 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (TSXV Symbol: FO) May 23, 2007
FALCON OIL & GAS LTD. ANNOUNCES INITIAL TEST RESULTS AT MAGYARCSANAD-1 WELL
Mak Trough Well Tests Positive for Oil and Gas within the Endrd formation
Budapest, Hungary May 23, 2007 Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSXV: FO) (Falcon or the Company) is pleased to announce that the Company has encountered a productive oil and gas interval in the Magyarcsanad-1 exploration well. The productive interval was encountered within the Endrd formation at a depth of 4,057 meters.
In an initial rate test in a seven meter gross interval, which the Company has not yet fracture stimulated, the Magyarcsanad-1 well flowed 377 barrels of oil per day of light crude oil (48 degree API gravity) and 745,000 cubic feet of gas per day. The total thickness of the Endrd formation behind casing is 362 meters.
The initial rate test had an estimated flowing bottom hole temperature of 182 degrees Celsius (360 degrees Fahrenheit) and a 3,843 pounds per square inch (psi) flowing tubing pressure. Down hole pressure measurements, surface fluid and gas samples were continuously monitored through the initial test period to aid the Companys plans for possible appraisal drilling. The liquid hydrocarbons from the well were sold to a third-party under an oil sales contract. Gas was flared. Falcon will move forward with the Magyarcsanad-1 well testing program, and will fracture stimulate the entire 362 meters of the Endrd formation that is behind casing.
Falcon CEO and President, Marc A. Bruner, said, The naturally flowing Endrd oil zone encountered at the Magyarcsanad-1 adds a new dimension to our project, as the scope of our exploration program in Hungary expands to include oil.
The Magyarcsanad-1 well is located in the southern area of Falcons Mak License and is approximately 16.5 kilometers south of Falcons Mak-6 well and approximately nine kilometers east of the Mak-1, Mak-2 and Mak-3 wells, which were drilled several years prior to Falcon's acquisition of the Mak License. The Mak-1, Mak-2 and Mak-3 wells encountered gas and oil shows within the Endrd formation. The Magyarcsanad-1 well was drilled by Falcon as a southern delineation well to assist in defining the boundaries of a Basin Centered Gas Accumulation (BCGA) within the Mak Trough.
The recent and newly completed 3-D seismic acquisition program is being processed and integrated into the Companys previously acquired 3-D programs. This new seismic program covers the Magyarcsanad-1 discovery and will be important in defining possible offset appraisal wells.
About Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd.
Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. is a British Columbia corporation which is in the business of oil and gas exploration and production. It has operations in Hungary through its wholly-owned subsidiary TXM Oil and Gas Exploration, and in Romania through its wholly-owned subsidiary JVX Energy Corporation. Further information about Falcon is available at www.falconoilandgas.com.
Contacts:
Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd.
Marc A. Bruner, President, Chairman & CEO
Weber Shandwick Worldwide
Peter Duda
+1 (212) 445-8213
Falcon's discovered resources are not reserves. Only those quantities of oil and gas that are anticipated to be economically recoverable from discovered resources are classified as reserves. Until such time as Falcon's discovered resources are proven to be reserves, there is a risk that Falcon may not achieve ongoing operations from which it may generate significant revenue.
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