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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND
OTHER MATTERS
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AND GAS COMPANY (“RICHFIELD” OR THE “COMPANY”) AS OF THE DATE HEREOF. RICHFIELD’S INDEPENDENT PUBLIC
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5. INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Low Risk Assets
Superior Well Economics
Liquids-Rich Asset Base with
Significant Upside Potential
Proprietary Database and Research
Technology
Best in Class Geological Team
Strong Management Team with
Proven Track Record
• Fields with long production histories and significant well control
• Documented pay in areas with low historical recovery due to antiquated methods
• Significant inventory of low-cost, high-return behind pipe and offset opportunities
• Well costs range from $0.25 - $0.50 million, with 26 MBoe EUR per zone
• Additional performance-based upside of 80 MBoe per well in the Arbuckle Formation
• Re-work and new drill type wells produce IRR’s of 329% and 126%, respectively
•
•
•
•
1,656 MBoe Proved Reserves (95% oil) - 5,447 MBoe 2P Reserves (91% oil)
$33.9 million Proved PV-10 ($158.3 million 2P PV-10)
Additional unbooked potential in horizontal Mississippian well locations
World class upside in Utah acreage in the Navajo Sandstone, Mancos Shale,
Mississippian, and other formations
• Database of over 300,000 wells – most comprehensive Kansas dataset
• Allows for rapid identification and evaluation of potential acquisitions
• Proven strategy originally developed by the Richfield management team
• Award-winning geologists with over 208 years of combined experience in analyzing
drilling and development opportunities in Kansas and Utah
• Experts in exploring for and producing from reservoirs that are not in capillary
pressure equilibrium and subject to damage from standard drilling techniques
• Expertise in overthrust geology in Rockies
• Demonstrated a unique ability to identify, evaluate and develop undercapitalized assets
• Found in excess of 1 BBoe of reservoirs in the UT / WY overthrust belt
• Pioneered the dewatering production methods now in use throughout Kansas and
Oklahoma, by many operators
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6. HIGHLY EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT TEAM
Alan D. Gaines: Chairman of the
Board of Directors
• 30 years experience as an energy investment and merchant banker, and has participated in
the raising of debt and equity financing in excess of $100 billion
• Chairman, and Founder of Dune Energy, Inc. since its formation in May 2001 through April
2011 and CEO form inception though May 2007
Douglas C. Hewitt: President and
CEO
• 27 years in managing all aspects of oil company development, including geological
analysis, design and implementation of advanced engineering, field management and
finance
• Founder & CEO of publicly traded HEGCO Canada, an oil & gas exploration company
(1995-2000), Iron Thunder Drilling (1998), Nemaha Services (1991), Hewitt Energy
Group, Inc. (1988), and New Century Petroleum (1986)
Glenn G. MacNeil: CFO and Director
• Over 30 years in public accounting and CFO positions for the oil and gas and financial
services industries, internationally
• Served as an officer and director for numerous private and public companies
• Lead roles in acquisitions, divestitures, turnaround situations and start-up businesses
Mike A. Cederstrom: General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary
• Practiced law since 1980, over 17 years experience advising oil and gas companies in all
areas including leasing, environmental and regulatory compliance and securities matters
• Practiced law with Dexter & Dexter Attorneys at Law from 2004 to 2008
• Served as the General Counsel and CFO of HEGCO Canada, Inc. from 1997 to 2002
George T. Ulrich: Controller
• 28 years experience in public and private companies in senior accounting roles, including
15 years with Iomega Corporation
• Significant experience in SEC reporting and filings for public companies
David K. Detton: Land and Legal
• Licensed Utah attorney since 1976, former partner in two of the 100 largest U.S. law firms
• Managed land teams for over $1 B in acquisitions of oil & gas companies
• Managed company’s recent acquisitions of over 12,000 acres of mineral rights and 10,000
acre feet of water rights
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7. DISTINGUISHED BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John J. McFadden: Independent
Director
Joseph P. Tate: Independent
Director
Thomas R. Grimm: Independent
Director
• 38 years of experience in the investment banking industry
• Served with The First Boston Corporation / Credit Suisse First Boston in corporate finance
and public finance, including as Vice President and Treasurer. Served as Sr. Managing
Director of Cambridge Holding and Cambridge Partners, LLC
• 40 years of entrepreneurial experience
• Founded Valley Sanitation and merged with 10 other waste businesses to form Superior
Services, Inc.
