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Arsenal Completes Princess Operations, Updates Mannville Reserves

Arsenal Energy Inc. has released an operations update.
At Princess, Alberta, Arsenal has completed all tie-in operations, battery debottlenecking and water disposal upgrades.
Current total production from Princess is approximately 1,500 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day (80% oil).
In August, Arsenal commissioned Deloitte LLP, to prepare an independent reserve evaluation of Arsenal’s Princess Mannville HHH pool. The pool, developed by Arsenal in 2014, is approximately one section in size with four wells currently producing approximately 750 boe per day (95% oil). The report effective September 30, 2014 recognizes total proved plus probable recoverable reserves of approximately 1.4 million boe with a net present value (discounted @ 10%) of approximately $44.9 million. These reserves…
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