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UKOG prepares to drill Pinarova-1

UK Oil & Gas plc (UKOG) is preparing for the next drill stage to test whether the Pinarova-1 exploration well is fed by and connected to an underlying 9km2 light oil accumulation at the site in Turkey. SCHEDULE Following initial drilling, the company’s joint venture partner has set and cemented the well’s 9⅝ inch casing down […]

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Oriole receives £157,000 tax rebate for R&D

Oriole Resources plc has received a £157,000 tax rebate in respect of geoscientific advances through the company’s exploration programmes in West Africa. GEOLOGICAL DATA The money is from the company’s research and development tax relief claim for the year ended 31 December 2022. Oriole said that the rebate reflected its research on potential areas of mineralisation […]

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Hurricane Q1 revenues reach $39.3m

Hurricane Energy plc recorded revenues of $39.3 million for the first quarter of 2023 from its operations on the Lancaster field, west of Shetland in the North Sea. OPERATIONS The company’s unaudited trading report shows production of 0.66 MMbbls with an average of 7,311 bopd, and oil sales of 0.5 MMbbls from one cargo. At […]

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Angus completes initial B7T clean-up at Saltfleetby

Angus Energy plc has completed the initial clean up of the new B7T well at Saltfleetby in Lincolnshire. PRODUCTION The company said that the well was producing from an approximately 185m horizontal section in the main Westphalian reservoir at a vertical depth of 2292m. Following first production on 31 March the company has been cleaning […]

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Galantas mobilises for drilling Kerry Road

Galantas Gold Corporation has started mobilisation for a drill programme at its recently acquired Gairloch precious and base metals project in Wester Ross, Scotland. PROGRAMME The target is a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) gold-copper-zinc deposit exposed at surface and one of the oldest known Besshi deposits. The Canadian company’s initial 800-metre programme at Kerry Road […]