• In 1996, as President and Chairman, completed a successful IPO on the NASDAQ
• In 1999, Superior was sold to Vivendi, a French conglomerate for over $1 billion
• Brings many years of top-level business and entrepreneurial experience to the Company's
Board
• From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Grimm served as: President and CEO of Sam's Club as well as
Executive Vice President of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., based in Bentonville, Arkansas
• Mr. Grimm served as the CEO of Pace Membership Warehouse, a subsidiary of Kmart
Stores Inc.
• Founder, President and CEO of Price Savers Membership Warehouse, which achieved one
billion dollars in sales in its last year prior to being acquired by Kmart Stores Inc.
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8. BEST IN CLASS TECHNICAL TEAM
Monty Hoffman: Production
Geologist
Raina Powell: Production Geologist
Bill Alexander: Petroleum Engineer
• From 2007 to 2009, served as SVP of Exploration for Hunter Energy, LLC
• From 1990 to present, has served as President of Safford Exploration - resulted in the
discovery of the 1 MMBO Thief Creek Field in the Wyoming Thrust Belt for Anshutz Corp.
• From 1976 - 1990 worked for Chevron, supervised the development of Whitney Canyon Carter Creek fields, and served as District Geologist of the Mid-Continent District
• From 1976 - 1990 worked for Chevron in various roles, including the geologic
negotiations with partners in Painter and East Painter fields
• Since 1990, has served as a Staff Geologist for Safford Exploration, Inc.
• Experience in several Wyoming basins, in the Williston Basin, and in Texas and Kansas
• From 2003 to 2005, served as Senior Staff Geologist for Nautilus Resources; supervised
the Gebo Field, which doubled from 500 BOPD to 1000 BOPD
• Over 60 years of oil and gas experience
• From 1960 to 1974, served as a drilling and completions engineer and field engineer with
Shell Oil Company
• Also served in various engineering roles with Kirby Exploration, Alexander Drilling,
Natomas North America, and Pennaco Resources Company
Paul Lamerson: Consulting
Geologist
• Over 50 years of oil and gas experience
• Currently with Safford Exploration, where he served with the team responsible for the
discovery of the 1 MMBO Thief Creek Field in the Wyoming Thrust Belt
• From 1956 to 1989, served as a geologist for Chevron where he was part of the team who
discovered Ryckman Creek (1976), Painter Reservoir (1977), East Painter Reservoir
(1978), Whitney Canyon-Carter Creek (1977), and Glasscock Hollow (1980) fields
Jeremiah J. Burton: Geologist
• 15 Years of Oil and Gas Experience in the Mid-Continent and the Rockies, including work
for Flying J Oil & Gas, and permitting work for Anadarko in Alaska.
• 10 years with Richfield and its Predecessors, including the initial identification, and
evaluation of Richfield’s current Mid-Continent Properties.
• Helped Develop Richfield’s Proprietary exploration database
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9. COMPANY SUMMARY
North American exploration and production company based in Salt Lake City, Utah
Publicly-traded on the OTCQX U.S. Premier Market; Ticker Symbol: ROIL
Incorporated April 2011, simultaneous with the merger with Hewitt Petroleum, Inc.
