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Very quiet week in the Smallcap Oil Underverse.

Afren Energy (LON: AFR)
More bad news from Afren this week. The Board has temporarily suspended Iain Wright and Galib Virani, both Associate Directors of the Company. This is in addition to the 31 July 2014 suspension of the CEO, Osman Shahenshah, and the COO, Shahid Ullah, pending investigation in relation to the receipt of unauthorised payments potentially for the benefit of the CEO and COO. No conclusive findings have yet been reached and the investigation is ongoing. The investigation has not found any evidence that any Board members, other than Osman Shahenshah and Shahid Ullah, were involved.

Amerisur Resources (LON: AMER)
Updated on Platanillo-18 in the Platanillo Field, Colombia, the 14th new well of the current drilling campaign, in addition to three successful sidetracks.
The well has been successfully drilled to a total depth of 9,511ft MD. The reservoir section was logged and log analysis indicated the presence of 20ft gross, 7ft net oil column in the U sand formation and the presence of 13ft gross, 12ft net oil column in the N sand formation. AMER tested the N sand. A total of 5ft of the 12ft net oil pay was perforated and flowed 340 BOPD of 18.0 API oil on test.The Company subsequently completed the well for commercial production from the U sand. A total of 5ft of the 7ft net oil pay was perforated and flowed 530 BOPD of 29.7 API oil on test. The well has now been placed on commercial production at approximately 360 BOPD. Current field production remains constrained in the range 7,000 to 7,500 BOPD. The Colombia and Ecuador bi-national agreement has been ratified and provides for the movement of oil and gas between those countries under favourable terms. Ecuadorian documentation has been submitted and formal approval is expected soon. In the meantime the Colombian environmental license process is underway. All indications are that the transfer line will be in operation by the end of the year.

Bowleven (LON: BLVN)
Said that all parties to the LUKOIL/NewAge Etinde farm-out agreement announced on 24 June 2014 have agreed to an extension to the longstop date. With the majority of conditions to transaction completion now satisfied, the longstop date has been extended by two months, to 31 October 2014, to enable satisfaction of the few remaining conditions. The principal condition still to be met is approval by the Cameroon government of the transfer of the equity interest and operatorship. The approval process by the Cameroon authorities has commenced and the longstop extension provides additional time to enable logistical arrangements to be made for this requisite step in the process.

Cadogan Petroleum (LON CAD)
Released their Half Yearly Report for the Six Months ended 30 June 2014. You can read t by clicking HERE

Caza Oil & Gas (LON: CAZA)
Announce THE result at Gramma Ridge and provided a drilling update at Lennox. Both properties are operated by the Company. Click here to read it.

Chariot Oil & Gas (LON: CHAR)
Update on its Namibian portfolio, its repositioning in the region and forward work programmes across these licences. Click HERE to read it. Also announced today that all conditions of the Placing Agreement relating to the GBP8.8 million Placing of 58,596,038 new ordinary shares in Chariot have been fulfilled and the Placing Shares will be admitted to trading today at 8am.

Circle Oil (LON: COP)
Some good news from COP re’ the El Mediouni-1 well. EMD-1 was spudded on 8 June 2014 and drilled to a TD of 1,200 metres MD in the Upper Ketatna carbonates. The stratigraphy encountered in the well was exactly as prognosed and very good light oil shows were encountered both in the Lower Birsa carbonate primary target and the Upper Ketatna carbonates secondary target over a combined interval of 133 metres. Strong hydrocarbon indications encountered in the Birsa and Ketatna carbonates confirm the existence of a working petroleum system in the Mahdia Permit for this and other prospects. The robustness of the El Mediouni trap has also been proven. The losses incurred within the target formations, as described below, give further confirmation of high quality permeability. The gross oil zone interval in the Lower Birsa is 77 metres and the Upper Ketatna has a minimum interval of 48 metres, subject to confirmation by logs. Using known reservoir and fluid parameters from equivalent formations in the Gulf of Hammamet, the internally estimated most likely recoverable prospective resources discovered by the EMD-1 well are approximately 100 MMBO. The hole conditions in the well deteriorated rapidly and multiple attempts at open hole logging by wireline and tough logging conditions equipment failed. Ultimately the decision was taken to terminate further efforts and suspend the well.

