AJ Lucas Group Limited announced the Operational Update. The Australian Drilling Division continues to outperform expectations driven principally by demand from key customers and will finish the December half year well ahead of the same period last year. In addition to the contracted customer base, the Drilling Division is exploring other opportunities which are expected to support further growth as the Division moves into the second half of Fiscal Year 2020. In the United Kingdom, as the operator of AJ Lucas' UK shale gas investment, Cuadrilla (alongside other industry participants) continues to assist the relevant authorities in recommending a lifting of the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing. During calendar year 2020, Cuadrilla will conduct an examination of various acreages ahead of an anticipated resumption of exploration activities. While the current timing of a lifting of the moratorium remains unclear, the results of the recent UK election provide the industry with comfort that the long-awaited period of stability will return to the UK and will allow the government to address priorities facing the United Kingdom post Brexit such as the domestic energy opportunities.