Tap Oil Limited announced the Manora Oil Field Operator, Mubadala Petroleum, and Tap have approved the drilling of three firm exploration wells and an appraisal side-track contingent upon exploration success. The first well in the program, Inthanin -1 is expected to spud in the last week of November 2019 and will be followed by Yothaka East-1 and Krissana-1. A contingent side-track, into the Yothaka structure will be dependent upon the results of the Yothaka East-1 and Krissana-1 exploration wells. All wells are located in the Manora Production Licence, and within 5 km of the Manora platform, where Tap has a 30% working interest. The Prospective Resource assessment was undertaken by Discover Geoscience in their capacity as an independent technical expert using data and information provided by Tap. These "near field" prospects are located in close proximity to Manora's discovered producing reservoirs. The development of these volumes would take advantage of existing infrastructure and operating capability. The Inthanin prospect could be developed by deviated wells drilled directly from the Manora platform. Development of the Yothaka East ­ Krissana cluster would require investment in a new wellhead platform tied back to the Manora platform where the oil would be processed and stored on the existing FSO. Inthanin Prospect Summary: The Inthanin prospect trap is a three-way dip closure with the added possibility of a larger combination trap at the 500 sands level. The target reservoirs are fluvial at the 400 and 500 level and lacustrine at the 600 level. The top seal is lacustrine shale and intra-formational clay. The lateral seal is formed by fault juxtaposition or facies change. The charge originates from the same kitchen as the Manora east fault block (EFB) involving short vertical and lateral migration for the lacustrine reservoirs. For the 400 and 500 reservoirs lateral and vertical migration is envisaged from the Manora EFB which is full to spill and interpreted to spill up dip into Inthanin The main risk is lack of reservoir for the lacustrine sands, vertical seal for the fluvial sands and lateral seal for the 500 level combination trap. Yothaka East & Krissana Prospect Summary: The Krissana prospect trap is a three-way dip closure at all sand levels. The target reservoirs are fluvial at the 300, 400 and 500 levels and lacustrine at the 600 level. The top seal is lacustrine shale and intra-formational clay. The lateral seal is formed by juxtaposition against the fault. The charge originates from the same kitchen as the Manora east fault block (EFB). There would be short vertical and lateral migration for the lacustrine reservoirs and vertical and lateral migration for the fluvial reservoirs. The main risk is lack of reservoir for the lacustrine, and fault seal for the fluvial reservoirs. The Yothaka East prospect traps are an inverted flower structure at the 600 level and a faulted four-way dip closure at the 500 level. The target reservoirs are fluvial at the 500 level and lacustrine at the 600 level. The top seal is lacustrine shale and intra-formational clay. The lateral seal is formed in part by juxtaposition against the faults. The charge originates from the same kitchen as the Manora east fault block (EFB). There would be direct migration for the lacustrine reservoirs and short vertical migration for the fluvial 500 reservoirs. The main risk is lack of reservoir and lateral seal for the lacustrine sequence, and seal for the fluvial sequence. The drilling strategy is to drill the Yothaka East prospect into the northern Yothaka East A culmination followed by the Krissana prospect both from the same Krissana surface location. Subject to the results in both wells a decision would then be made to drill the contingent Yothaka East B side-track appraisal well to evaluate the extent of any hydrocarbon discoveries.