United Oil & Gas plc is reviewing its cost structure as it awaits $620,000 in receivables from Egypt and talks suspend on the offshore Jamaica farm-out until the new year. EFFORTS Chief executive Brian Larkin met his counterpart of national oil company Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) regarding the outstanding payment from the Abu Sennan […]
Tag: oil and gas
Orcadian acquires HALO shares
Orcadian Energy plc has acquired for an undisclosed sum all of the ordinary shares of Hague and London Oil Offshore UK Ltd from the joint liquidators of Hague and London Oil plc (HALO). LOSSES HALO previously held a number of licences across the southern North Sea, including “participation” in wells on Pegasus and Andromeda and […]
Hartshead restarts Anning-Somerville project
Hartshead Resources NL said that the southern North Sea gas joint venture project on the Anning and Somerville fields has restarted following the Government’s Budget in October. SCHEDULE The Australian company is reviewing revised export routes and has meetings next month with the North Sea Transition Authority and partner Rockrose Energy Ltd, subsidiary of Viaro […]
Prospex expects Viura revenue early December
Prospex Energy plc anticipates of flow testing and revenue in early December from the Viura-1B development well in northern Spain. PAYBACK Drilled by partner Heyco Energy Iberia SL (HEI), the well reached its revised targeted total depth of 4,500 metres in October in the 6-inch hole section of the bottom 450m of the well. The […]
Beacon’s German subsidiary faces liquidation
Beacon Energy plc expects its German subsidiary Rhein Petroleum GmbH, with debts of €7.5 million, will be sold following a 20% drop in production. CAPITAL The company said it was looking to other areas in Europe as well as Africa and the Far East for new opportunities which it has been assessing for the past […]
Parkmead in talks to sell offshore UK licences
The Parkmead Group plc is in talks to sell its offshore UK licences as the company posted a swing to a profit in its full-year preliminary results. ASSETS The affected interests lie in the UK West of Shetland, Moray Firth and central and southern North Sea. Included in the portfolio is part ownership of licence […]