10 Nov 2014 07:00
10 November 2014 For immediate release
InfraStrata plc
("InfraStrata" or the "Company")
28th Round Licence Award
InfraStrata plc (AIM:INFA), the independent petroleum exploration and gas storage company, is pleased to announce that, together with joint venture partner Carstone Exploration Limited ("Carstone"), the Company has been offered block 3/11a by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in the UKCS 28th Seaward Licensing Round. InfraStrata will be the Operator with a 50% interest. The partners intend to accept the offer for the block under the terms of a promote exploration licence where a drill-or-drop decision is required within the first two years of the licence period.
The block contains the undeveloped Oulton oil discovery (3/11-1 and 1ST) estimated to contain approximately 16 million barrels of recoverable oil. The discovery was made over 40 years ago by Amoco, and flowed in excess of 1000 barrels of 41 degrees API oil per day on test from Jurassic Emerald sandstones. InfraStrata believes that the use of modern offshore technologies combined with access to nearby infrastructure will enable Oulton to be successfully developed in the near future.
Commenting on the announcement, Andrew Hindle, CEO of InfraStrata said:
"We are very pleased with this success in the round. It is the first project which has resulted from our exploration new venture partnership with Carstone, announced in April this year. It marks the beginning of a new phase in building our exploration portfolio. We will be working together with Carstone to introduce one or more partners into the project to fund the next stage of the block evaluation and ultimately the drilling of a new well to appraise the discovery and classify the resources. This is consistent with InfraStrata's strategy of funding drilling via farmouts."
For further information please contact:
InfraStrata plc
Andrew Hindle, Chief Executive Officer 020 8332 1200
Stewart McGarrity, Finance Director
Financial PR - Buchanan
Richard Darby/Gabriella Clinkard/Anna Michniewicz 020 7466 5000
Nominated Advisor and Broker - Arden Partners plc
Chris Hardie 020 7614 5917
Notes to Editors:
Background on InfraStrata plc
InfraStrata is an independent petroleum exploration and gas storage company. The Company is focused on two areas in the UK, in Dorset, England and Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Further information is available on the Company's website www.infrastrata.co.uk.
In accordance with the AIM Rules - Note for Mining and Oil and Gas Companies, the information contained in this announcement has been reviewed and signed off by the Chief Executive Officer of InfraStrata plc Andrew Hindle BSc, MSc, PhD, a Chartered Geologist with 28 years' experience, a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain.