Last checked at 14 Oct 2013 07:00
14 October 2013
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited
("Chariot", the "Company" or the "Group")
Farm-out agreement in Block C-19 (Mauritania) with Cairn Energy PLC ("Cairn")approved
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited (AIM: CHAR), the Atlantic margins focused oil and gas exploration company, reports that, as detailed in the announcement of 8 August 2013, the farm-out agreement signed between its wholly-owned subsidiary, Chariot Oil & Gas Investments (Mauritania) Ltd. and Capricorn Mauritania Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cairn, on licence C19 offshore Mauritania has been approved by the Ministry of Hydrocarbons in Mauritania and all other approvals and conditions precedent to the transaction have been granted or fulfilled.
As part of the farm-out agreement, Cairn committed to pay approximately US$26 million for the costs of the 3D seismic data acquired by Chariot on the block and other back costs incurred, which has now been received. Chariot now holds a 55% stake and operatorship in the block, Cairn holds a 35% equity interest and the Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH) retains 10% as a carried interest.
Following interpretation of the final Pre-Stack Depth Migration (PSDM) volumes, due to be received in November 2013, a resource update will be published in Q1 2014. Drilling planning and the evaluation of partnering options will commence thereafter.
For further information please contact:
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited | +44 (0)20 7318 0450 |
Larry Bottomley, CEO | |
RBC Capital Markets (Joint Broker and NOMAD) Martin Eales, Pierre Schreuder
Jefferies International Limited (Joint Broker) Chris Zeal, Max Jones
| +44 (0)20 7653 4000
+44 (0)20 7029 8000
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FTI Consulting Ben Brewerton, Natalia Erikssen | +44 (0)20 7831 3113
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NOTES TO EDITORS
About Chariot
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited is an independent oil and gas exploration group. It holds licences covering eight blocks in Namibia, through its wholly owned subsidiary Enigma Oil & Gas Exploration (Pty) Limited, one block in Mauritania through its wholly owned subsidiary Chariot Oil & Gas Investments (Mauritania) Limited and three blocks in Morocco through its wholly owned subsidiary Chariot Oil & Gas Investments (Morocco) Limited all of which are offshore. The Group's wholly owned subsidiary, Chariot Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda, has recently been awarded four licences in the shallow water offshore Brazil. All of these blocks are currently in the exploration phase.
The ordinary shares of Chariot Oil & Gas Limited are admitted to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol 'CHAR'.