Nextraction plans to drill in Whitley County, Kentucky
June 8, 2009Nextraction Energy Corporation (TSX-V: NE) (the "Company") announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Nextraction Energy (US) Inc. ("Nextraction"), has entered into a contract to drill a wireline core analyzing the potential gas resource of the Chattanooga shale formation on recently acquired property in southeastern Kentucky. Nextraction plans to spend $120,000 for the coring of 75-120 feet of the Chattanooga shale formation, which is a Devonian Age black shale located in the Appalachian Basin of the eastern United States. Nextraction has also entered into an agreement with TerraTek, a Salt Lake City, Utah based oil and gas research and development specialist, to evaluate the coring data for commercial potential.
The core will be the first well pursuant to the terms of Farmout and Joint Venture Agreement (Press Release dated March 26, 2009) with Vinland Energy Eastern, LLC ("Vinland"). In the event the analytical data from the core is positive, the Company will plan to drill four additional wells to complete its drilling program for 2009.
Nextraction has also entered into a Farmout Agreement with Trust Energy Company, LLC ("Trust"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (NYSE:VNR). Trust is a joint venture partner with Vinland in the Project Area and owns partial interest in approximately 13,000 acres inclusive of the 70,130 acre Farmout and Joint Venture Agreement Nextraction has with Vinland. The Farmout Agreement provides for Nextracton to core one test well prior to July 1, 2009 and drill four (4) wells on Trust leasehold interests prior to February 28, 2011. Under terms of the agreement, Trust will have an option to participate as a twenty five percent working interest in the four wells after payout, on a well by well basis.
Nextraction has also acquired a new 165 acre property lease and an assignment of wellbore interest from MTARRI, Inc. (MTARRI) in Whitley County, Kentucky. MTARRI is a private wholly-owned Company of Dr. Paul D. Trost. Dr. Trost is a director of the Company and has agreed for MTARRI to convey its fifty percent ownership in the proposed core well for $1.00. The interest being conveyed does not have a market value, and the assignment is a third party arm's length transaction.
Nextraction Energy Corporation is a Canadian junior oil and gas company which changed its business to the oil and gas industry in November 2008. The Company is located in Vancouver, BC, Canada and in addition to the Eastern Kentucky Project described above, has assets in the Pinedale area of western Wyoming, where it plans to carry out drilling operations in 2009.
On behalf of the Board of Nextraction Energy Corp.
"Mark S. Dolar"
President and CEO
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Mark S. Dolar, President and CEO
Website: www.nextraction.com
Phone: (604) 488-3633
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