Unique balance of low-risk assets with immediate cash flow impact and long-term upside:
Kansas - Low-risk, low-cost, high return assets
Wyoming – Low-risk, moderate cost, high return assets
Independence Project, Mancos Shale - Moderate risk, high upside
Central Utah Overthrust –High Risk, high upside
Near-term strategy focuses on increasing cash flow through exploitation of Kansas and Wyoming assets
2013 – 2014 capital program includes 92 re-work and new drill operations
Pursue cash-flow accretive bolt-on acquisitions in core operating region
Central Utah Overthrust acreage provides significant upside potential through Mancos Shale exposure
Approximately 11,464 acres with unbooked resource potential in the Navajo Sandstone, Mancos Shale, and deep
Mississippian formations (127 potential drilling locations) - 89.5% WI in the HUOP Freedom Trend Prospect and
59.6% WI in the Liberty Prospect
20,000 acres prospective for the Mancos Shale (31 potential drilling locations)
o Partnered with experienced, NYSE-listed, independent operator with extensive experience in unconventional
resource plays – 4% WI in the Independence Prospect
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10. 2012 RESERVES SUMMARY – DEVELOPED PROPERTIES ONLY
Reserve
Class
Drilling
Locations
Net
PV-10 ($MM)
Oil (MBbl)
PD
32
$15.6
546
118
566
96.5%
PUD
43
18.3
1,022
409
1,090
93.7%
75
$33.9
1,568
527
1,656
94.7%
5
$124.4
3,407
2,304
3,791
89.9%
80
$158.3
4,975
2,831
5,447
91.3%
Total Proved
PROB1
Total 2P
Net Reserves Data
Gas (MMcf)
MBoe
% Oil
Significant Performance-Based Upside
Source: Pinnacle Energy Services, LLC Reserves and Engineering Evaluation dated January 18, 2013
Note: Excludes Utah and Wyoming resource potential.
1. Represents 5 horizontal Mississippian well locations; additional reserves and present value represent increase well performance from the PD and PUD drilling locations.
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11. $20 MILLION DEBT FUNDING WORK PLAN
Capital Expenditures:
Total
Aug 15, 2013 to
Dec 31, 2013
$8.8M
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$18.0M
$23.1M
$49.9M
Jul 1, 2013 to
Dec 31, 2013
10
10
2
21
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
6
29
8
6
0
41
6
2
16
80
16
29
Dec 2014
70
16
86
Dec 2015
111
22
133
Work Plan:
Recompletion Wells
New Drill Wells
New SWD Wells
Reworked Wells
Ending December 31st Projected Total Wells:
Producing Wells
SWD Wells
Total Wells
Dec 2013
35
8
43
Ending Month NRI Bopd Projected Production:
Total
Aug 2013
105 Bopd
Dec 2013
543 Bopd
Dec 2014
1,019 Bopd
Dec 2015
1,655 Bopd
Adjusted EBITDA for the Period:
Adjusted EBITDA
Sep 1, 2013 to
Aug 31, 2014
$11.1M
FY 2014
FY 2015
$15.5M
$27.5M
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13. PROVEN PRODUCTION METHOD
Braman Field – Historical Production And Development Activity
800
Peak Production:
715 Boe/d
Historical Gross Production (Boe/d)
700
Sold for $6
million
600
500
400
300
200
$2.6 million total capital
expenditures:
• 6 New Drills
• 3 Re-works
• 5 Wells high-volume
submersible pumps
Acquired for
$5,000
100
0
Douglas Hewitt pioneered the dewatering production methods now in use throughout Oklahoma, by many operators
Source: IHS Herold
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14. EXPLORE AND RESEARCH SYSTEM (“EARS”)
Proprietary database that includes well data from several public and private sources
Production history charts
Data on 300,000+ wells drilled in the mid-continent since the 1920s
Invested over $3 million in unique strategic advantage which allows Richfield to:
Allocate capital to best drilling targets
Identify and evaluate acquisition targets
Well data
Well logs & cross-sections
Most Comprehensive Source of Kansas Production, Completion, and Geological Data
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15. MAJOR OPERATORS
IN
KANSAS
Richfield Leaseholds and Major Kansas Operators
Richfield Properties
Legend
Nemaha
Anticline
Cambridge
Arch
Operator
Apache
Chesapeake
Encana
Salina Basin
Sandridge
Shell
Hugoton
Embayment of the
Anadarko Basin
Forecast
City Basin
Central
Kansas
Uplift
Bourbon
Arch
Sedgwick
Basin
Cherokee
Basin
Gorham Field
• 1,218 acres
• 45 locations
Trapp Field
• 160 acres
• 7 locations
