Statement from the Chairman26 Jun 2018 08:55
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RNS Number : 5289S
Nu-Oil and Gas PLC
26 June 2018
26 June 2018
Nu-Oil and Gas plc
("Nu-Oil" or "the Company")
Operational and Strategic Update Statement from the Chairman of the Company
Nu-Oil announces the following operational and strategic update from its
Executive Chairman, Alan Minty as follows:
"It has been 3 months since my last Chairman's Statement, which accompanied
the Company's interim Financial Statements, and I would like to take this
opportunity to update the market with respect to the progress we have made and
reiterate our strategic goals. We are also aware of certain rumours currently
circulating on bulletin boards, which we hope this statement will dispel.
Nu-Oil's strategy is to generate value from marginal field activities in two
'domains'; in both cases we target low-risk, undervalued projects that can be
transformed by changing the economics. The first domain is the offshore
sector where we target discoveries with proven reserves and preferably
producing assets, to reduce capital and subsurface risks. We pursue this
through our investment in MFDevCo, in which both Nu-Oil and RMRI Ltd, a
company controlled by myself, hold a 50% interest, which has engineering,
subsurface and operational experience, supplemented by Nu-Oil's specific
capability when required. The second target domain is onshore where we are
focusing on a region with large resources and which we know well from our
considerable operating experience there; this is western Newfoundland, where
we work via our 100% owned subsidiary, Enegi Oil Inc. ("Enegi"), using local
partners.
Opportunities in the offshore sector are more capital intensive and take
longer to incubate as the evaluation, assessments and planning processes
required reflect the additional complexity involved in offshore operations
when compared to those onshore. This greater complexity requires more
expertise so MFDevCo established a 'support' consortium of experienced,
international oil-service companies (the "Consortium"); the prestige of the
members illustrates the credibility of the strategy and of the current
opportunities.
We undertake extensive screening in both domains. In the offshore sector, one
redevelopment project in particular is of great interest because of the value
that can be generated and because the commercial circumstances that surround
the project provide further hurdles to competition. There can never be a
guarantee of concluding a project prior to physical execution but a
regeneration strategy has been identified and MFDevCo and the Consortium have
undertaken significant work including identification of, and engagement with,
the owners of a facility in China for deployment on the project. We are
currently leveraging the Consortium's relationships in China with the aim of
capitalising on this opportunity.
MFDevCo is building its team as