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Just released on AIM. No new flow rates in Trinidad but seems...

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    Just released on AIM. No new flow rates in Trinidad but seems progress is moving ahead quite steadily. Georgia still a few weeks away.

    Cheers,
    Wayno.


    OPERATIONS UPDATE

    International oil and gas exploration, development and production company,
    Range Resources Limited ("Range" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the
    following updates with respect to the Company's Texan and Trinidadian
    operations.

    Trinidad

    Following on from the successful completion of QUN 115 and MD 247, the Company
    recently spudded a step out well - QUN 116 with Rig 1 and has successfully set
    surface casing to 100 ft. Drilling continues at approximately 725 ft with a
    target depth of 1,000 ft, targeting the Lower Forest oil sands.

    Rig 2 recently passed final Ministry inspection on location and has spudded QUN
    117, the fourth well in the Company's planned initial 21 well program. Another
    step out well, QUN 117 has a projected total depth of 2,000 ft and is targeting
    the Lower Forest oil sands as well as the prolific underlying Upper Cruse
    reservoirs.

    Rig 8 is currently being serviced and is set to join the drilling programme
    shortly following recertification. Once placed back into service, Rig 8 will be
    used to target deeper reservoirs, including the Middle and Lower Cruse oil
    sands with target depths averaging 6,500 ft. The Middle and Lower Cruse
    reservoirs have historically been the most prolific within the existing fields,
    but are under developed in certain areas. The Range drilling program is
    expected to add reserves and production from these sands within the existing
    fields, while extending the producing trend into new areas. Rig 8 is the third
    and last drilling rig to be introduced into the 2011 drilling program. The
    Company will introduce other drilling and completion rigs into the fleet to
    accelerate drilling and production increases early 2012. The ability to develop
    reserves from deeper objectives will become an increasing focus as the Company
    tests other known producing horizons such as the Herrera formation.

    The Company is buoyed by this early success and remains confident of increasing
    production to between 1,400 - 1,800 bopd from this initial programme in
    Trinidad.

    North Chapman Ranch

    The drilling rig has recently moved to the Smith #2 site, being an offset well
    to the Smith #1 discovery well. The Smith #2 well is regarded as a relatively
    low risk development well. Once completed, the rig is expected to move to the
    Albrecht #1 well site, a step-out well that is intended to extend the North
    Chapman Ranch field to the south east with the objective of adding significant
    reserves, production, and cash flow. Should the Smith #2 and Albrecht #1 prove
    successful, the partners will jointly consider a multi-well program for 2012
    that could see as many as four additional wells drilled in the field.

    The Company will look to provide regular updates as to the progress of the
    Smith #2 drilling operations.

    East Texas Cotton Valley

    The operator has resumed testing of the Ross 3H horizontal wells with
    additional perforations being added between 7,245 and 7,675 feet in the
    horizontal section. Swabbing operations have commenced looking to confirm oil
    saturation before the commencement of fraccing operations to the reservoir.

    Georgia

    The Company is also pleased to report that their partner and project operator
    in Georgia, Strait Oil and Gas Ltd, have drilled to the intermediate depth of
    1544 meters with a proposed total depth of 3500 meters. Drilling operations are
    continuing after a short interruption to undertake a comprehensive data
    collection program for close analysis. The analysis is deemed prudent to
    determine if the well has reached the Paleozoic granite basement or is
    drilling through a subvolcanic intrusive which is masking the targeted primary
    reservoir objective at the depth of about 2,300m as interpreted from the
    helium survey and exists with other similar discoveries found under subvolcanic
    intrusives. An additional factor for undertaking the analysis is the slow
    drilling rates that are being achieved through the highly variable intrusive
    complex.

    A full suite of wireline logs has been successfully recorded. Additional
    valuable information has been obtained through the successful collection of 10
    sidewall cores from critical intervals. Preparations are underway for cutting a
    full diameter conventional core within the nearest future. Once the coring
    program is completed, a Vertical Seismic Profile (VSP) survey will be run.

    The new data will then be integrated into the full data set and the subsurface
    situation reinterpreted as appropriate. This reinterpretation will then be used
    to determine the next steps for the well depending on the progress of the well
    at that point in time. The VSP survey will be undertaken in approximately 10 to
    14 days.

    For and on behalf of the Board

    Regards

    Peter Landau - Executive Director
 
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