Shares in 88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTCQB:EEENF) gained about 5% to 1.1p after the company mapped out its 2026 production testing plans for Project Phoenix on Alaska's North Slope. The key step will be the Franklin Bluffs-1H horizontal well, scheduled for the third quarter of 2026.
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTCQB:EEENF) has outlined the 2026 production test program for Project Phoenix in Alaska, confirming that the Franklin Bluffs-1H horizontal well is planned for the third quarter of 2026. The company said a pilot hole will first test the SMD, SFS and BFF zones before wireline logging and suspension ahead of designing the horizontal section.
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTCQB:EEENF) has added diversity and added low-risk opportunities with its latest project acquisitions, that's the view of analysts at Cavendish. The explorer, on Thursday, announced it had secured an expanded strategic land position in Alaska's North Slope, having been named the highest bidder on around 34,560 acres in the 2025 oil and gas lease sale.
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTCQB:EEENF) has expanded its footprint in Alaska, securing 14 new oil and gas leases totalling about 34,560 acres on the North Slope. The acreage, awarded in the state's 2025W lease sale, expands the company's operated acreage east and west of its Project Leonis area.
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTC:EEENF) has reported steady progress across its portfolio during the September quarter, with key developments at its Alaskan exploration assets and continued work to de-risk its Namibian acreage, alongside the completion of a strategic divestment in the United States. The company ended the quarter with A$8.3 million in cash, bolstered by the sale of its 65% interest in Project Longhorn, an oil and gas venture in the Texas Permian Basin, for US$3.25 million.
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTC:EEENF) confirmed it has filed its half-year financial report, for the six months ended 30 June, highlighting continued progress across its Alaskan oil exploration assets and international portfolio. The company also advanced exploration at its Project Phoenix site on the North Slope of Alaska, where it holds contingent resources of 239 million barrels of oil equivalent.
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTC:EEENF) has appointed Joanne Williams as non-executive chair, as Philip Byrne has retired effective 22 August. Williams previously joined the board in August 2021.
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTC:EEENF) has agreed to sell its 75% non-operated working interest in Project Longhorn, a package of producing oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin, in Texas. It is selling the package of assets to operator Lonestar I, for US$3.25 million (with final consideration subject to customary working capital and completion adjustments, effective 1 July).
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTC:EEENF) has provided an update on its Small Holding Sale Facility. The company said 1,419 shareholders have retained a total of 10.35 million shares.
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTC:EEENF) reported steady progress across its global oil and gas portfolio in the quarter to 30 June. At Project Leonis in Alaska, the company expanded its resource base with new lease awards and updated seismic data, now estimating a combined net mean prospective resource of 664 million barrels of oil across the Canning and Upper Schrader Bluff prospects.
Analysts at UK-based stockbroker Cavendish have repeated a bullish call on 88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTC:EEENF) as the small-cap exploration company today confirmed it has extended its venture onshore Namibia. Cavendish today repeated a remarkable 24.6p price target, which compares to 88 Energy's market price of just over a penny.
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTC:EEENF) has launched a ‘Small Holding Share Sale Facility' which aims to mop up a long tail of small shareholdings. It will buy out shareholders with "Less than Marketable Parcels" of shares, without using a broker or paying brokerage fees.