Koelsch Field
• 480 acres
• 10 locations
Perth Field
• 480 acres
• 10 locations
South Haven Field
• 248 acres
• 5 locations
Richfield Leases
Bull Field (Oklahoma)
• 40 acres
• 1 location
Richfield’s acreage is located in the heart of the Central Kansas Uplift
2,626 acres
78 total drilling and workover locations
Source: Company filings, PLS Oil & Gas Database
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16. CENTRAL KANSAS UPLIFT OVERVIEW
Unproduced Oil and Gas Zones
Arbuckle Overview
Main target is the Arbuckle formation, a water-drive
reservoir system that has yielded 2.4 billion barrels
since the late-1920s
Typically outfit new or recompleted Arbuckle wells
with high volume submersible pumps
Typical well will produce 10-40 BOPD and with
proper well density, these oil rates can increase
Untapped Potential
2009 Halliburton TMD Log, Gorham Field
Formation has been produced almost exclusively
from its topmost layer
Productive lower Arbuckle intervals exist in every
major CKU field. These zones were only
sporadically produced—mainly due to a lack of
information sharing among an unsophisticated,
under-capitalized producer base
Behind Pipe Reserves
Recent cased hole logs on Richfield’s wells identify
significant new reserves in two of Central Kansas’
largest fields
2009 Halliburton TMD Log, Trapp Field
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17. GORHAM FIELD
Operating Region
Richfield Development Plan
A geological report on a Gorham Field well log
indicates over 50’ of pay
Only the top 2’ – 5’ of the Arbuckle has been
produced in the entire field
2013 - $4.1 million capital expenditures
20 re-works/recompletions (including 7 PDP and
1 SWD)
4 new drill locations (including 1 SWD)
2014 - $12.8 million capital expenditures
8 re-works/recompletions
24 new drill locations (including 4 SWDs)
Anticipated production growth:
Current NRI Production: 20 Boe/d
Expected 2013 Exit NRI Rate: 237 Boe/d
Asset Overview ($ in millions)
Gross Acreage
Average WI / NRI
PDP (Re-work)
Re-work
New Drill
Total Proved
Performance-Based
Total
Source: Pinnacle Energy Services, LLC Reserves and Engineering Evaluation dated January 18, 2013
1,218
100% / 80%
Locations
7
12
26
45
PV-10
$2.0
7.9
8.3
$18.2
93.2
$111.4
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18. KOELSCH FIELD
Operating Region
Field Description
Field was discovered in 1952 and abandoned in 1957,
leaving 3.9 – 6.4 MMBoe recoverable
2013 - $0.1 million capital expenditures
1 re-work/recompletion (including 1 PDP)
2014 - $2.1 million capital expenditures
2 re-works/recompletions (including 1 PDP)
5 new drill locations (including 1 SWD)
Anticipated production growth:
Current NRI Production: 12 Boe/d
Expected 2013 Exit NRI Rate: 20 Boe/d
Asset Overview ($ in millions)
Gross Acreage
Average WI / NRI
PDP (2 Re-work)
Re-work
New Drill
Probable (Mississippian)
Total
Performance-Based
Total
Source: Pinnacle Energy Services, LLC Reserves and Engineering Evaluation dated January 18, 2013
480
85.5% / 67.5%
Locations
3
1
4
2
10
PV-10
$0.9
0.8
0.9
2.6
$5.3
11.5
$16.8
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19. TRAPP FIELD
Operating Region
Field Description
Focus area is the highest part of the structure
Wells historically experienced the highest IPs,
highest EURs, and most recoverable reserves
Should the pilot project prove successful, ROIL can
expand to the entire field
2013 - $0.1 million capital expenditures
3 re-works/recompletions (including 1 PDP)
2014 - $2.8 million capital expenditures
3 re-works/recompletions
5 new drill locations (including 1 SWD)
Anticipated production growth:
Current NRI Production: 1 Boe/d
Expected 2013 Exit NRI Rate: 3 Boe/d
Asset Overview ($ in millions)
Gross Acreage
Average WI / NRI
PDP (Re-work)
Re-work
New Drill
Total
Performance-Based
Total
Source: Pinnacle Energy Services, LLC Reserves and Engineering Evaluation dated January 18, 2013
160
100% / 78%
Locations
1
2
4
7
PV-10
$0.0
0.5
1.3
$1.7
12.8
$14.6
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20. PERTH FIELD
Operating Region
Field Description
Estimated 12.6 MMBoe of reserves in place,
representing recovery efficiency of only 15%
ROIL estimates recovery efficiencies of up to 40%
Acquired properties to redrill and produce the
