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Baron raises £6m for Timor Leste-North Sea assets

Baron Oil plc has conditionally raised £6 million before expenses via a placing, subscription and a retail offer. DIRECTORS’ DEALINGS The placing was for a total 4,166,666,667 new ordinary shares of 0.025p each in the company at 0.12 pence per new ordinary share. Chief executive Andrew Yeo subscribed for 8m new ordinary shares, taking his holding to 193m, […]

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United to bring ASH-4 on stream at Abu Sennan

United Oil & Gas plc said it expected to bring on stream the ASH-4 development well in the Abu Sennan joint venture (JV) licence onshore Egypt. ASH-4 ASH-4 is a step-out development well in the ASH field reached total depth of 4,000 and encountered 20 metres of net pay through the primary Alam El Bueib […]

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Orcadian granted licence extension for Pilot

Orcadian Energy plc has received a one-year extension to its licence P2244 containing the Pilot oil field in the North Sea. DEVELOPMENT The second term of licence P2244, granted by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), was due to expire at the end of November 2022 but will now remain valid until the end of […]

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Baron Oil appoints Keith Bush as NED

Baron Oil plc has appointed Keith Bush as an independent non-executive director, with immediate effect. Mr Bush has a petroleum background and worked for more than 30 years in the energy industry. He spent six years with Amerada Hess Ltd followed by five years with Burlington Resources. Mr Bush then held senior management positions with […]