New Zealand Oil & Gas Limited announced that its Joint Venture with Strike Energy Ltd. and New Zealand Oil and Gas Ltd. has contracted a rig to drill the Booth-1 well in the North Perth Basin. The Booth prospect, located in the east of L7, is planned to be the first well in the upcoming Joint Venture's drilling campaign, targeting gas at the Kingia-High Cliff reservoirs with potential for oil or gas in the overlying Dongara and Jurassic sandstones. The previously identified Becos oil prospect in EP 437 is intended to be the second well in the program, targeting the Bookara sandstone.

Triangle expects to drill Becos in the September quarter 2024, subject to EP approval and final JV approval. Becos has a Prospective Resource range of 1 MMbbl (million barrels) to 21 MMbbl with a mid-case of 5 MMbbl oil (Gross 100%). The first two wells are expected to be drilled utilising separate rigs.

The Booth prospect, with a total depth of 2,900m, requires a medium to large rig such as the Ventia 106 and the Becos prospect, with a prognosed depth of just over 1,000m, is more suited to a smaller, more mobile rig. This is an untested play underlying potential Jurassic to Permian oil-prone sandstone reservoirs in this area near Mount Horner Oil Field. Triangle Managing Director Conrad Todd said: "Booth will be the first well drilled in the two permits in the Perth Basin for 30 years.

During this time, 3D seismic has been developed, which has played a pivotal role in some of the major discoveries in the Perth Basin in recent years. Triangle and JV partners have utilised new 3D seismic to locate and plan these wells and are excited to drill the first of many prospects within these permits. "This latest 3D data interpretation and geological analysis has led to numerous new oil and gas prospects being identified, further highlighting the immense potential in what is the most under-explored acreage in the lucrative Perth Basin".

Authorised for Release by: The Board of Directors. These estimates have both an associated risk of discovery and a risk to development. Further exploration appraisal and evaluation is required to determine the existence of a significant quantity of potentially moveable hydrocarbons.

The estimates of Prospective Resources included in the announcement have been prepared in accordance with the definitions and guidelines set out in the Petroleum Resources Management System ("PRMS") as revised in June 2018 by the Society of Petroleum Engeers. The PRMS defines prospective resources as those quantities of petroleum which are estimated, as of a given date, to be potentially recoverable from undiscovered accumulations. All Prospective Resources indicated within the updated L7, and EP 437 resources tables are calculated for a Gross 100% interest in the Permit and tabulated as Gross (100%) and Net (50%) interests.

These prospects were mapped using the Bookara 3D seismic data which has been recently acquired and interpreted. TEG has applied a range of reservoir parameters based on regional well-owned and interpreted. Triangle has applied a range of reservoir metrics based on regional well-owned, and EP 437, which also hosts the Becos prospect, to be the first well in the North Perth Basin.