Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd. (“Chapman”) has completed their annual reserve and resource determination for Maha Energy AB (publ) (“Maha” or the “Company”). The Company’s (“2C”) Contingent Resources volumes have increased by 49%, the Proven plus Probable reserves (“2P”) and 2C Contingent Resources volume are up by 2%. The 2P reserve volumes are down by 23% compared to the previous year. The reduction in 2P reserves does not affect the Company’s near to medium term production volumes, nor the resulting cashflows. The Company’s 2022 production guidance of 4,000 – 5,000 BOEPD remains.

The results of the recently tested (post December 31, 2021) and very positive Tie-4 well have not been included in the 2021 reserves and resource update and are expected to be included as part of the 2022 reserve and resource volumes.

The 2021 reserves are impacted by the 2021 drilling and testing results of the Tartaruga-3 well, produced volumes in Brazil and USA, seismic and reservoir modelling revisions at the Tie field in Brazil, as well as non-core lease relinquishments in USA. In Oman, both 2P reserves and 2C Contingent Resources have increased significantly due to seismic and petrophysical evaluations conducted during 2021. 

Maha Reserves and Resources¹ as of 31 December, 2021

[1] Volumes are Gross Working Interest volumes and are expressed before royalties, Government allocations and taxes.
2 The Tartaruga Concession Agreement expires in 2025 but provides mechanisms for extension based on the continued productivity of the field. Management is confident that such an extension will be approved, and Chapman has classified the recoverable volumes as reserves based on these mechanisms. Maha has a 75% Working Interest in the Tartaruga concession.
³ Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd. uses the following oil price forecast for Brent Spot in $USD/STB:

The average gas price for the gas reserves at Tie Field over the next five years is forecasted by Chapman to be around $1.00 USD/MSCF.

The reserves review and issuance of this reserve report for the Company was made by the independent petroleum engineering consultants Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd., Calgary, Canada. The evaluation was carried out in accordance with standards set out in the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook, the professional practice standard under their Permit to Practice with APEGA and under the guidelines of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The report has been prepared and supervised by a “Qualified Reserves Evaluator”.

Maha Energy AB, through its subsidiaries owns and operates a legal and beneficial 75% Working Interest (WI) in the SES-107D Block (Tartaruga) onshore Sergipe State Brazil, a 99% WI in the LAK Ranch heavy oil field in Wyoming USA, a 100% Working Interest (WI) in the Tie Field onshore Bahia State Brazil, an initial 100% WI in the Block 70 Mafraq field under the Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement with the Government of Oman and approximately 96% WI in the acreage in the Illinois Basin.

This information is such information as Maha Energy AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out below, at 13:15 CET on 31 January, 2022.

For more information, please contact:        
Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11      
jonas@mahaenergy.ca

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11      
victoria@mahaenergy.ca

About Maha
Maha Energy AB (publ) is a listed, international upstream oil and gas company whose business activities include exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas. The strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. Maha operates four oil fields: Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois Basin in the United States.The shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (MAHA-A). The head office is in Stockholm, Sweden with a technical office in Calgary, Canada, as well as operations offices in Grayville, Illinois, USA and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca.

Maha Energy AB (publ) (“Maha” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the recently completed Tie-4 well is now tied into the permanent production facilities and has been placed on a 24-hour test using an Electric Submersible Pump (ESP). The results were 4,400 BOPD and 1,766 MSCFPD (4,695 BOEPD¹) with a stable tubing-head flowing pressure of 220 psi. The annual average production guidance of 4,000 – 5,000 BOEPD for 2022 remains.

Jonas Lindvall, CEO of Maha commented; “Testing of the Tie-4 well through the permanent production facilities is now completed. The well came on so strong we had to shut other wells in to accommodate the test volumes and additional oil trucks had to be mobilized. We are very pleased with the outcome. Again, the results demonstrate the top quality of the Tie field and the prolific nature of the Agua Grande and Sergi reservoirs.”

Mr. Lindvall continued: “We will now optimize oil production across all the Tie wells so that reservoir drawdown is evenly distributed across the field. The Tie-4 well will be choked back and will provide important future production redundancy. It is premature to assess how these results may affect annual production volumes.”

Tie-4
The Tie-4 well (7-TIE-4HE-BA) has now been tied into the permanent production facilities at Tie.  Both the Agua Grande (AG) and Sergi (SG) zones are perforated and are now comingled in a 3 ½” single tubing completion with an ESP. Initial stabilized well test results over a 24 hour period are as follows:

Oil Production: 4,400 BOPD
Water Production: 64 BWPD
Gas Production: 1,766 MSCFPD
BOEPD: 4,695 BOEPD
Flowing Wellhead Pressure: 220 psi

Tie-5
Significant changes have been made to the well design that should address the problems encountered on the Tie-4 well. The Tie-5 well is designed as a horizontal production well targeting the northern part of the AG reservoir. An ESP will also be run on this well. A drilling rig has been moved from the Tie-4 location to Tie-5 and rig up and commissioning is almost complete. The drilling of Tie-5 is slated to start within two weeks.

¹ BOEPD : Barrels of Oil Equivalent per Day; 6,000 SCF = 1 barrel of oil

This information is such information that Maha Energy AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out below, 21:15 CET on 20 January, 2022.

