Last checked at 1 Feb 2016 14:15
1 February 2016
Rockhopper Exploration plc
("Rockhopper" or the "Company")
Rig Contract
Rockhopper Exploration, the oil and gas company with interests in the North Falkland Basin and the greater Mediterranean, announces that Premier Oil has served a notice to Ocean Rig UDW Inc for a breach of material obligations under the drilling contract for the Eirik Raude drilling unit.
Enquiries
Rockhopper Exploration plc
Tel: (via Vigo Communications) - 020 7016 9573
Sam Moody - Chief Executive
Fiona MacAulay - Chief Operating Officer
Stewart MacDonald - Chief Financial Officer
Canaccord Genuity Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker)
Tel: 020 7523 8000
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor
Liberum Capital (Joint Broker)
Tel: 020 3100 2227
Clayton Bush
Vigo Communications
Tel: 020 7016 9573
Patrick d'Ancona
Ben Simons