Ascent Resources plc has acquired a 49% interest in 119,000 acres of helium-rich oil and gas licences in the Paradox Basin across Utah and Colorado, USA. ZONES The US$2 million acquisition, supported by a $475,949 fundraise at a 203% premium, is from Houston-based operator American Helium LLC. Ascent will pay $1.75m with 27,650,000 new Ascent […]
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Europa ends Whisby 4 royalty agreement
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc has ended the royalty agreement over the Whisby 4 well in East Lincolnshire with operator and licence holder BritNRG. UNCERTAINTIES The company said the agreement had generated no income for it and that the North Kesteven project would need further investment for a potential cash return. The carrying value […]
Capricorn expects $50m from Sangomar
Capricorn Energy plc expects $50 million in January 2025 from the sale of its production sharing contract (PSC) interests in the Sangomar oil field, Senegal. TAX With all the terms and conditions satisfied of the agreement, purchaser Woodside Energy has until 22 January to make the payment. Capricorn added it remained committed to returning available […]
EnQuest to increase Seligli gas production
EnQuest plc has secured an agreement to develop an additional 55 billion standard cubic feet gas from the Seligli field, offshore Malaysia. INFRASTRUCTURE The PM8 extension production sharing contract is a 50% equity share with Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB) and E&P Malaysia Venture Sdn Bhd (EPMV). The deal will see annexation […]
Tullow-Kosmos abandon offer talks
Tullow Oil plc today said that preliminary talks have ended over a possible all-share acquisition of the company by Kosmos Energy plc. CONFIDENT The company added that initial discussions had been at a “very early stage and before due diligence had progressed between the parties”. Kosmos’s own statement read that it “did not intend to make […]
Prospex begins gas sales from Viura-1B
Prospex Energy plc has more than doubled production and revenue from its producing assets with the start of gas sales from the completed Viura-1B development well in northern Spain. EXPANSION Flow testing is underway at rates of up to 500,000 standard cubic metres per day, (17.7 million standard cubic metres per day), with 72,000 scm/d (2.6 MMscfd) net […]