Xcite Energy Ltd. reported its Bentley field pre-production flow test is progressing well with approximately 2,900 barrels per day.

Following the build-up and shut in test, the flow test was continued as planned, with a gradually increasing flow rate during optimization of process equipment, to the current stabilized.

Bentley crude oil collected so far in the Scott Spirit tanker is in excess of 10,000 barrels.

The Bentley field is in the North Sea.