remaining recoverable reserves of 2 to 3 MMBoe
2013 - $2.0 million capital expenditures
4 re-works/recompletions (2 PDP and 1 SWD)
4 new drill locations (including 1 SWD)
Anticipated production growth:
Current NRI Production: 6 Boe/d
Expected 2013 Exit NRI Rate: 138 Boe/d
Asset Overview ($ in millions)
Gross Acreage
Average WI / NRI
PDP (Re-work)
Re-work
New Drill
Probable (Mississippian)
Total
Source: Pinnacle Energy Services, LLC Reserves and Engineering Evaluation dated January 18, 2013
480
85% / 66.3%
Locations
2
–
6
2
10
PV-10
$0.8
1.3
5.3
1.3
$8.7
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21. SOUTH HAVEN FIELD
Operating Region
Field Description
Estimated 5.5 MMBoe of reserves in place, representing
recovery efficiency of only 10%
ROIL estimates recovery efficiencies of up to 40%
Acquired properties to redrill and produce the
remaining recoverable reserves of 1.5 to 2.0 MMBoe
2013 - $1.5 million capital expenditures
2 re-works/recompletions
3 new drill locations
Anticipated production growth:
Current NRI Production: 21 Boe/d
Expected 2013 Exit NRI Rate: 105 Boe/d
Asset Overview ($ in millions)
Acreage of 248 acres
Consists
Average WI / NRI
1 re-work/recompletion Already complete
1 wash-down for SWD already complete
248
100% / 79%
Locations
2
3 additional
New Drill new drill locations
3
To be updated Get reserves
Probable (Mississippian) from Engineering.
1
Total
6
1 New Re-work)
PDP (1Drill Already Complete
Source: Pinnacle Energy Services, LLC Reserves and Engineering Evaluation dated January 18, 2013
PV-10
$ 2.2
2.8
1.8
$ 6.8
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23. Central Utah Overthrust— a String of Pearls
North American Overthrust (Rocky Mountains):
•
40% of world oil reserves are arrayed along thrust belts.
•
The North American Thrust Belt runs from Alaska (Prudhoe
Bay) to Mexico (Cantrell Field).
Four billion barrels of oil-equivalent (BOE) found in
Canadian Overthrust.
National and state parks, great depths and extreme
volcanism have limited activity in Montana and
northwestern Wyoming
National and state parks
Two billion BOE found in northeast Utah and
southwest Wyoming in 1970’s and 80’s
Extreme volcanism
Hogback Ridge
•
Two large reported discoveries on both the Paxton and the
Gunnison Thrust confirm productivity of Central Utah
Overthrust.
Covenant Field, discovered in 2003/4, has estimated
150 million Bbls with 13 million BO produced to date.
Modified from Moulton and Pinnell, 2006
Providence Field, discovered in 2008, multi pay
system, has estimated reserves several times larger
than the Covenant Field
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24. UTAH AND WYOMING ASSET OVERVIEW
Hogback Ridge
Prospect
WYOMING
Richfield Properties
Acres
Liberty Prospect (UT)
1,025
Liberty Prospect (UT)
(Acreage Offsetting
Past Production)
160
HUOP Fredom Trend Prospect (UT) 11,464
Spring Valley
Prospect
Independence Prospect (UT)
Pine Springs Prospect (UT)
(Active Oil Seep)
Edwin Prospect (UT)
Anschutz Ranch
Fields
1,321
1,511
Graham
Reservoir Field
(Existing Production)
9
1
74.7%
-
64.3%
140
89.5%
31
3.0%
16
100.0%
11
100.0%
9
100.0%
1
80.0%
1
-
100.0%
1
-
640
Spring Valley Prospect (WY)
(32 MMBOE Produced)
Working
Interst
946
Graham Reservoir Field (WY)
160
Total
Drilling
Locations
-
20,000
Hogback Ridge Prospect (UT)
(208 MMBOE Produced)
American Quasar
Pineview Field
Existing
Wells
37,227
1
3
218
Liberty #1 Discovery Well – Drilled in 2010
Logs and testing demonstrated over 1,200 gross feet of interconnected
fractures in Jurassic Twin Creek Limestone and 427 feet of oil saturated
deeper Navajo Sandstone
Liberty Prospect
Freedom Trend Prospect
(1,200+ feet of highly
fractured pay)
Pine Springs and
Edwin Prospects
(Gas Shows in Pine
Springs)
Freedom Trend
Prospect
Gravity maps show prominent super-structural anomalies
105 miles of 2-D seismic shows three, overlapping structural closures in the
Independence
Prospect
(Navajo SS and Tununk
Sh. “Billion Barrel
Potential” Floyd Moulton)
(Tununk Shale with
Flowing Tests)
Wolverine
Providence Field
(450+ MMBOE Reserves)
Twin Creek-Navajo
Extensive Geochemcial Anomalies due to hydrocarbons, cover the same
structures identified by gravity and seismic.
