United Oil & Gas Plc
(“UOG”, “United” or the “Company”)
Drilling commences on Italian Licence
United Oil & Gas Plc (“UOG”, “United” or the “Company”), the London Stock Exchange listed oil and gas exploration and development company, issues the following update on the Italian Podere Gallina licence:
United Oil & Gas Plc, is delighted to announce that further to the update announcement of 24 October 2017, Po Valley Energy Ltd (“PVE”), the licence operator, has spudded (commenced drilling) the Podere Maiar well. It is understood that the well will take approximately 5 weeks to drill. Well-testing is planned in the case of success, and will be undertaken once drilling operations have been completed
Brian Larkin, CEO commented:
“We are extremely pleased that United’s first well has been spudded. This will be an important milestone in the development of the Company.
United has a clear strategy of acquiring, developing and unlocking the value of low risk projects in Europe, while seeking high impact exploration opportunities in Africa and Latin America. This first well is an important step in implementing that strategy.”
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014
For more information please visit the Company’s website at www.uogplc.com or contact:
| United Oil & Gas Plc (Company) | |
| Brian Larkin | brian.larkin@unitedoilandgas.eu |
| Optiva Securities Limited (Broker) | |
| Christian Dennis | +44 (0) 20 3137 1902 |
| Beaumont Cornish Limited (Financial Adviser) | |
| Roland Cornish and Felicity Geidt | +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 |
| Murray (PR Advisor) | +353 (0) 87 6909735 |
| Joe Heron | jheron@murrayconsultanta.ie |
Editor’s Note:
Podere Gallina Project (Italy)
On 4 May 2017, UOG and Po Valley Operations Pty Ltd (“PVO”), a company incorporated and registered in Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Po Valley Energy Ltd (“PVE”), entered into the Podere Gallina Farm-in Agreement (“Farm-in Agreement”), pursuant to which PVO conditionally agreed to sell to UOG, a 20 per cent. interest in the Podere Gallina Exploration Licence held by PVE and awarded by the Ministry of Economic Development (the “Ministry”) on 2 December 2008 (the “Exploration Licence”), and which includes the Podere Maiar-1 exploration well.
The principal condition of the Farm-in Agreement was that UOG raise a minimum of £3 million. Accordingly, having completed a placing at the time of re-admission on 31 July 2017, the Farm-in Agreement is now unconditional.
Pursuant to the Farm-in Agreement, UOG has a 20 per cent. working interest in the Exploration Licence on funding 40 per cent. of the cost of the Podere Maiar appraisal well that is scheduled to be drilled in Q4 2017. PVE, which was awarded the Exploration Licence in September 2008, is the licence operator and has an 80 per cent. working interest in the Exploration Licence.
Accordingly, UOG has the following interest in the Exploration Licence:
Podere Gallina licence details
Operator UOG Interest (%) Status Licence expiry date Licence Area
Po Valley Energy Ltd 20% Exploration 3 February 2018 506 km2
Podere Gallina Project Summary
|
Base-case |
Near-Term Activity | ||||
|
Equity |
CoS |
Resource |
Net |
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| Asset |
(%) |
(%) |
Type |
Resources |
|
| Podere Maiar (Selva Strat) |
20 |
N/A1 |
Contingent |
0.57mmboe |
Rig contracted for drilling in Q4 ’17 |
| East Selva |
20 |
13 |
Prospective |
1.16mmboe |
3D seismic to de-risk |
| Podere Maiar well | |||||
| Fondo Perino |
20 |
34 |
Prospective |
0.49mmboe |
3D seismic to de-risk |
| Podere Maiar well | |||||
| Cembalina |
20 |
51 |
Prospective |
0.11mmboe |
Plans to be firmed-up |
(2018)
1 Minimal geological risk, as hydrocarbons are already proven