Ventures Overview

Alberta

In June 2005, Vanoil entered into a participation agreement in order to drill a test well on the Sarcee Indian Reserve located just outside of Calgary, Alberta. The prospect is located near Shell's Sarcee No.1 well which was drilled in 1953 and has produced 92.4 billion cubic feet to date and is still producing today. Completion and production testing of the Sarcee 12-13 well was finalized in December 2005, but during completion, water intruded through the casing sidewall and independent consultants subsequently recommended remedial completion work for the well.

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Kenya

In 2007, Vanoil signed a production sharing contract for Blocks 3A and 3B in Eastern Kenya. The total area included in the concessions is 24,912 sq km, which covers three important sedimentary basins. Vanoil's Blocks are located adjacent to large concessions held by the Chinese National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC), The Tawainese Oil Company and Africa Oil are within the same basin as Lundin's Block 10A. Vanoil is extremely excited about the prospects of making a major find in Kenya and is currently reprocessing and interpreting seismic data.

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Rwanda

The Kivu Graben, where Vanoil is exploring for energy deposits, is located south of the Albertine Graben in Uganda on Lake Albert where Tullow and Heritage Oil have made a major oil and gas discovery (500,000+ barrels). Recent studies have indicated 55 billion cubic meters of methane gas lay beneath the shallow lake bed of Lake Kivu and a pilot power plant with a capacity of 4.5 Mw has been commissioned. Following Vanoil's survey, the potential field interpretation will include available geological, geochemical and remote sensing data to rank priority areas /anomalies /structures for further study with seismic that will eventually lead to the drilling of the most prospective sites.

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