Science & Technology
Wed, May 30, 2012 
IRVINE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--New Western Energy Corp. (OTCBB: NWTR), an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil, gas and other minerals in North America, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 90 percent working interest in the 550-acre Smith Oil & Gas Lease in Chautauqua County, Kansas. Subsequent to this strategic acquisition, the Companyas combined leasehold area in Kansas is currently over 2,200 acres. The Company plans to appoint Carroll Energy, LLC (aCarroll Energya), a Kansas based company with over 30 years of experience in the oil & gas sector to prepare engineering, reserves and geological reports on the Smith Oil & Gas Lease. Carroll Energy is currently conducting similar studies on the Companyas adjacent [ B&W Oil & Gas Lease ].
"This acquisition enhances the Companyas already established footprint in the Chautauqua Arch and we are aggressively pursuing a strategy to acquire additional leaseholds with proven oil & gas reserves"
The Smith Oil & Gas Lease is contiguous to Companyas existing [ B&W Oil & Gas Lease ], which is located in the Chautauqua Arch. To the south, the Central Oklahoma platform merges with the Cherokee basin of southeastern Kansas, in which some of the first commercial oil and gas discoveries for the mid-continent region were made. In the northern part of this district, as in the Cherokee basin, the emphasis is on Cherokee (Pennsylvanian) sand reservoirs. Here the strata are dipping westward so that the depths to these reservoirs become greater from east to west. In the southern part of the Chautauqua Arch, the greater part of the production comes from pre-Pennsylvanian reservoirs.
The reservoir rock is the Weiser Sands and some Wayside Sands, which also lies within the Pennsylvanian Cherokee shale. Among the famous producing sands with the Cherokee Shale are the Iola Sands, Layton Sands, Redd Sands, Wayside Sands, Weiser Sands, Oswego Lime, Mississippi Chat, Mulky Shale and the well-known Arbuckle. The production strategy of current oil & gas companies in the region has been the production of Mulky Shale gas and some Weiser oil.
aThis acquisition enhances the Companyas already established footprint in the Chautauqua Arch and we are aggressively pursuing a strategy to acquire additional leaseholds with proven oil & gas reserves,a said Javan Khazali, President and CEO of New Western Energy Corp. aFurthermore, our close proximity to our existing [ B&W Oil & Gas Lease ] will allow us to capture synergies in both cost savings and production growth during the exploration and development phase of Smith Oil & Gas Lease.a
About New Western Energy Corp.
New Western Energy Corp. is an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, development, production and exploration of oil, gas and minerals primarily in North America. To learn more about the Company, visit: [ www.newwesternenergy.com ].
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