15 Nov 2018 07:00
15 November 2018
Eland Oil & Gas PLC
("Eland" or the "Company")
Change of Nominated Advisor and Joint Broker
Eland Oil & Gas PLC (AIM: ELA), an oil & gas production and development company operating in West Africa with an initial focus on Nigeria, today announces the appointment, with immediate effect, of Peel Hunt LLP as nominated advisor and joint corporate broker, alongside the Company's new joint corporate broker, Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited.
For further information:
Eland Oil & Gas PLC (+44 (0)1224 737300)
www.elandoilandgas.com
George Maxwell, CEO
Ronald Bain, CFO
Finlay Thomson, IR
Peel Hunt LLP, Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker (+44 (0)20 7418 8900)
Richard Crichton
David McKeown
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, Joint Broker (+44 (0)20 7710 7600)
Callum Stewart
Nicholas Rhodes
Ashton Clanfield
Camarco (+44 (0) 203 757 4980)
Billy Clegg
Georgia Edmonds
Tom Huddart
Notes to editors:
Eland Oil & Gas is an AIM-listed independent oil and gas company focused on production and development in West Africa, particularly the highly prolific Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
Through its joint venture company Elcrest, Eland's core asset is a 45% interest in OML 40 which is in the Northwest Niger Delta approximately 75km northwest of Warri and has an area of 498km².
In addition, the Company has a 40% interest in the Ubima Field, onshore Niger Delta, in the northern part of Rivers State.
The OML 40 licence holds gross 2P reserves of 83.4 mmbbls, gross 2C contingent resources of 40.4 mmbbls and a best estimate of 254.5 mmbbls of gross un-risked prospective resources*
The Ubima field holds gross 2P reserves of 2.4 mmbbls of oil and gross 2C resource estimates of 31.1 mmbbl**
Net production figures relate to Elcrest Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd ("Elcrest"), Eland's joint venture company. Production rates, when oil is exported via Forcados, are as measured at the Opuama PD meter, are subject to reconciliation and will differ from sales volumes.
*Netherland, Sewell & Associates Inc CPR report 31 December 2017
**AGR TRACS April 2016