Far East Energy Updates Progress on Its First Horizontal Wells in China

Far East Energy Corporation (OTC BB: FEEC) announced that it has completed the vertical components of its two-well, multilateral horizontal coalbed methane well program in the Shouyang Block of Shanxi Province, China. The block is part of the 4,280 square kilometer (1,057,650 acres) coalbed methane (CBM) project in Shanxi Province that Far East holds under farmouts from ConocoPhillips.

The vertical drilling in the FCC HZ01 and FCC HZ02 wells has been completed to a targeted vertical depth of 563 meters (1,847 feet) and 675 meters (2,214 feet), respectively. Far East has taken core samples from both the #3 and #15 coal seams for both wells. Based on the results of the core analyses, Far East Energy has begun the horizontal drilling portion of the well program and is targeting the #15 coal seam since the core samples reflected greater stability in that seam. The drilling and wireline logging indicated a coal seam thickness of 2.4 meters (7.8 feet) and 4.0 meters (13.1 feet), for the #3 coal seam on the FCC HZ01 and FCC HZ02 wells, respectively. Additionally, the analysis indicated a thickness of 4.7 meters (15.4 feet) and 4.2 meters (13.8 feet), for the #15 coal seam on the FCC HZ01 and FCC HZ02 wells, respectively. The desorption analysis is in progress and will take about two months to complete.

Far East is now drilling horizontally with a goal of completing over 4,000 meters (13,100 feet) of horizontal drilling in the #15 coal seam in each well. Far East Energy anticipates that the first well (FCC HZ01) will require an additional 30 to 40 days to complete with additional time required to dewater and test the well for sustainable production of CBM. The second well project (FCC HZ02) will require an additional 30 to 45 days to complete the drilling after the FCC HZ01 well is complete.

"We are very pleased with the progress in the drilling operations for our first horizontal wells in Shanxi Province," said Michael R. McElwrath, CEO and President of Far East Energy. "In the next month or two, at most, we should begin to get a read on the commercial potential of these wells."

Based in Houston, Texas, with offices in Beijing, Kunming, and Taiyuan City, China, Far East Energy Corporation is focused on the acquisition of, and exploration for, coalbed methane through its agreements with ConocoPhillips and China United Coalbed Methane Company (CUCBM).

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