Independence Project – Drilling operations are anticipated to begin Q4 2013, or
Q1 2014, in the organically rich, Tununk member of the Lower Mancos Shale
Hogback Ridge (UT- WY Overthrust) – New acreage has been acquired,
Wolverine
Covenant Field
(150 MMBO Reserves)
Modified from Willis 1999
offsetting a past producing well. Geological research and lease acquisition is
ongoing
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25. Central Utah Overthrust—Source and Migration Pathway
Modified from Willis 1999
It is estimated that approximately one trillion barrels of oil, or
more, were generated from Mississippian aged (359-318 million
year old) source rocks, mostly likely the Chainman Shale, in
western Utah and Nevada. However, only 65 billion barrels have
been found in Utah’s Tar sands.
• Oil found in the Covenant Field has a different source.
Mississippian
Source Basin
Several Trillion
barrels of Oil
Generated
• The HPI Liberty #1 discovered pristine Mississippian Oil from
this large source basin, for the first time.
Tar sands
Liberty Field
Freedom Trend
Prospect
• This identifies a migration pathway from Western Utah, into the
Central Utah Overthrust.
Tar sands
Only 65 Billion
barrels of oil
Tar sands are accounted
for in Utah’s
Providence Field Tar Sands
Covenant Field
Tar sands
• There are many more undrilled structural closures in the
central Utah over-thrust, the largest of which is Richfield’s
HUOP Freedom Trend Prospect.
• That prospect covers 11 contiguous miles on the northern end
of the Gunnison Thrust.
Mississippian Oil Migration Pathway and trapped oil
Modified from Schelling 2007
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26. HUOP FREEDOM TREND PROSPECT
6,000 feet
9,000 feet
12,000 feet
North
Gravity maps show prominent
structural anomalies—similar to
those in the Covenant and
Providence fields but
substantially larger.
Multi-spectral satellite
photography reveals Freedom
Trend acreage to be among the
most hydrocarbon-saturated on
the Overthrust.
2D seismic shows three, overlapping
structural closures in the Twin CreekNavajo. One engineering study found
potential gross reservoir volume in
excess of several billion barrels.
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27. HUOP Freedom Trend Prospect
• Richfield's position covers the largest
identified undrilled structure in the Central
Utah Overthrust.
• We anticipate a discovery in three
stacked Navajo formations, 1,000+ feet
thick each, filled to spill point.
• The Freedom Trend prospect is in the
Mississippian oil migration path. 13,000 feet in
Fountain Green Prospect. Initial test well, to
Covenant Field
Cross Section
Source: Wolverine Gas & Oil Corp.
150 million Barrels of Oil
Jurassic will target three repeated sections of Twin CreekNavajo with the untested sourcing Mississippian super giant.
Providence Field
Cross Section
Source: Wolverine Gas & Oil Corp.
Categorized as several times larger
than Covenant Field
Richfield’s Freedom Trend Cross Section
Source: Hewitt Petroleum/Richfield Oil & Gas.
Categorized Seismically as several times larger than Providence Discovery
Wolverine Gas and Oil Company’s Covenant Field and
subsequent Oxy/Wolverine Providence field discoveries in
2003/4 and 2008, show important similarities with Fountain
Green.
