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Kistos issues 1.7m incentive share options

Kistos Holdings plc has issued in total 1,776,923 share options to certain directors and also adopted its share incentive plan for qualifying employees and subsidiaries. DIRECTORS The issued options over ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the company, under the 2021 equity incentive plan, have an exercise price of £1.30 per ordinary share. The EIP […]

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Kistos appoints Stephen Pawson as board NED

Kistos Holdings plc has appointed Stephen Pawson to the board as an independent non-executive director with immediate effect. He replaces Julie Barlow, who today steps down to focus on other professional commitments. “I would like to express a huge debt of gratitude to Julie, who has served Kistos tirelessly since its inception in 2020,” said […]

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Kistos expects Balder-Ringhorne first oil year end

Kistos Holdings plc said that first oil was now expected at the end of 2024 from the Balder and Ringhorne oil and gas fields in Norway. ENCOURAGED Kistos acquired a 10% interest in Balder, comprising the Balder and Ringhorne fields, and a 7.4% stake in the Ringhorne East unit via its purchase of Mime Petroleum […]

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Kistos wins appeal to extend Netherlands licence

Kistos Holdings plc has won its appeal against Dutch regulators for a five-year extension to the M10/M11 licence in the Netherlands North Sea Shelf. ESTIMATES Third-party technical reports estimate the licence contains technically recoverable 2C resources net to Kistos of 174 bcf or 31.7MMboe. Kistos estimates the group’s 2P reserves of 36.2MMboe and 2C resources […]

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Kistos expects ‘sub-commercial’ Benriach gas

Kistos Holdings plc expects “sub-commercial” gas from a discovery from the Benriach exploration well in the Greater Laggan Area, west of Shetland. VOLUMES Kistos holds a 25% non-operated working interest in licence P2411 with operator TotalEnergies (50%) and Rockrose Energy (25%). The Transocean Barents rig mobilised from Olen and spud the well on 21 March, reaching […]

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Kistos profits rise as projects review continues

Kistos Holdings plc’s increase in profits has failed to deter the company from reviewing opportunities outside the UK and Netherlands to avoid “unstable fiscal regimes”. FINANCES Full year 2022 results showed operating profits of €276.3 million (2021: loss of €62.8m) and pre-tax profits of €254.1m (2021: loss before tax of €73.9m). Taxes of €228m, which […]