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       PIPELINES & TRANSPORT
       Crown Point announces

       closure of Cruz del Sur

       offshore oil loading
       facilities in Tierra del Fuego


       Crown Point Energy announces that it has
       received notice that the offshore oil loading
       facilities located at Cruz del Sur, Tierra del Fuego
       have been closed, effective immediately.
         YPF, operator of the Cruz del Sur oil storage
       and offshore loading facilities, has given notice
       that the offshore loading facility has been closed
       due to technical difficulties. YPF had intended to
       decommission the offshore loading facilities in  Economic Defense (CADE) published on March  reserves from the Reserves Report are provided
       July 2022, but has now decided to cease offshore  8, 2022 a dispatch declaring the Act of Concen-  below. All finding and development (F&D) costs
       loading operations immediately.     tration to be complex and ordering the execution  below include changes in future development
         Crown Point, together with its joint venture  of a few diligences.     capital (‘FDC’). Financial information contained
       partners and YPF, have been building a 23-km   The declaration of complexity is a procedural  herein is based on the Company’s unaudited
       6-inch oil pipeline to connect the Cruz del Sur oil  act defined in article 56 of Law 12.529/2011,  results for the year ended December 31, 2021
       storage facility and the San Martin oil field with  allowing CADE to order the execution of com-  and is subject to change.
       the Total Austral operated Rio Cullen marine  plementary instruction, specifying the dili-  2021 Year-end Reserves Report Highlights:
       terminal, in anticipation of the Cruz del Sur off-  gences to be carried out, and also allowing the  Relative to year-end 2020, increased 3P gross
       shore loading facility closure in the second half  competition authority to request, afterwards, if  reserves by 21% to 121,332mn boe, increased
       of 2022.                            necessary, the extension of the deadline in up to  2P gross reserves by 16% to 75,547mn boe and
         This project will be accelerated. However,  90 days, changing the deadline for the analysis of  increased 1P gross reserves by 13% to 38,731mn
       in the interim Crown Point together with its  the operation from 240 to 330 days.  boe in 2021.
       joint venture partners are arranging to export   The diligences determined are related to the   Touchstone’s net present value of future net
       oil by truck to the ENAP refinery at San Grego-  further analysis of the operation and its effects  revenues discounted at 10% (NPV10) on a before
       rio, Chile and to the Total Austral operated Rio  on the downstream refining markets and possi-  tax 3P basis increased by 31% to $1.31bn, before
       Cullen marine terminal in Tierra del Fuego. The  ble competitive impacts.  tax 2P NPV10 increased by 29% to $881.8mn
       sales price at both San Gregorio and Rio Cullen   Petrobras will continue to collaborate with  and before tax 1P NPV10 increased by 31% to
       is indexed to the Brent oil price.  CADE in order to obtain the approval of the  $474.9mn from the prior year.
         About Crown Point: Crown Point Energy  transaction within the legal deadline and will   Realised after tax 3P NPV10 of $535.6mn,
       Inc. is an international oil and gas exploration  keep the market informed about any relevant  representing an increase of 28% from the prior
       and development company headquartered  decision.                         year, after tax 2P NPV10 increased by 26% from
       in Calgary, Canada, incorporated in Canada,   In addition to the approval by CADE, the  year-end 2020 to $363.1mn and after tax 1P
       trading on the TSX Venture Exchange and with  completion of the transaction is still subject  NPV10 increased by 29% from the prior year to
       operations in Argentina. Crown Point has a  to compliance with other usual preceding  $210mn.
       strategy that focuses on establishing a portfo-  conditions.               Achieved 1P F&D costs of $10.36 per boe,
       lio of producing properties, plus production   Petrobras, March 10 2022  resulting in a recycle ratio of 2.6 times using our
       enhancement and exploration opportunities to                             unaudited annual estimated 2021 operating net-
       provide a basis for future growth.                                       back of $26.55 per boe.
       Crown Point Energy, March 9 2022    PERFORMANCE                            Realised 2P F&D costs of $6.96 per boe,
                                                                                resulting in a 2P recycle ratio of 3.8 times,
                                           Touchstone announces                 demonstrating our capital efficient operations
       INVESTMENT                                                               on the Ortoire block.
                                                                                  Relative to year-end 2020, increased Casca-
       Petrobras comments on the           year-end 2021 reserves               dura 1P reserves by 14% to 26,902mn boe and 2P
                                           Touchstone Exploration has announced a sum-
                                                                                total reserves by 16% to 52,082mn boe following
       sale of the REMAN refinery          mary of its 2021 year-end reserves and an oper-  our successful Cascadura Deep-1 well tested in
                                                                                2021.
                                           ational update.
       Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed   Our independent reserves evaluation was   The Royston exploration discovery was
       on August 25, 2021, concerning the sale process  prepared by GLJ Ltd with an effective date of  assigned gross working interest 3P reserves of
       of Refinaria Isaac Sabbá (REMAN) to Ream Par-  December 31, 2021. Highlights of our total  4,800mn boe, gross working interest 2P reserves
       ticipações S.A., informs that the General Super-  proved (1P), total proved plus probable (2P) and  of 3,520mn boe and gross working interest 1P
       intendence of the Administrative Council for  total proved plus probable plus possible (3P)  reserves of 1,280mn boe.



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