Zhaikmunai (Kazakhstan) announced results for the first half of 2012

29.08.12 17:27
/KASE, August 29, 12/ - Zhaikmunai (Uralsk), bonds of which are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), provided to KASE the following press release of August 29, 2012: quotation Zhaikmunai LP (LSE: ZKM), the oil and gas exploration and production enterprise with assets in north-western Kazakhstan today details the continued financial and operational progress made over the period from1 January to 30 June 2012. HIGHLIGHTS - Production: July 2012 average total daily production amounted to 40,036 boepd, an increase of 20.2 % compared to Q1 2012 (33,310 boepd); - Production: Q2 2012 average total daily production amounted to 37,285 boepd, representing a close to three-fold increase compared with Q2 2011 (12,673 boepd); - Production: H1 2012 average total daily production amounted to 35,298 boepd, representing a 263% production growth between H1 2011 and H1 2012; - Drilling: During H1 2012, a total of 2 gas-condensate wells (# 401 and # 218) have been drilled and tied-in to the GTF and a total of 4 new crude oil wells (# 24b, # 116, # 67 and # 45) have been drilled, with 3 currently producing and 1 in test production (# 45 with commercial inflow of crude oil from the Bashkirian Reservoir). ends The press release full version is available on KASE website at: - http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/ZHMN/zhmn_reliz_290812.pdf - in Russian; - http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/ZHMN/zhmn_reliz_290811_e.pdf - in English. [2012-08-29]