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Aug 24, 2010 09:30 ET
Centric Energy Announces Results of Kenya Oil Seep Study
LONDON, ENGLAND--(Marketwire - Aug. 24, 2010) -Centric Energy Corp. ("Centric Energy" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:CTE) is pleased to announce results of a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) oil-seep study of its Block 10BA, northwest Kenya.
Aspart of its ongoing exploration work in Block 10BA, Centric Energy haspurchased sixteen satellite acquired SAR scenes from Fugro NPA Ltd toprovide a minimum of three SAR scenes from different dates over allareas of Lake Turkana. Fugro NPA's experts undertook an interpretationof these data to identify and classify possible surface slicks on LakeTurkana. They categorised the observed slicks as either "PriorityUnassigned" slicks, which is an oil slick with an estimated 20 percentchance of being related to natural oil seepage, or "Unassigned" whichis an oil or non-oil slick that has an estimated 10 percent chance ofbeing related to natural seepage.
The fourslicks that were classed as "Priority Unassigned" slicks appeared onlyon a single satellite scene, but had characteristics that were morelikely to be related to natural seepage. In addition, five of the lowerconfidence "Unassigned" slicks appeared on two or more SAR scenes ofdifferent dates; according to Fugro NPA's experts, this repetition overa period of time increases the likelihood of them being related tonatural seepage rather than related to another source. Therefore thereare, in total, nine slicks which have a higher likelihood of beingrelated to natural oil seepage from an underground source while stilllacking clear characteristics that can confidently relate these slicksto such seepage. Some of the slicks coincide with geological structuresobserved on seismic data.
There arecomplementary data on a natural live oil seep which is recorded in anOnshore Seeps Database (source Fugro Data Solutions Ltd., North Wales)as occurring on the north-western shores of Lake Turkana. This seep isdescribed as "Oil indications, close to salt and sulphur springs. Oilindication similar to Albert Rift". No geochemical analysis of thisreported oil seep has yet been located by Centric Energy.
Itis important that the interpreted slicks on the lake and the mappedseep on the shore are validated by sampling them in the field andundertaking chemical and geochemical analyses to identify the source ofthe oil. This work is planned for later in 2010.
"The results of this oil seep study are encouraging and we are cautiously optimistic," said Alec Robinson, President & CEO of Centric Energy. "Theseresults need to be confirmed by fieldwork and sampling, and geochemicalanalyses, which we expect will be conducted during late 2010. If thisfuture work confirms that the oil is due to natural seepage it willgreatly improve our risk assessment of the exploration potential ofBlock 10BA."
ON BEHALF OF CENTRIC ENERGY CORP.
Alec Robinson, President and Chief Executive Officer