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Ascent raises $1m via direct subscription

Ascent Resources plc has raised gross US$1million (£763,170) via a direct subscription at a 43% premium. The company issued 33,181,304 new ordinary shares of 0.5p each to oil and gas investor CB Energy VI, LLC at a price of 2.3 pence per new share. Following completion of the subscription and admission, CB Energy will have […]

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Ascent appoints Edouard Etienvre as NED

Ascent Resources plc has appointed Edouard Etienvre to the board as an independent non-executive director. Mr Etienvre is a finance and commercial executive with more than 18 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector. He initially worked in the banking sector (reserve-based lending) and recently with private and public E&P companies, commodities trading houses, […]

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Ascent changes board in strategic deal

Ascent Resources plc plans to appoint Ibrahim Diab as executive chairman and has appointed Lionel Therond as chief financial officer. The changes are in a “strategic collaboration” with Delta Energy Corp SARL. Mr Diab and Eric Faillenet, former managing director at Carlyle International Energy Partners and previously a Perenco senior executive, co-founded London and Luxembourg based-Delta. […]

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Ascent Slovenia operating agreement cancelled

Ascent Resources plc said its Slovenia partner’s administrator had terminated the restated joint operating agreement (RJOA) on the same date as the opening of its partner’s insolvency proceedings. PRECAUTION The termination is under default rules of Slovenian Obligations Code. The Petišovci onshore gas joint venture is between Ascent Slovenia Ltd (ASL) and Geoenergo d.o.o. which […]

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Ascent Slovenia partner’s insolvency approved

Ascent Resources plc said that the high court has given final approval of its Slovenia joint venture partner Geoenergo d.o.o.’s insolvency. TENDER The company has stated it is owed approximately €8,000,000 of revenues which Geoenergo has already received. Ascent said it was still working to register Ascent Slovenia Ltd (ASL)’s claim in the insolvency proceedings […]