Falcon Oil & Gas (LON: FOG)
Announces that it has filed its results for the three and six months ended 30 June 2014. To read them CLICK HERE

Gulf Keystone petroleum (LON: GKP)
Issued its results for the six months ended 30 June 2014. Click HERE to rad it.

Mosman Oil & Gas (LON: MSMN)
The Australia and New Zealand focussed oil exploration and development company, advises that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of OilCo Pty a wholly owned subsidiary of High Peak Royalties Limited (formally Torrens Energy Limited).

Northcote Energy (LON: NCT)
Has completed the acquisition of its interest in the 1,670 gross acre producing Shoats Creek Project in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, US. Northcote is now the operator of this project, which further strengthens the Company’s portfolio beyond its operations in Oklahoma, where the Company has work ongoing across its properties, with the main focus being on the non-operated Zink Ranch Project.

Ophir Energy (LON: OPHR)
Announced a successful Mzia-3 flow-testin Block1 Tanzania which was completed in November 2013 having successfully encountered gas in the main Lower and Middle sand targets. A Drill Stem Test has now been successfully completed. The well flowed slightly ahead of expectations at an average controlled rate of 90mmcfd for 6 days with peak flow of 101mmcfd, constrained by equipment limits. The Deepsea Metro I drillship will now move to Block 4 to drill the Kamba-1 exploration well which will also target the shallower Pweza North structure. The Tonel North-1 appraisal well has been completed on Block R, Equatorial Guinea. The Tonel North-1 well was drilled approximately 5km north-east of the original Tonel-1 discovery well. The well encountered gas pay combined in the lower target sands but the upper sands appear to be low gas-saturation. Analysis of the well data is ongoing. The result is expected to marginally reduce the discovered volumes in the Tonel field but will not impact the commerciality of the base case 2.5mmtpa FLNG project. The Vantage Titanium Explorer drillship has now moved to complete the Silenus East-1 exploration well which is targeting ca.420bcf of low-risk mean prospective gas resource as a primary target and will be deepened to test a secondary, high-impact but high-risk oil target that on current mapping could be a potentially extensive play across the Block.

Salamander Energy (LON: SMDR)
Announces its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2014. Click HERE to read them.
29 August, 2014
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The Midas touch has returned!

Quiet week this week. But it’s going to hot up soon enough at Lenigas & Oil! Fantastic story developing. Eyes on UKOG!

Empyrean Energy (LON: EME)
Released a strange one this week. It is launching a review of strategic options open to the Company to maximise value for shareholders. They’ve basically called Takeover without any takeover actually occurring. They’ve put the whole company up for sale! You can read the RNS HERE

Faroe Petroleum (LON: FPM)
Duster! Centrica-operated Butch South West exploration well 8/10-6S no hydrocarbons were encountered. Oil strike! The Bue side-track well (6406/12-3 A) was drilled to a depth of 3,656.5 metres below sea level, 2.1 kilometres north east of the Pil discovery well 6406/12-3 S. The objective was to investigate the extent, thickness and reservoir properties in the Middle and Upper Jurassic reservoirs in the Bue prospect and to establish the pressure regime and hydrocarbon/water contact. The well encountered an 18 metre hydrocarbon column in reservoir rocks of variable quality. Pressure data indicates no communication between the Pil and Bue discoveries and Bue has therefore proven a separate accumulation of hydrocarbons. An extensive data acquisition programme was carried out including a fluid sample and the operator’s preliminary estimate of the gross size of the Bue discovery is between 6 and 25 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent In addition, following the Pil side-track, which encountered a gross hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir section with approximately 80 metres of oil in the Upper Jurassic reservoir of the Rogn Formation, the operator of the licence, VNG, has advised the partners of an updated gross recoverable resources range estimate for the Pil discovery of 72 to 172 mmboe (18 to 43 mmboe net to Faroe), up from a previous gross recoverable resource range estimate of 50 to 170 mmboe.

