RNS - Update on Jordan!4 Mar 2013 12:20
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Enegi Oil PLC
04 March 2013

ENEGI OIL PLC
AIM ticker: 'ENEG'
OTC ticker: 'EOLPF'
4 March 2013
Enegi Oil Plc
('Enegi' or 'the Company')
Update on Dead Sea and Wadi Araba Project, Jordan
Enegi, the independent oil and gas company, is pleased to announce that yesterday, at a meeting which was chaired by Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, the Cabinet approved a co-production agreement with Korea Global Energy Corporation ("KGEC") for oil exploration in the Dead Sea and Wadi Araba areas.
KGEC will carry out its exploration works over a 6,819-square-kilometre area in three phases.
Under the agreement, KGEC will implement its contractual obligations for the four-year exploration phase, during which it will conduct geological studies of the area, including a seismic survey, and drill three wells for oil exploration. The Company will provide further updates in the coming weeks.
As announced on 13 December 2013, Enegi has a 5% carried interest in the project.
Alan Minty, CEO of Enegi, commented:
"We are delighted that the Cabinet and the Prime Minister have approved this agreement. This is a further step forward in finalising the Ratification of this project. We are very excited about this asset and look forward to working with KGEC and the Jordanian authorities in progressing this project."
Enquiries:
Enegi Oil
Tel: + 44 161 817 7460
Alan Minty, CEO
Nick Elwes, Director of Communications
Cenkos Securities
Jon Fitzpatrick
Tel: + 44 207 397 8900
Neil McDonald
Tel: + 44 131 220 9771
College Hill
Tel: + 44 207 457 2020
Alexandra Roper
Rupert Trefgarne
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