3Legs Resources: Going South in Poland

After Pomorze in the North and Lubelskie in the Eastern part of the country, unconventional gas and oil exploration in Poland moves southwards

3 Legs Resources announced the start of exploration program on its licenses in Slask (Silesia) and Malopolska (Lesser Poland) regions. The three licenses (Glinica-Psary Bytom-Gliwice and Dabie –Laski) are controlled by the company's subsidiary Lane Resources Poland Sp. z o. o.

According to a 3Legs announcement, the company has agreed changes to the terms of these licenses with the Polish Ministry of Environment and license amendments have been issued.

“These changes enable the company to acquire approximately 70 km of 2D and approximately 50 sq km of 3D seismic data, to be followed by the drilling of an exploration well.”

Katarzyna Terej, the press representative of the company in Poland emphasized that the licenses allow exploration activities for both oil and gas, both unconventional and conventional.

Terej said that preparations for seismic works has been finished in the area of Zawiercie and Jaworzno between Katowice and Krakow.

In addition, the local paper Dziennik Zachodni writes, that surveys will start soon in the area of Kozieglowy, between Katowice and Czestochowa.

Seismic works will be provided by Acoustic Geophysical Services. The Houston-based firm claimed to be the first foreign company to complete seismic survey service in Poland last summer.

Lane Energy Poland Sp. z o. o. holds six licenses in the North, where it has been prospecting for shale gas for two years, completing two wells and executing the first multistage stimulation of a horizontal shale gas well in Poland.

3 Legs CEO Peter Clutterbuck says, that commercial  development of the Baltic Basin remains primary focus for the company: “We are continuing to  do further analysis on the results of our two recent wells and we are engaged in a planning process for the 2012 programme”.