Reminder9 Dec 2021 15:42
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Natural gas: Cameroon in favor of the joint exploitation of the Thali block by Tower Resources and Beluga
The British company Tower Resources revealed in a statement released recently that it has received no objection from the Cameroonian government to its request to jointly mine the Thali block with the Nigerian mining company Beluga. The British company Tower Resources has just made this information public in a press release
On August 10, the oil company Tower Resources announced that it had signed a binding memorandum of understanding concerning the sale to Beluga Energy of a non-operational 49% stake in its Thali sharing contract in Cameroon. According to its press release, it indicated that the draft affermage agreement had been submitted to the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development (Minmidt) for approval. This should, according to the Cameroonian petroleum code, take place within 60 days from September 21, 2021, the date on which it was formally requested. In a document from the British company consulted by EcoMatin on the update of the affermage, it states that “Tower has not received any objection to the transaction, nor any other request for information from the Minmidt,and although Tower believes the conditions for approval have been met, ”the document from the AIM-listed oil and gas company reveals. However, Tower Resources "has not yet received a formal letter (a" decree ") confirming the approval of the transaction by MINMIDT", specifies the British company.
Nonetheless, while the Company awaits a formal decree, “Beluga continues to work on its funding process, and the Company continues to work with the platform provider and planned service companies on the timing and conditions of the NJOM well. -3 ”, notes Tower resources. Note that Tower is negotiating a contract for a drilling rig for the Njom-3 well and will announce when this contract and other major service contracts for the Njom-3 well will be concluded. In this exploitation project, Beluga is certainly an indisputable partner, in that it is a private energy product trading company operating in Africa and the international oil market. It therefore carries out trading activities for its own account: obtaining supplies of crude oil and refined products,in particular LNG, LPG, natural gas condensate, naphtha, etc.
Tower Resources Cameroon SA, a subsidiary of Tower Resources plc, holds a 100% stake in the shallow water production sharing contract (PSC) Thali (formerly known as “Dissoni”), in the Rio del Rey, off Cameroon. Tower was awarded the PSC on September 15, 2015 for an initial exploration period of 3 years. In May 2021, it obtained an extension of its operating contract from