First Production Achieved at Beibu Gulf

Roc Oil (China) Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC, has advised that following the successful installation, hook - up and commissioning of offshore facilities for the Beibu Gulf project, first production has been achieved from two development wells, A5H and A2, on the WZ 6 - 12 wellhead platform.

Both onshore and offshore construction and drilling activities have been undertaken safely to date together with exemplary environmental stewardship . The project has expended approximately 3 .76 million man hours worked without a Lost Time Injury (LTI) or environmental incident.

The trial production period will continue until the next batch of three production wells, as envisaged within the scope of the original Overall Development Plan (ODP), are completed and brought on line in the next few weeks. On completion of the ongoing completions campaign, the HYSY 93 1 jackup drilling rig will drill three additional development wells (A8, A9 and A10) designed to maximize returns from recent exploration success. The successful A6 and A7 wells drilled late 2012 will also be equipped for production. A number of completion activities relating to hook - up and commissioning are still in progress. The WZ 6 - 12 operations will be constrained by simultaneous activities for a numbers of weeks whilst both drilling and commissioning works are finalized. On completion, 10 wells will have been drilled from the WZ 6 - 12 platforms and connected to the production system, five more well's than originally contemplated in the ODP.

The drilling rig is expected to move to WZ12 - 8 West wellhead platforms for the final phase of development drilling during the third quarter. Production from the Beibu fields will progressively ramp up through the year as batches of development wells are drilled, completed and brought on line.

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