TomCo Energy PLC Valkor JV and TurboShale Update (7976G)
March 19 2020 - 7:15AM
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RNS Number : 7976G
TomCo Energy PLC
19 March 2020
19 March 2020
TOMCO ENERGY PLC
("TomCo" or the "Company")
Valkor JV and TurboShale Update
TomCo Energy plc (AIM: TOM), the oil shale exploration,
development and technology group focused on using innovative
technology to unlock unconventional hydrocarbon resources,
announces that, further to its announcement of 4 December 2019, it
has entered into a binding exclusivity agreement ("Exclusivity
Agreement") with Valkor Technology LLC ("Valkor"), under which the
parties have agreed an exclusivity period up to 30 June 2020
("Exclusivity Period") to negotiate a legally binding agreement
which will set out how the parties will explore the oil sands
potential across TomCo's leases and nearby leases. During the
Exclusivity Period, the parties will undertake a Pre-FEED
study.
Valkor Joint Venture
On 4 December 2019 the Company announced the signing of a
non-binding memorandum of understanding ("MoU") with Valkor to
explore the oil sands potential across the Group's oil shale leases
within the Uintah Basin, Utah, USA ("Leases"). Valkor is an
international Engineering, Procurement, Construction and
Installation and field operations company, with operations in the
US, South America and Africa both on and offshore and the owner and
operator of gas and oil fields in Trinidad, USA, Turkey and the
Ukraine. Through their subsidiary, Valkor Energy Services, they
have assisted with the design improvements of Petroteq Energy Inc's
("Petroteq") closed loop system for use in the recovery of oil from
oil sands (the " Oil Sands Technology") and has a licence from
Petroteq to utilise the Oil Sands Technology in the USA.
Based on the results of the preliminary work undertaken to date
in accordance with the MoU, TomCo is pleased to announce that it is
has now entered into the Exclusivity Agreement with Valkor,
pursuant to which the Company and Valkor have agreed to:
-- study the potential to deploy the Oil Sands Technology at a
suitable location. The desktop study of the Group's Leases
determined that, while oil sands were present at depth, more
suitable sites with near surface oil sand were identified in the
vicinity of the Leases and these will be the focus of the parties
going forward;
-- immediately fund a Pre-FEED study, to be undertaken by Valkor
and verified by a third party, to demonstrate the economic
viability of the Oil Sands Technology, with a gross budget of
US$250,000 to be funded equally by the parties;
-- subject to contract, to establish a joint venture company
("JV Company") to pursue the development of a plant on land yet to
be determined; and
-- jointly negotiate with Petroteq for a licence to employ the
Oil Sands Technology in future oil sands plants to be developed by
the JV Company.
Should the results of the Pre-FEED study be sufficiently
favourable, the Company anticipates entering into a binding
agreement with Valkor to establish the JV Company. TomCo and Valkor
shall each hold a 50% equity interest in the JV Company.
Under normal circumstances, it is expected that the Pre-FEED
study will take approximately four weeks to complete. However, with
the effects of the COVID-19 virus and the resultant travel
restrictions it is likely the study will take longer. If required,
the parties can mutually agree to extend the Exclusivity
Period.
TurboShale Update
With the global effects of the COVID-19 virus still developing,
the Company has taken the decision to postpone the next test of the
Turboshale RF technology. The Company will continue to explore its
potential with laboratory based testing until a field test can be
planned.
John Potter, CEO, commented: "I am very pleased to announce the
signing of the Exclusivity Agreement with Valkor as we seek to
develop our relationship with the ultimate goal of forming the JV
Company. The Pre-FEED study will include a 3(rd) party verification
of the commercial scale plant design against Petroteq's operational
plant at Vernal, Utah. The results of this and the rest of the work
from the study will result in a financial model to determine the
financial viability of the commercial plant. I look forward to
announcing the results as soon as possible."
Enquiries:
TomCo Energy plc
Stephen West (Chairman) / John Potter (CEO) +44 (0)20 3823 3635
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser)
James Harris / Richard Tulloch / James Dance +44 (0)20 7409 3494
Turner Pope (Broker)
Andy Thacker / Zoe Alexander +44 (0)20 3657 0050
For further information, please visit www.tomcoenergy.com .
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of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.
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