RE: Good read23 Jul 2020 16:56
We have had some initial farm-down discussions with potential partners, but could not advance these without full ratification of
title. About 65% of Ghanaian exploration wells have been successful. Fiscal terms, in spite of upward creep, and lower oil prices,
are competitive.
It’s desirable to stick as closely as possible to the 2010 terms, since the Ghanaians might otherwise seek to increase tax
treatment, or require bonds for the entire work programme – which would increase the carrying cost and hence reduce the
attractiveness of the acreage.
Many discoveries since 2008 have made the resource nationalists unrealistic, without educating them about practical need for
prompt and correct ratification, permitting, and associated decision-making.
The current status of Tano 2A Petroleum Agreement, in which Petrel Resources plc has a 30% Working Interest, is that it awaits
ratification (by passage through Cabinet, and Parliament), after which there are exploration periods of 3 years initial term, + 2
extension periods of a total 3.5 years.
In September 2018 we agreed that we could proceed with that portion of the original acreage that remains available – with the
balance to be added when it is relinquished by Erin Energy (now in US Chapter 11), in accordance with law.
After a period of slow progress, Ghana’s current NPP Government has galvanised the licensing effort. The administration is pro-
development, and actively reviewing historic Petroleum Agreements, with stated focus on early exploration, discoveries and
output. During 2018 the Ghanaian Ministry of Energy and the Ghanaian National Petroleum Commission considered the current
re-application by Pan Andean Resources Ltd (30% Petrel Resources plc, 60% Clontarf Energy plc, and 10% local interests) over
the original Tano 2A licence block acreage.
There is a mutual desire to complete the ratification process. Our strong preference is to honour as far as possible the terms of
the existing signed Petroleum Agreement, adjusting the revised coordinates and any other fine-tuning necessary.