15 Mar 2017 11:30
15 March 2017
Victoria Oil & Gas Plc
("VOG" or "the Company")
Bowleven General Meeting Result
Victoria Oil & Gas Plc notes the result of the General Meeting of Bowleven plc ("Bowleven"), requisitioned by Crown Ocean Capital P1 Ltd ("COC"), convened in Edinburgh on 14 March 2017 and announced this morning, which has resulted in several changes to the Bowleven board.
VOG shareholders are also referred to the joint announcement by VOG and Bowleven on the 6 March 2017 which summarised the Farm-Out Agreement ("Agreement") signed between Victoria Oil & Gas Plc and Euroil Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bowleven.
Specifically, as set out in the detail of the conditions precedent to closing of the proposed Farm-Out, it should be noted that only VOG has the option to terminate the Agreement as a result of Bowleven's General Meeting yesterday and resultant changes to its board.
VOG continues to look forward to developing the Bomono project with Bowleven and will shortly be in contact with the board of Bowleven in this respect.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
For further information, please visit www.victoriaoilandgas.com or contact:
Victoria Oil & Gas Plc
Kevin Foo / Ahmet Dik / Laurence Read Tel: +44 (0) 20 7921 8820
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser)
Rory Murphy / Stuart Faulkner / James Dance Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494
Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited (Joint Broker)
Mark Percy / Toby Gibbs (corporate finance) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4090
Jerry Keen (corporate broking)
FirstEnergy Capital LLP (Joint Broker)
Jonathan Wright / David van Erp Tel: +44 (0) 20 7448 0200
Notes to Editors
About Victoria Oil & Gas Plc
Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG.L) is a gas utility company with operations in the industrial port city of Douala in Cameroon, which is the business hub to Central Africa.
The Company's subsidiary, Gaz du Cameroun S.A. ("GDC"), supplies cost effective, clean and reliable gas to industries in the Douala region from its onshore Logbaba Gas Project. Industrial customers are supplied with gas through a 50km pipeline network built by GDC in Douala. Another subsidiary Gaz du Cameroon Matanda S.A is the holder of 75% interest in the Matanda PSC.
GDC's gas supply to the thermal, grid power and retail power markets in Douala, is helping to ensure that the Cameroon economy is underpinned with stable energy. By developing a fully integrated gas supply network, connected to wells located within the city itself, GDC has established an energy supply within Douala that is cost effective, reliable, safe and cleaner than liquid fuel alternatives.
The Group generates cash flow from the Logbaba Project which is 60% owned and managed by GDC, with RSM Production Corporation, an affiliate of Grynberg Petroleum Company of Denver, Colorado holding a 40% participating interest.
VOG also holds 100% of the West Medvezhye oil and gas exploration project near Nadym, Russia. The field has C1 plus C2 reserves of 14.4mmboe (under the Russian resource classification system, analogous to proven and probable reserves under Western conventions) in addition to best estimate prospective resources of 1.4bboe. Given the challenging economic environment in Russia, The Group has fully impaired the West Medvezhye assets and is seeking a farm in partner or sale of this asset.