VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 27, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Micron Enviro Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:MSEV) (Frankfurt:NDD) ("Micron") is pleased to announce that the operator on the Athabasca Oil Sands Prospect has retained independent petroleum consultants to initiate operations on the property. An evaluation of the potential reserves, estimated development and operation costs, estimated future capital expenditures, and other pertinent information regarding the potential development of this Oil Sands prospect is expected to follow.
Bernie McDougall, President of Micron stated, "These are extremely exciting times for Micron. Starting operations on our first Alberta Oil Sands prospect is a huge milestone in the development of this significant project. Clearly the Alberta Oil Sands are the largest and most important area that we are involved in and to now be underway on this prospect is a definite signal to our shareholders of our intentions to build the company. We have also just acquired additional Alberta Oil Sands leases and are currently looking at additional prospects. When you couple these exciting Alberta Oil Sands prospects with our ongoing conventional oil and gas drill programs, and the near all time highs on oil prices, this is a tremendous period of growth for Micron. At this time, Micron is one of if not the smallest market capitalized company with exposure to multiple Alberta Oil Sands prospects."
Micron has recently added three new Alberta Oil Sands leases consisting of 4 new sections in the world-class Athabasca Oil Sands region. Two of these new sections are within 5 miles of Micron's existing Athabasca Oil Sand Prospect. These two new sections are close to the existing Oil Sands leases held by Connacher Oil and Gas's Great Divide Prospect, as well as to other major Oil Sands projects by Devon, Encana, and Cononco Philips. The other new Alberta Oil Sands lease acquired consists of two contiguous sections that lie just southwest of the announced Royal Dutch Shell Plc Oil Sands leases which they recently purchased for approximately $400 million.
Micron is also currently looking into expanding its exposure to the Alberta Oil Sands. These new ventures include new oil sands partnerships and/or new oil sands leases.
The Oil Sands of Canada hold recoverable reserves of 175 billion barrels with a proven reserve life of 480 years and another 130 billion barrels of potential reserves, which is second only to Saudi Arabia's 262 billion barrels. As a comparison, the United States has only 29 billion barrels of recoverable reserves and has decreasing domestic production while their demand is increasing by 1-2% every year. Canada is in an optimal position to supply oil to the U.S. with its favorable political climate, close proximity and being one of the few non-OPEC countries which can grow its oil production.
Micron is an emerging oil and gas company that has exposure to four separate leases in the Athabasca Oil Sands of Alberta, Canada, which is the largest Oil Sands region in the world, and has production from multiple conventional oil and gas wells. Micron is one of if not the smallest market capitalized companies with exposure to multiple Alberta Oil Sands. Micron'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. Micron currently has multiple independent sources of oil and/or gas revenue from production in Canada and Texas. Micron is presently involved in multiple oil and gas prospects, and continues to look for additional projects that would contribute to building Micron's market capitalization, including additional Oil Sands projects.
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