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Strata-X Plans Utica Appraisal Well at Vail Oil Project

Strata-X Energy Ltd. has reported an update on its 100% owned Vail Oil Project, which spans 48,000 net acres in the Illinois Basin.
The Company's first horizontal appraisal well in its Vail Oil Project, the Burkett #5-34HOR permitted by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Mines and Minerals Division (DNR), is to be drilled in Clay County, Illinois, west of the town of Xenia, Illinois. The Company has a contract with Les Wilson, Inc., an Illinois based drilling company, to utilize their Rig #25 for this well and expects the rig to be mobilized to the location of the Burkett #5-34HOR well within the next 10 days. Drilling of the exploratory well on the Vail Oil Project is anticipated to commence on or around July 8, 2013.
The permit issued by the DNR for the Burkett #5-34HOR well…
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