For more information, please contact:        
Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11        
jonas@mahaenergy.ca

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11      
victoria@mahaenergy.ca

Important Notice
Reported test production levels stated in this Press Release may not be reflective of permanent sustainable production rates and future production rates may differ materially from the test production rates reflected in this news release due to, among other factors, natural decline, water and/or gas coning, sand production, pump breakdowns or difficulties and surface interruptions encountered during permanent production operations.

About Maha
Maha Energy AB (publ) is a listed, international upstream oil and gas company whose business activities include exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas. The strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. Maha operates four oil fields: Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois Basin in the United States. The shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (MAHA-A). The head office is in Stockholm, Sweden with a technical office in Calgary, Canada, as well as operations offices in Grayville, Illinois, USA and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca

The Board of Maha Energy AB (publ) (“Maha” or the “Company”) has approved the 2022 Capital Plan detailed in the press release dated 30 December 2021. The 2022 Capital Plan aims to invest USD 47 million on various drilling and construction projects in Brazil, USA and Oman. The Capital Plan is to be funded through operating cash and proceeds from the 2021 financing. The Company estimates its Corporate operating costs for 2022 (including oil transportation costs) to range between $10 and $13 per BOE based on the annual average production range of 4,000 – 5,000 BOEPD.

Jonas Lindvall CEO of Maha said: “2022 is shaping up to be a transformational year for Maha. We look forward to starting drilling and well testing operations in Oman and at the same time, transitioning the Tie field in Brazil from the development drilling phase towards the final phases of the waterflood implementation.”

This information is such information that Maha Energy AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out below, 14:30 CET on 7 January, 2022.

For more information, please contact:        
Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11        
jonas@mahaenergy.ca

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11      
victoria@mahaenergy.ca

About Maha
Maha Energy AB (publ) is a listed, international upstream oil and gas company whose business activities include exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas. The strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. Maha operates four oil fields: Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois Basin in the United States. The shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (MAHA-A). The head office is in Stockholm, Sweden with a technical office in Calgary, Canada, as well as operations offices in Grayville, Illinois, USA and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca

A preliminary free flow well test and clean-up of Tie-4 yielded an initial comingled and restricted flow rate of approximately 936 BOEPD¹ (825 BOPD² and 668 MSCFPD² of gas). The well test had to be curtailed and shortened due to the high rates. The rig will now be moved out and the well hooked up to the permanent oil production facilities at Tie to fully clean up and test the well.  

Jonas Lindvall CEO of Maha said: “We are very pleased with the preliminary results of this vertical comingled free flow well test. The well test shows higher than anticipated productivity and since the flow was directed to the rig tanks, rates had to be restricted.  I anticipate we will have full oil flow test results towards the second half of January when the well has been tied in to the permanent production facilities.”

As previously announced, Tie-4 was successfully drilled, logged and cased as a vertical dual zone producer. Final completion operations have been executed on Tie-4 including the running and function testing of the downhole Electric Submersible Pump (“ESP”) on 3 ½” production tubing. Subsequent to the running of the ESP, a short clean up flow test was executed to flow back completion fluids and confirm initial well productivity.

Whilst slowly ramping up the ESP, the limits of the test facility were quickly reached and at this point the ESP was stopped and the well was choked back and allowed to free flow.  Testing was constrained at a small 24/68”- 28/64” choke. 
The following data was acquired flowing to a temporary test package with limited measurement capability.  Both the Agua Grande (AG) and Sergi SG) zones are perforated and are comingled in the 3½” single tubing completion.  Initial free flow test results are constrained by surface flaring limitations and are as follows:
Oil Production                                                   : 825 BOPD
Water Production                                              : 78 BWPD/ 9% Water Cut
Gas Production                                                  : ~668 MSCFPD
BOEPD                                                             : ~936 BOEPD
Choke Size                                                       : 28/64”
Flowing Wellhead Pressure                                 : 340 psi

Preliminary pump deliverability calculations made from downhole pump pressure readings suggests that the ESP will work as per design and operate within its design window of 1,000 – 2,400 BFPD. 

Work will now focus on tying the well into the permanent production facilities and place the well on production.  It will take 7 – 10 days to move the drilling rig off location and then 3 – 7 days for tie in and well testing.  The final flow rates will be announced later in January once Tie-4 is tied in, fully cleaned up and placed on a 24 hour test through the permanent Tie facility test separator.

¹ Oil Rates are determined by measuring atmospheric oil rig tanks and the gas rate is estimated using a field wide Gas Oil Ratio of +/- 810 SCF/bbl
² 6,000 SCF of gas = 1 Barrel of oil equivalent

This information is such information that Maha Energy AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out below, 23:30 CET on 2 January, 2022.

For more information, please contact:        
Jonas Lindvall (CEO)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11        
jonas@mahaenergy.ca

Victoria Berg (Investor Relations)
Tel: +46 8 611 05 11      
victoria@mahaenergy.ca

About Maha
Maha Energy AB (publ) is a listed, international upstream oil and gas company whose business activities include exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas. The strategy is to target and develop underperforming hydrocarbon assets on global basis. Maha operates four oil fields: Tartaruga and Tie in Brazil, Powder River (LAK Ranch) and Illinois Basin in the United States. The shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (MAHA-A). The head office is in Stockholm, Sweden with a technical office in Calgary, Canada, as well as operations offices in Grayville, Illinois, USA and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. For more information, please visit our website www.mahaenergy.ca