Angkor Resources Corp. (TSXV: ANK) announced management's intent for exploratory oil and gas drilling on Block VIII in Cambodia, following completion of approximately 350-line kilometres of 2-D seismic across the block in southwest Cambodia at the end of September 2025. The seismic lines, processed and interpreted in batches, have identified at least three significant closed anticlines in the South Bokor and Central Bokor sections.
CEO Delayne Weeks commented, “Although we await results from additional seismic lines, we are confident and very motivated with the interpretations of the data to date. Even with only half the interpretation of the seismic lines in hand, based on those results, we confirm that EnerCam is committed to drilling multiple exploratory wells in 2026. These structures are of a quality and size that need to be tested and drilling is the only way to prove up Cambodia’s first onshore oil and gas resource.”
Dr. David Johnson, technical advisor to EnerCam, stated that the decision to pursue drilling of both the South Bokor and Central Bokor structurally closed leads is “extremely exciting and well founded.” He noted that it is rare to find anticlines with four-way closures of over 48 square kilometres and 60 square kilometres respectively in a large sedimentary basin with indications of a working hydrocarbon system that have not yet been drilled. The anticlines are clearly visible in both seismic line data and surrounding surface geology.
Indications of a working hydrocarbon system include multiple legacy and newly discovered surface live oil seeps within each sub-basin and adjacent basin areas. Dr. Johnson explained that a potential thick ribbon-like top seal presents itself in multiple sections as a thick layer with clear, continuous, conformable reflectors, consistent with mudstone and lower energy depositional environments. An underlying potential reservoir-bearing section shows semi-continuous higher amplitude reflectors with a cross-cutting habit, consistent with higher energy siliciclastic environments or some carbonate facies development.
While seismic processing and interpretation are not yet complete, it is possible to estimate that the rock volume of a single 1-metre thickness reservoir zone under proven 4-way closure is 48 million and 60 million cubic metres respectively. There are indications of Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators (DHIs) and potential for multiple layers of reservoir strata, satisfying the first essential requirement for significant hydrocarbon accumulation in place beneath the closed sealing formation cap layer.
Management is advancing activities, including sourcing a suitable oil and gas drilling rig and all appropriate supporting equipment and ancillary services to bring into Cambodia for what will be the first onshore wells drilled in the nation. Concurrently, the team is working on efforts to improve the signal-to-noise data over each processed line to develop a stronger and broader picture of the potential in Block VIII.
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