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Kistos to drill Benriach well in Q2

Kistos Holdings plc has signed a rig contract to drill during Q2 the joint venture Benriach well in the Greater Laggan Area (GLA), west of Shetland. GREATER LAGGAN AREA The GLA includes producing subsea gas fields of Laggan, Tormore, Glenlivet and Edradour tied back via a 143km flowline system to the Shetland Gas Plant (SGP) […]

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Capricorn offers way out of impasse with Palliser

Capricorn Energy plc has offered a new solution to its disagreements with shareholder Palliser Capital over the oil and gas company’s board members and proposed merger with Israeli firm NewMed Energy Ltd. NEW SOLUTION In another open letter today from non-executive chair Nicoletta Giadrossi on behalf of the board, Capricorn noted that in its presentation […]

Metals & Minerals News

FCM reports new gold-silver showing on Enable

First Class Metals plc reported a “new gold showing with significant silver” from first assay results of the 2022 field campaign at the Enable property, west of Marathon in Ontario. CONTACT The company conducted the programme over a district-scale mineralised geological feature, striking northeast to southwest, which can be traced off property to historical showings. […]

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Borders outlines $640m Darwin development concept

Borders & Southern Petroleum plc said its design had been independently validated for a phased development concept for the large gas condensate offshore discovery of Darwin, south of the Falkland Islands. DESIGN The company aims to generate a production profile requiring relatively low initial capital expenditure; deliver accelerated payback; and allow expansion of the production […]

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NSTA 33rd licensing round attracts more than 100 bids

A total of 76 companies submitted an aggregate 115 bids across 258 blocks and part-blocks in the UK’s 33rd offshore oil and gas licensing round, said the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA). PRODUCTION Offered acreage across the North Sea includes four priority areas, which have known oil and gas, in which there was “very keen […]