Storm Cat Energy Corporation Provides Corporate Update
21 Abril 2008 - 7:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
- VAUGHN 1-18H PRODUCING IN EXCESS OF 1.0 MMCF/D DENVER and
CALGARY, Alberta, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Storm Cat
Energy Corporation (Amex: SCU; TSX: SME) today provided a corporate
update of its operations in the Company's Arkansas Fayetteville
Shale acreage and its recent credit facility amendment related to
its previously announced Powder River Basin (PRB) acquisition.
Fayetteville Shale As reported last week, the Vaughn 1-18H well was
placed on production on April 12 and was initially producing at 0.4
- 0.7 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) while undergoing cleanup.
The well continues to clean up and is currently producing in excess
of 1.0 MMcf/d. The Company's third well, the Files 1-12H, was tied
into sales on April 17, 2008 and is producing in excess of 1.2
MMcf/d while undergoing cleanup. The first of the horizontal wells
of the 2008 program, the Ballard 1-18H, has reached TD and casing
has been run and cemented. The horizontal lateral length of the
Ballard 1-18H is approximately 4,600', which is double the lateral
length of the initial three wells that are currently producing in
the Fayetteville. Completion of the Ballard 1-18H should commence
within the next 30 days. Amendment to Credit Facility The Company
funded the previously announced PRB acreage acquisition through an
amendment to the Company's existing senior, secured credit facility
with Regiment Capital Advisors, LP and Wells Fargo Foothill, part
of Wells Fargo & Company. The amendment increased the term
facility from $30.0 million to $40.0 million. In addition, the
Company and the lenders amended the credit facility to reset loan
compliance covenants to reflect the production shortfall in the
first quarter of 2008. About Storm Cat Energy Storm Cat Energy is
an independent oil and gas company focused on the exploration,
production and development of large unconventional gas reserves
from fractured shales, coal beds and tight sand formations and,
secondarily, from conventional formations. The Company has
producing properties in Wyoming's Powder River Basin and Arkansas'
Arkoma Basin and exploration and development acreage in Canada. The
Company's shares trade on the American Stock Exchange under the
symbol "SCU" and in Canada on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the
symbol "SME." Forward-looking Statements This press release
contains certain "forward-looking statements", as defined in the
United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and
within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation.
Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical
facts; they are generally, but not always, identified by the words
"expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "intends,"
"estimates," "projects," "aims," "potential," "goal," "objective,"
"prospective," and similar expressions, or that events or
conditions "will," "would," "may," "can," "could" or "should"
occur. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs,
estimates and opinions of Storm Cat's management on the date the
statements are made and they involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. Consequently, there can be no assurances that such
statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future
events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Storm Cat undertakes no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements if management's beliefs, estimates or
opinions, or other factors, should change. Factors that could cause
future results to differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the
volatility of natural gas prices, the possibility that exploration
efforts will not yield economically recoverable quantities of gas,
accidents and other risks associated with gas exploration and
development operations, the risk that the Company will encounter
unanticipated geological factors, the Company's need for and
ability to obtain additional financing, the possibility that the
Company may not be able to secure permitting and other governmental
clearances necessary to carry out the Company's exploration and
development plans, and the other risk factors discussed in greater
detail in the Company's various filings on SEDAR
(http://www.sedar.com/) with Canadian securities regulators and its
filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including
the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2007. DATASOURCE: Storm Cat Energy Corporation CONTACT: William
Kent, Director, Investor Relations of Storm Cat Energy Corporation,
+1-303-991-5070 Web site: http://www.stormcatenergy.com/
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