit. The coiled tubing unit was rigged down in anticipation of Frontier Rig 24 arrival on location to drill Ironbank 4 & 5 wells. The well was turned to production as of Tuesday Sept 2nd.

The drill out of the remaining plugs on the Bootleg 4 & 5 wells will take place with a work over rig after Frontier Rig 24 is released from the pad.

Bootleg 6, 7, and 8 will be fracked following removal of Frontier Rig 24 from the south pad.

Samson’s working interest and its net revenue interest for the North Stockyard Project is set out in the following table:

Wells have yet to be elected by Samson and therefore are subject to change.

Rainbow Project - Williams County, North Dakota

Gladys 1-20H (SSN 23%)

The Gladys 1-20 H well has been drilled by Continental Resources to a total depth of 19,994 feet. The well is a 1,280 acre lateral (approximately 10,000 feet) in the middle member of the Bakken Formation.

Gladys 1-20H has drilled out to frac plug #37 (of 39). The coiled tubing drill out operation was limited by the coils ability to enter the wellbore, unlike jointed pipe no additional weight can be applied in the vertical part of the coil. The operation therefore left 2 of the 39 plugs in the lateral un-drilled. These plugs are equipped to flow without being completely removed; the restriction to the flow back will be minimal.


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