United Oil & Gas plc said that environmental approval has been given for its Selva natural gas interest east of Bologna in northern Italy. The Podere Gallina licence, held by Australian operator Po Valley Energy Ltd, is for the development of the onshore Selva natural gas field concession in which United has a 20% economic […]
Oil & Gas
Premier and Chrysaor merger completed
Premier Oil plc and Chrysaor Holdings Ltd, and the reorganisation of Premier’s existing debt and cross-currency swaps, were completed earlier today. Premier’s name has changed to Harbour Energy plc with effect from today. The company’s 925,532,809 existing ordinary shares and 17,585,119,330 new ordinary shares are expected to be admitted to trading on the London Stock […]
Cairn faces Indian petition over arbitration award
Cairn Energy plc said that the Indian Government had petitioned the Dutch Court of Appeal to set aside its arbitration award, which was granted unanimously in the company’s favour. TRIBUNAL The independent oil and gas exploration and development company with headquarters in Edinburgh added it had “full confidence” in its own position. “As previously advised, […]
West Newton JV to start WNB-1Z evaluation
The joint venture partners at West Newton announced that the first phase of evaluation will begin in April of sidetrack well WNB-1Z at the site near Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The evaluation will include a cased hole logging programme (CHLP) and a vertical seismic profiling survey. The JV comprises Reabold Resources plc […]
Helium One quickens pace with £6.5 million cash
Helium One Global Ltd recorded a significant increase in cash for its Rukwa exploration and development project in Tanzania. In its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2020, the company reported a net cash balance of $6,584,886 compared with $577,997 for the same period in 2019. An oversubscribed fundraise resulted in […]
Deltic-Shell to drill Pensacola gas prospect
Deltic Energy plc and joint venture partner Shell UK Ltd have decided to begin drilling in May on the Pensacola prospect in the UK southern North Sea (SNS). TECHNICAL The company said that the investment decision could transform the company and was a “vital step” in evaluating the Zechstein Reef play which in turn could […]