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Antrim Energy gains on first oil production from Cormorant East

Mon, 14th Jan 2013 09:06

Antrim Energy advanced Monday following the announcement of the first oil production from its Cormorant East Field in UK Northern North Sea.The oil and gas company said an initial production rate of 5,500 barrels of oil per day with no water was achieved - 85 days following the discovery of the field. Oil will be exported to the Sullom Voe terminal for sale after being processed at the North Cormorant platform operated by TAQA Bratani.Cormorant East shows significant potential for upside dependent on thereservoir response to the existing well, according to an operator's analysis. Other locations within the Cormorant East development area have been identified and will be assessed. Stakeholders in the Contender Block include Atrium, TAQA, Dana Petroleum, First Oil Expro and Bridge Energy Enterprises.Under the terms of the farm-out agreement with TAQA, Antrim's working interest share of the drilling, completion and tie-in costs for the Contender Well were funded by TAQA. "Antrim's share of the completion and tie-in costs will be recovered by TAQA from revenue from Antrim's share of initial production," the company said in a statement. Shares soared 7.64% to 38.75p at 9:24 Monday. RD
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23 Dec 2011 07:15

Antrim gives Premier a North Sea Christmas present

Antrim Energy, the Canadian oil company, says it has drilled a successful sidetrack well to assess the Erne discovery in the UK section of the North Sea. The sidetrack encountered around 24 feet of net oil and 14 feet of net gas in a high quality sandstone reservoir, Antrim revealed. Antrim did no

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1 Dec 2011 09:16

Antrim makes discovery in North Sea

Antrim Energy, the Calgary based oil exploration company, has announced a discovery at its Erne exploration well in the North Sea. Antrim, which has a 50% interest in the well, with Premier Oil holding the other 50%, says a hydrocarbon column in excess of 50 feet was encountered during drilling. T

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30 Aug 2011 12:31

Antrim boosts gas production in southern Argentina

Oil and gas exploration company Antrim Energy has succesfully completed fracture stimulation, a process which creates fractures in the rock formations to help recover the natural gas, at two of its wells in Tierra Del Fuego, southern Argentina. Both wells, which had already been drilled, were re-e

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4 Apr 2011 16:43

London close: Shares edge higher on quiet day

Having hovered around its starting point for much of the day, the top share index finished just a few points higher. Vodafone's sale of what it considers non-core minority stakes continues with the sale of its 44% holding in French mobile phone group SFR to French media group Vivendi for €7.75bn (£

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4 Apr 2011 12:25

London midday: Shares seeking direction

Shares are still seeking direction after a slight recovery following a lower start in the morning. It has been a morning for asset sales with both telecoms giant Vodafone and oil colossus BP pressing on with their respective asset sale programmes. Vodafone's sale of what it considers non-core min

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4 Apr 2011 09:27

Premier Oil takes up North Sea option

FTSE 250 oil and gas company Premier Oil has exercised its option to drill the East Fyne appraisal well in the UK Central North Sea. Premier has a joint venture and earn-in agreement relating to the area of the North Sea containing the East Fyne well with oil and gas firm Antrim Energy. Under the

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30 Mar 2011 15:51

Antrim awash with cash

Oil and gas firm Antrim Energysaw revenue ease back in 2010 despite surging oil prices, but losses narrowed sharply. Revenue in 2010 fell to $12.54m from $12.95m the year before. Net loss narrowed to $7.96m from $12.56m in 2009. The company ended 2010 with no debt and cash reserves of $25.7m. Cash

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11 Nov 2010 13:29

Small caps round-up: Hill & Smith, Orsu Metals, Antrim Energy

Infrastructure and building products supplier Hill & Smith has slumped after a challenging second half in the UK caused by uncertainty created around the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). Chiefs now expect underlying profit before tax for the year to 31 December 2010 to be marginally below the

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7 Oct 2010 13:11

Small caps round-up: African Aura, Weather Lottery, Antrim...

A 'highly encouraging' result from tests at its Putu iron ore project in Liberia has given shares in African Aura Mining a lift. 'We are incredibly pleased with the metallurgical test results from the Putu project which indicate substantially improved recoveries and higher concentrates to what had

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14 Apr 2010 16:58

Greggs directors swap half of their bonuses for shares

The chief executive and retail director of bakery and sandwich chain Greggs have foregone half of their bonuses in return for shares that will be held in trust for three years. Chief executive Kennedy McMeikan has invested £33,696 in 6,821 shares at 494p each. This takes McMeikan's shareholding in

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29 Mar 2010 13:47

Reserves rise at Antrim Energy

Oil and gas firm Antrim Energy finished 2009 with a healthy cash position and an improved reserves position. The debt free company had cash of $31.2m at the end of 2009, and saw its proved plus probable reserves improve by around 3% to 37.2m barrels from the end 2008 level. The proved plus probabl

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16 Nov 2009 10:26

Small caps round-up: Solo Oil, British Polythene, Antrim Energy...

Solo Oil lost almost a quarter of its value after it announced plans to raise £6.4m and said it has signed a farm-out agreement with Aminex to earn a 12.5% interest in the Likonde-1 well in Tanzania. The group has placed a total of 1,280,000,000 new ordinary shares at a placing price of 0.5 pence e

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