VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 7, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Micron Enviro Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:MSEV) is extremely pleased to report that it has entered into a participation agreement to drill at least one gas well in Alberta, Canada. According to the operator, the first well on this prospect is expected to commence drilling within 14 days, barring any unforeseen issues. If the first well is successful, the operator plans to drill up to four wells per section. A well has been drilled and cased three quarters of a mile away that tested 3.4 million cubic feet of gas per day.
In other news, a decision to fund and enter into a prospective oil sands project in Alberta, Canada is expected before February 15, 2006.
According to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers web site, production from Canada's vast oil sands reserves now exceeds 1 million barrels per day and is forecast to increase to 2.7 million barrels per day by 2015. Reserves exceed 175 billion barrels of economically viable oil. With current technology, Canada's oil sands are second only to Saudi Arabia in global oil reserves. Capital spending on both in situ areas (too deep to mine) and mining projects in the oil sands totaled more than $28 billion US from 1996 to 2004. Canadian companies spent close to $7 billion US on oil sands capital investment in 2005. There are close to 35 projects in the planning or expansion process.
Bernie McDougall, President of Micron stated, "Things are really starting to get exciting for MSEV. We have secured a new gas drill program that should be commencing operations within 2 weeks. When you couple this new exciting gas drill program with our ongoing negotiations on the Alberta Oil Sands, we feel that MSEV is now turning a corner. With oil and gas prices where they are, it is a tremendous time to be an oil and gas producing company and a great time to start new drill projects."
MSEV is an emerging oil and gas company that has both oil and gas producing properties. MSEV's goal is to become a junior oil and gas producer that focuses on the exploration, discovery and delivery of gas and oil to the North American marketplace. MSEV currently has 15 independent sources of oil and/or gas revenue. MSEV's production is from nine oil wells in Canada, and six wells producing oil and/or gas wells in Texas. MSEV is presently involved in multiple oil and gas prospects, and continues to look for additional projects that would contribute to building MSEV's market capitalization including the oil sands of Canada.
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