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Northern Petroleum completes partial Canadian divestment

Tue, 20th Dec 2016 09:05

(ShareCast News) - Northern Petroleum announced on Tuesday that, further to its announcement of 30 November, the divestment of 25% of its assets in Canada to High Power Petroleum has now completed.The AIM-traded company added that the remaining disposals in Italy and Australia, as set out in the circular sent to shareholders on 30 November, are subject to local regulatory approval and should complete in the new year.Following the admission to trading of 124,047,017 new ordinary shares on 19 December, the firm's board said the first tranche subscription had also now completed.The open offer, as described in the circular, remained open for acceptances until 1100 GMT on 9 January.As the board stated in the announcement on 1 December and in the circular, the size of the second tranche subscription is contingent on the size of the open offer.The company said the terms of the subscription agreement with H2P include the right to appoint a non-executive director to the company, and accordingly Campbell Airlie has now been appointed to that role."We are very pleased to have Campbell join us on the board," said Northern Petroleum chairman Jon Murphy."He has extensive experience and will bring a wealth of industry expertise, with a particular focus on petroleum engineering and production optimisation."We believe his skill set will complement the board well and we look forward to working with him on what will be an exciting programme for Northern Petroleum in 2017."
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19 Mar 2013 09:03

Northern Petroleum considering sale of operations in the Netherlands

Northern Petroleum has said that as part of a corporate review it may potentially sell its Netherlands asset portfolio. The news comes as the company announced plans to enter Canada and upgraded the resource estimate at a prospect in Italy. Potential sale of operations in the Netherlands The g

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15 Jan 2013 09:35

REFILE-UK shale gas firm plans Dutch exploration work

* Dutch shale formations similar to UK's Bowland * Cuadrilla to drill three sites By Oleg Vukmanovic LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The Dutch arm of UK shale gas explorer Cuadrilla Resources plans to apply for three exploration drilling licences in July, when the results of a government study into the r

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3 Jan 2013 10:14

Shell and Northern Petroleum begin drilling oil well in French Guiana

Shell and its partners have started drilling the second of four oil wells in the Guyane Maritime Permit in French Guiana. Shell holds 45% in the Guyane Maritime offshore exploration licence along with Total (25%), Tullow Oil (27.5%), Northern Petroleum (1.25%) and Wessex Exploration (1.25%). The

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14 Dec 2012 16:16

Guiness Peat exec sell five million shares

Sir Ron Brierley, a non-executive director of Guinness Peat Group (GPG) sold a massive chunk of shares in the investment holding company this week. The company announced on Friday morning that Brierley sold five million shares in the company at a price of A$0.475 (31.04p), earning himself around A

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14 Dec 2012 10:09

Northern Petroleum Chairman increases stake in company

Chairman of Northern Petroleum, Richard Latham, has purchased 5,000 shares in the company at 48.5p each, a statement revealed Friday. Latham now holds 967,477 shares - which equates to 1.01% of the issued share capital of the company - following the transaction Wednesday. Non-Executive Director, D

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7 Sep 2012 08:06

Northern Petroleum abandons Italian well

AIM-listed oil and gas explorer Northern Petroleum has plugged and abandoned its La Tosca-1 exploration well in Italy, saying that it wasn't economical to warrant further drilling. Drilling operations started on August 6th to evaluate the exploration potential of a gas prospect mapped from 3D seism

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7 Aug 2012 11:38

Resources round-up: Northern Petroleum, Providence, New World

Northern Petroleum has started drilling operations on the La Tosca-1 well, targeting a 43bn cubic feet of gross mean prospective resource gas prospect. The well is being drilled to evaluate the exploration potential of a gas prospect mapped from 3D seismic on the Longastrino Permit. The well is situ

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8 Jun 2012 07:30

Northern Petroleum's earnings surge

Northern Petroleum's 2011 results took their time arriving but were just about worth the wait, with earnings rising sharply. The oil and gas firm's adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) surged to €18.97m from €6.48m in 2010. Having made a tiny pre-tax loss

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7 Mar 2012 16:07

Patagonia Gold CEO adds to share pile

William Humphries, Chief Executive Officer of Patagonia Gold, the Argentina-focused mining firm, has purchased 300,000 shares in the firm. The director bought the shares at an average price of 35.67p for a total of £107,010, taking his total stake in the company to 15,393,857 shares, representing a

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20 Dec 2011 09:29

Northern Petroleum completes well test

AIM-listed Northern Petroleum has completed an extended well test of the Ottoland oil discovery in The Netherlands. The well was drilled in 2007 and hydraulically fractured in 2009. Permission was received to conduct the test using a jet pump device to assist the flow of oil. The firm hopes its a

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8 Dec 2011 12:35

Northern Petroleum sells stake in Vinkega gas field

Northern Petroleum has sold its interest in the Vinkega gas field for around €3.2m, equivalent to about £2.7m. Northern said it considered that Vinkega was "not a prospect of sufficient size and structural appeal to have attracted a wildcat well on the Drenthe III licence alone." The Vinkega gas

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9 Sep 2011 16:55

London close: Stocks dive on euro worries

The volatility continued heading into the weekend and stocks were nursing hefty losses at the close of play. The resignation of European Central Bank official Juergen Stark brought the Eurozone crisis into focus. Stark, a German, like many of his compatriots is unhappy about the Bank's policy of b

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9 Sep 2011 12:06

London midday: Stocks fall after flat start

Stocks have eased slightly as nerves set in ahead of this weekend's meeting of the G7 grouping of industrialised countries. Motor insurer Admiral is in the slow lane after saying it could see "a small proportion" of its profits put at risk under the government's plans to ban the payment of referra

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9 Sep 2011 07:24

Tullow Oil and Shell make 'encouraging' discovery

A joint venture between Tullow Oil and Royal Dutch Shell has made an oil discovery at its Zeadyus exploration well, 150km offshore French Guiana. The Guyana Maritime permit said it has encountered 72m of net oil pay in two turbidite fans, and the results of drilling and sampling show "good quality

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27 May 2011 16:46

London close: Stocks hold on to gains

Stocks held on to gains going into a long weekend, as Wall Street opened up higher. After a sharp rise in early trading, the Footsie maintained its level around the 5,930-40 mark for the rest of the day, helped by strong showings from the miners and the banks. Just seven stocks finished in the red.

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