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i3-Europa begin talks on potential for Serenity

i3 Energy plc and Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc have opened talks on acreage surrounding the Serenity oil discovery, which has become unlicensed. INVESTMENT Little progress has been made on the Blake, Tain and Serenity area while in October 2022 the partners abandoned the SA02 well which failed to show hydrocarbons. i3 said that […]

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United agrees more time for Maria sale

The long-stop date has again been extended for the conditional sale of the Maria discovery in the central North Sea. APPROVALS United Oil & Gas plc is selling licence P2519 to Quattro Energy Ltd which needs funds and is under acquisition by Jesmond Capital Ltd to form an enlarged company. The most recent long stop […]

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Neptune spuds Ofelia appraisal well

Neptune Energy has begun drilling the Ofelia appraisal well on PL929 in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. AGAT & KYRRE The Ofelia discovery, made in August 2022, lies approximately 14km north of the Neptune-operated Gjøa field. The company said that preliminary estimates of recoverable volume were 2.5 to 6.2 million standard cubic metres […]

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EGM awarded Marienberg polymetal licence

European Green Metals Ltd (EGM) has been awarded a “highly prospective” three-year exploration licence covering several historic mining districts in the state of Saxony, Germany. FUNDING The Marienberg permit, covering 381km2 in southern Saxony, hosts several styles of mineralisation within the Marienberg-Pobershau, Annaberg-Buccholz and Seiffen mining districts. EGM said that the districts were mined, from […]

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Ascent signs £1.5m deal for MBD to take 20% control

Ascent Resources plc has signed a £1.5 million strategic collaboration for 20% of the company with investor MBD Partners SA. PREMIUM MBD will directly subscribe for 42,857,143 new ordinary shares of 0.5p each, at 3.5 pence per new share, a 35% premium to the closing bid price of 2.6 pence on 2 October 2023. Each […]