Egdon Resources plc said it would continue to press for the safe extraction of shale gas following yesterday’s government decision to reinstate the ban on hydraulic fracturing. ENERGY NEEDS The company has a joint interest in the Springs Road project in the East Midlands with IGas plc which also condemned the moratorium and is considering […]
Month: November 2024
IGas mulls legal action on hydraulic fracturing ban
IGas plc today said it reserved the right to pursue legal action to recover losses from its onshore gas licences following the Government’s decision to reimpose the ban on hydraulic fracturing. GAINSBOROUGH TROUGH The company was responding to the Prime Minister‘s decision yesterday to re-impose the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing and a statement by the […]
United expects ASH-4 to deliver material increase to production at Abu Sennan
United Oil & Gas plc said it expected that the ASH-4 well currently being drilled would deliver a material increase to production in the Abu Sennan licence, onshore Egypt. OPERATIONS The company holds a 22% non-operating interest in the joint venture with Kuwait Energy Egypt as operator. Operations on ASH-4, a step-out development well into […]
US sanctions ‘unlikely’ to affect Condor
Condor Gold plc today said that the United States’ sanctions imposed on the Nicaraguan General Directorate of Mines were unlikely to have any impact on the company’s current operations at La India. SANCTIONS On 24 October, the US Treasury Department extended its existing sanctions “to hold the Ortega-Murillo regime accountable for its continued attacks on […]
Kavango raises £3.5m via placing and subscriptions
Kavango Resources plc has raised £3.5 million from issuing a total 194.4 million new ordinary shares in two phases including to new strategic investor Arigo Capital Ltd (Rwanda). FIRST FUNDRAISE On 24 October, the company raised £3m by issuing 166,666,660 new ordinary shares each at 1.8 pence. The shares were conditionally placed with institutional and […]
Predator appoints Carl Kindinger as NED
Predator Oil & Gas Holdings plc has appointed its former non-executive chairman Carl Kindinger as non-executive director (NED). He stepped down from his previous role in 2020 to focus on family matters. Mr Kindinger has held senior corporate finance roles for 30 years in small and medium sized companies in Africa, the Middle East, Ireland […]