Victory Energy Announces Expansion at Its Tunis Creek Project
Renamed to "Bootleg Canyon (Ellenberger) Field"
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Victory Energy Corporation (OTCQB:VYEY), through its partnership with Aurora Energy Partners, today announced a 49% acreage expansion at its Tunis Creek project located in Pecos County, Texas and the designation of the University "6" #1 well as a "discovery well" by the Railroad Commission of Texas.
The 49% acreage expansion was concluded on September 21, 2011 with the lease of two blocks totaling 797.7 acres from University Lands. The field is now 2,397.7 acres in size.
Following the discovery designation, the Railroad Commission of Texas also approved the renaming of the Tunis Creek project area to the "Bootleg Canyon (Ellenberger) Field".
A field development plan is currently being completed to address well spacing, among other things. Additional information regarding a potential multi-well development plan will be provided following the adoption of Field Rules by the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Kenny Hill, Victory Energy's COO, stated, "The University '6' #1 well began flowing oil on June 25th and has continued to do so since that time. Sustained flow tests to evaluate bottom-hole pressure and to develop optimal flow rates for this well have continued. As mentioned shortly after the first wells completion, very preliminary testing of the total Ellenburger formation indicates that oil reserves could exceed pre-drilling estimates of 500,000 barrels. These preliminary flow tests were performed using the wells natural bottom-hole pressure and was limited to the lower 20 percent of the Ellenburger formation in the wellbore. We have commissioned an SEC qualified reserve report and will release that information as soon as it becomes available."
Victory Energy, through its partnership with Aurora Energy Partners, holds a 5 percent working interest and a 3.75 percent net revenue interest in this oil focused prospect.
About the Bootleg Canyon (Ellenberger) Field Project
The company acquired its interest in the prospect from Midland, Texas based V-F Petroleum Inc., who is also the operator of the well. The University "6" #1 well is located twenty-five miles due east of Fort Stockton, Texas, in eastern Pecos County, and is surrounded by significant hydrocarbon shows in all targeted horizons.
Just over two thirds of a mile to the east-northeast in the same section, Midwest Oil opened the one-well Renaud & Tunstill field. That Midwest Oil well (1 University) is down dip of the Tunis Creek well and was completed in 1960. The 1 University well flowed 248 barrels of 43-degree oil per day from the Ellenburger formation at 6,810-95 feet and 1.65 million cubic feet of casinghead gas.
The prospect area is within the Central Basin Platform of the prolific Permian Basin and is located up dip of a previously producing oil and gas well. Hydrocarbon delivery infrastructure is nearby, including a natural gas pipeline. The 2,397.7 acre lease area comprises three sections of block 20, one section of block 19 University Lands survey.
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About Victory Energy Corporation
Victory Energy Corporation is engaged in the exploration, acquisition, development, and exploitation of oil and gas properties. The company endeavors to utilize its broad range of oil and gas industry relationships to acquire small interests in a large volume of low- to moderate-risk oil and gas prospects. A cornerstone of this strategy is an emphasis on developing and maintaining relationships with proven, well established oil and gas exploration and development companies.
Prospect acquisitions are ideally weighted toward oil, although natural gas projects with high btu content, favorable above-market pricing and modest decline rates will also be targeted. Targeted prospects generally provide the company with a rapid return of capital while offering multiple well locations for additional drilling on an established trend. The model asset portfolio is geologically and geographically diversified. The company's current producing oil and gas assets are located in the United States.
Victory Energy is current with its SEC filings and is a full reporting company. The Company is traded under the ticker symbol VYEY on the OTCQB tier, operated by OTC Markets Group.
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