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Baron Oil PLC
19 January 2023
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information pursuant to Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 as amended.
19 January 2023
Baron Oil Plc
("Baron", or the "Company")
UK 33(rd) Offshore Licensing Round and Asset Update
Baron Oil Plc (AIM:BOIL), the AIM-quoted oil and gas exploration and appraisal company, is pleased to announce that, as a joint venture non-operating partner, it has submitted an application in the UK offshore 33rd Round of licensing, conducted by the UK North Sea Transition Authority ("NSTA") (the "Licensing Round"). The Licensing Round attracted 115 Bids across 258 Blocks or Part-blocks.
The application, following technical screenings of the areas made available in the Licensing Round, is in line with the Company's stated strategy of acquiring significant equity stakes in potentially high impact oil and gas exploration and appraisal prospects at low entry costs and which would enhance the Company's existing assets. It is anticipated by the NSTA that offers to award licences will be announced during the second half of 2023.
TL-SO-19-16 PSC, offshore Timor-Leste (the "Chuditch PSC"; 75% Interest, operated)
On 24 October 2022, Baron provided a technical update resulting from its preliminary interpretation of the Chuditch PSC reprocessed 3D seismic data and announced that reservoir consultancy group ERCE had been engaged to prepare a Competent Person's Report (the "ERCE CPR").
The ERCE CPR will provide Baron with independent, SPE PRMS compliant standard, resource estimates for the Chuditch-1 discovery and offset prospects and leads. Baron continues to work intensively with ERCE on the subsurface technical understanding which lies behind the resource calculations and the Company expects the ERCE CPR to be completed during February 2023.
As indicated previously, the Company anticipates that Contingent Resources will be assigned to the Chuditch-1 gas discovery, which should have a significantly positive impact on the value of the Chuditch Project.
As such the ERCE CPR will form an important component in the Company's continuing efforts to attract additional industry partners to participate in the next phase of the Chuditch PSC.
UKCS P2478, offshore Inner Moray Firth (32% Interest, non-operated)
As announced on 15 November 2022, the technical work programme over the Dunrobin and Golspie complex of prospects is now largely complete, and Baron is working with the licence operator, Reabold North Sea, to complete the re-evaluation of Prospective Resources and potential commerciality of any future discovery.
The Baron board reaffirms its belief that the western part of the Dunrobin complex (the "Dunrobin West" prospect) is potentially a drillable prospect
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