newsWICHIAN BURI OILFIELD UPDATE
Melbourne, 21 July 2004, – Following the recent change of the Pacific Tiger Energy Board, the Joint
Venture partners appointed Navigator Resource Management Inc., a Calgary-based firm providing
technical and fiscal consulting services to the oil and gas industry worldwide, to undertake a review of the
operations of the Wichian Buri Oilfield in central Thailand and the performance of the most recently drilled
wells, N7 and N8.
As earlier reported, the N7 and N8 wells have not been performing to expectation. Remedial action, in
the form of a solvent wash on N7, has not resulted in bringing the wells on production at rates in keeping
with their anticipated capability. Wireline logs acquired during drilling indicate that the wells did encounter
significant volumes of oil and should be able to produce at higher levels.
Once the Navigator review is completed, Carnarvon and Pacific Tiger will determine the preferred options
for further remediation of the N7 and N8 wells, and for the next phase of development of the oilfield.
Carnarvon welcomes this review, as it will enable improvements in the operations to be identified and
implemented. In the meantime, overall production from the oilfield continues at approximately 200 BOPD
and the joint venture is profitable.
The Wichian Buri Oilfield has substantial volumes of recoverable oil in place, and there are a number of
additional leads and prospects in the exploration acreage in central Thailand jointly held by Carnarvon
and Pacific Tiger. Gaffney, Cline & Associates, technical advisers to the petroleum industry, has recently
provided a valuation report on the Wichian Buri Field, which has been filed by Pacific Tiger Energy in
accordance with Canadian securities regulations. The Gaffney, Cline technical assessment of the proved
plus probable reserves within Wichian Buri Oilfield confirms the results of an earlier assessment of the
Wichian Buri Oilfield conducted by Helix RDS. The studies estimate between 10 and 23 million barrels of
recoverable oil.
The Gaffney, Cline report can be viewed at www.sedar.com and then under the company profile for
Pacific Tiger Energy.
For further information contact:
Rick A. Pullia
CFO and Company Secretary
Tel: +61 3 9225 5400