Longboat Energy PLC PL 939 Licence Update - Egyptian Vulture (7434R)
March 03 2023 - 2:00AM
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RNS Number : 7434R
Longboat Energy PLC
03 March 2023
3 March 2023
Longboat Energy plc
("Longboat Energy", "Longboat" or the "Company")
PL 939 Licence Update - Egyptian Vulture
Longboat Energy, the emerging full-cycle E&P company,
provides an update on the status of the PL 939 licence which
contains the Egyptian Vulture oil discovery.
In October 2021, Longboat announced the Egyptian Vulture light
oil discovery (Longboat 15%) close to infrastructure on the Halten
Terrace in the Norwegian Sea. The discovery is visible on seismic
as a large amplitude anomaly and intensive technical studies have
been undertaken to de-risk the discovery with particular focus on
seismic interpretation and distribution of areas with good
reservoir. As part of this work, ERCE provided an independent
assessment of the discovery in a Competent Person Report
commissioned by Longboat, which has confirmed the 1C-3C size of the
discovery at gross 4-68 mmboe.
For an appraisal well on Egyptian Vulture to be successful, it
would need to encounter better reservoir quality than that
penetrated by the discovery well. The Joint Venture participants,
following extensive technical work, have been unable to form an
aligned view regarding an appraisal well and will not be committing
to a licence extension as required on 2 March 2023. Therefore the
licence is being relinquished.
However, Longboat is looking to form a new group to take the
asset forward and rather than take over the existing licence, which
would involve escalating license fees, will seek to re-apply for
the acreage in the forthcoming licence round with awards due in
January 2024.
Helge Hammer, Chief Executive of Longboat, commented:
"The Egyptian Vulture discovery has significant upside and needs
an aligned partnership to be efficiently appraised and progressed
to a potential development project. We look forward to creating a
new group to take this high-potential asset forward."
The information contained within this announcement is considered
to be inside information prior to its release.
Ends
Enquiries:
Longboat Energy
Helge Hammer, Chief Executive Officer via FTI
Jon Cooper, Chief Financial Officer
Nick Ingrassia, Corporate Development
Director
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Callum Stewart Tel: +44 20 7710 7600
Jason Grossman
Simon Mensley
Ashton Clanfield
FTI Consulting (PR adviser)
Ben Brewerton
Rosie Cobbett Tel: +44 20 3727 1000
Catrin Trudgill longboatenergy@fticonsulting.com
Background
Longboat Energy was established at the end of 2019 to create a
full-cycle E&P company through value accretive M&A and
near-field exploration. Since June 2021, Longboat has entered a
series of four transactions to acquire interests in a portfolio of
nine, gas-weighted exploration wells drilling on the Norwegian
Continental Shelf close to existing infrastructure. To date, eight
of these wells have been drilled resulting in five hydrocarbon
discoveries (Egyptian Vulture, Mugnetind, Rødhette, Kveikje and
Oswig), representing a technical 63% success rate.
In February 2023, Longboat entered Malaysia through the award of
a Production Sharing Contract for Block 2A, offshore Sarawak. Block
2A covers approx. 12,000km2 and is located in water depths of
between 100-1,400 metres where a number of large prospects across
multiple plays have been identified with significant volume
potential representing multiple trillions of cubic feet of gas.
Longboat's activities remain focused on creating a portfolio
with a clear low-cost route to monetisation and low-carbon drilling
and development opportunities, well aligned to Longboat's ESG
targets which includes a corporate 'Net Zero' on a Scope 1 and 2
basis by 2050.
Standard
Estimates of reserves and resources have been prepared in
accordance with the June 2018 Petroleum Resources Management System
("PRMS") as the standard for classification and reporting with an
effective date of 31 December 2020.
Review by Qualified Person
The technical information in this release has been reviewed by
Hilde Salthe, Managing Director Norge, who is a qualified person
for the purposes of the AIM Guidance Note for Mining, Oil and Gas
Companies. Ms Salthe is a petroleum geologist with more than 20
years' experience in the oil and gas industry. Ms Salthe has a
master's degree from Faculty of Applied Earth Sciences at the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim .
Glossary
1C Denotes low estimate of Contingent Resources.
3C Denotes high estimate of Contingent Resources.
Contingent Resources Those quantities of petroleum estimated, as of a given date, to be potentially recoverable
from known accumulations by application of development projects, but which are not currently
considered to be commercially recoverable owing to one or more contingencies.
mmboe Million barrels of oil equivalent
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