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28. HUOP Freedom Trend Prospect - Cretaceous Reservoirs
The Cretaceous-Tertiary unconformity is in a position to be an
excellent trap for hydrocarbons in the Cretaceous Backthrust.
Proposed Location
High
Energy
Wedge
Unconformity
Cretaceous
Backthrust
•There is a High Energy
Wedge (HEW),
intersecting the top of
the Cretaceous
backthrust in Fountain
Green.
•This appears to be a
collapsed zone with
extensive natural
fracturing.
•The HEW is about
2,500’ thick, covers
about 17 Square miles.
The potential reserves
of this system are as
large as the Navajo
potential.
•The HEW is up-dip of
where the Tununk Shale
is currently generating
hydrocarbons
High
Energy
Wedge
delineated
by blue
faults
This structure map of the Emery Fm, is based off of 2-D Seismic, and
is overlaid with our Geochemical anomaly survey. It is extremely
interesting to note that the Geochemical anomalies are outlined by
the faults (in blue) that delineate the High Energy Wedge.
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29. Independence Project – Mancos (Tununk) Shale
• In 1976, Hansen Oil drilled the Moroni #1A, to a
TD of 21,260’, looking for a Mississippian
Objective
• Circulation was lost in the naturally fractured
Tununk Shale (Lower Mancos) at 11,551’. Oil
flowed continuously to the pits. It took 4
months to drill past it and set casing. The well
was later plugged.
• In 1998 Cimarron drilled a horizontal Sidetrack in
the Tununk with 6 failed laterals.
• Limited perforations in the Tununk, through the
stuck drill pipe, have tested as much as 720
BOPD, but Severe mechanical constrictions and
LCM’s have combined to make this discovery
well inoperative in it’s current condition.
Moroni #1-AXZ Gas Flare 20,800 Units
When the Horizontal was being drilled,
Lost Circulation Materials were
recovered over 300’ from where they
were put in the ground during the 1976
drilling operations. This shows extreme
natural fracturing.
The extreme nature of the fracturing at
the Moroni #1 AXZH is confirmed by
the Dipole Shear Anisotropy log at
right.
Tununk Core Fragment
from Irons #1, Sanpete
Co. UT, Showing Silt and
Sand stringers
interbedded within the
shale
Utah during the late Cretaceous
Because Richfield’s acreage is on the
Western side of the Tununk play, close
to where the shoreline was, there are
fewer clays, and more quartz, which
allows the shale to be fractured and
maintain those fractures.
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30. Mancos Shale and Others Compared
Independence Project
Mancos Shale (Tununk) Utah
Bakken Shale
North Dakota, Montana, Canada
600-3,000’ feet thick
11,550 Feet Deep
7% Total Organic Carbon
.660 Pressure Gradient
180 feet of interbedded
siltstone and sandstone
Extensive Natural Fractures
Oil & Gas Prone
150 feet thick
10,500 feet deep
11% Total Organic Carbon
.500 Pressure Gradient
85 feet of interbedded siltstone
and sandstone
Requires Hydraulic Fracturing
Oil Prone
Utica Shale
Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Eagle Ford Shale
Texas
200 feet Thick
11,500 feet deep
4.5% Total Organic Carbon
.650 Pressure Gradient
Requires Hydraulic Fracturing
Oil & Gas Prone
A good shale play is defined by having total organic carbon (“TOC’s)
greater than 2%, high thermal maturity and a brittle nature that can
be fractured. Natural Fractures eliminate the need for Hydraulic
Fracturing, saving money reducing possible environmental/political
issues.
The Tununk member of the Mancos shale is thick, has high TOC’s,
interbedded sandstones, natural fractures, and a high pressure
gradient, which should yield a higher than average recovery factor.
140 feet thick
7,500 – 9,500 feet deep
7% Total Organic Carbon
.46 Pressure Gradient
Tuscaloosa Marine Shale
Louisiana, Mississippi
200 feet thick
10,000 – 15,000 feet deep
1% - 4% Total Organic Carbon
.7 Pressure Gradient
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31. Contact Information
OTCQX: ROIL
15 W. South Temple, Suite 1050
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
Phone: (801) 519-8500
www.richfieldoilandgas.com