Fastnet Oil & Gas (LON: FAST)
Announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Pathfinder Hydrocarbon Ventures has entered into an amended exclusive option agreement with Oil and Gas Investments Funds, in relation to eight Exploration Permits comprising the Tendrara Lakbir Petroleum Agreement onshore Morocco. Following substantive negotiations with its partner OGIF, Fastnet has secured improved commercial terms from those previously announced on 29 May 2013.

Forum Energy (LON: FEP)
A UK incorporated oil & gas exploration and production company confirms that the Philippine Department of Energy has granted the Company’s request for an extension to the second sub-phase of Service Contract 72. The deadline for completion of the second sub-phase, comprising the drilling of two appraisal wells, has now been extended by one year to 15 August 2016; Further details regarding the Company’s plans for SC72 will be made in due course, as and when appropriate.

Frontera Resources (LON: FRR)
Announced that it has begun the start of a new drilling campaign at the Mtsare Khevi Gas Complex in the country of Georgia. Location construction for well #32a will commence shortly and drilling is expected to commence during the month of August. The well will take approx. 15 days to reach total depth. Well #32a is planned to be drilled to a depth of approx. 400 metres and is designed to continue to explore and expand the identified gas potential associated with the Mtsare Khevi Gas Complex. Gas production operations have continued since commencement in April and are delivering gas to Georgia’s national grid via the Company’s gas gathering/processing facilities and associated 14 kilometer transportation system. This system accommodates gas production at a planned rate of approx. 2 million cubic feet per day of gas.

Ithaca Energy (LON: IAE)
A production update following the end of the second quarter of the year came this week. Average pro-forma production in Q2-2014 was approximately 14,400 barrels of oil equivalent per day (“boepd”), 94% oil, including the contribution from the assets being acquired from Sumitomo Corporation. This performance is in line with the Company’s pro-forma 2014 production guidance range of 13,500 to 15,500 boepd.

Leni Gas & Oil (LON: LGO)
It’s just going to get better and better for David Lenigas & Neil Ritson at the LGO Trinidad drills! The fourth of its planned Goudron development wells, GY-667, was successfully spudded yesterday at 1530 hrs and is now drilling ahead in the Goudron Sandstones. The well is being drilled as a deviated hole from the same well pad as used for the recently drilled wells GY-665 and GY-666. Well GY-667 has a planned total depth of 3,600 feet true-vertical depth (equivalent to 3,840 feet measured depth) to a bottom-hole location that is approximately 590 feet south east of the surface location. The primary target of this well is the Gros Morne sandstones, the top of which are anticipated at a depth of approximately 2,180 feet TVD. The well will also investigate the reservoir potential of the Lower Cruse at this location. Separately, final approvals have now been received for the construction and installation of a new 2,000-barrel sales tank and construction contracts have been awarded. The new tank will be installed at the Goudron Field’s oil sales point at Tank Battery Station 134 and will be adjacent to the two existing sales tanks increasing total daily export capacity equivalent to approximately 2,750 barrels of oil per day. It is anticipated that the new tank will be commissioned to coincide with the completion of the four wells being drilled on the current well pad; of which GY-667 is the third. Negotiations for a second drilling rig are actively being progressed with a variety of different options emerging. It is planned to retain Well Services Rig 20 for at least a further six wells and no decision has yet been taken on the choice of the second rig.

Mosman Oil & Gas (LON: MSMN)
Couple of RNS’s this week. Latest progress on its drilling programme at the Petroleum Creek Project, New Zealand. Crestal-1 was drilled to 75m and 7 inch casing run and cemented. Drilling continues and on 6 July had reached a depth of 100m. Oil shows (fluorescence) from 55m to 70m and 80m to 95m have been encountered. Rock samples under ultra-violet (UV) light show fluorescence indicating hydrocarbons on rock cuttings circulated out of the hole and separated from drilling fluid (mud) by screens. These rock samples are collected as representative of every 2.5m of hole drilled. If there is no oil on the sample then there is no fluorescence shown in UV light. ****These standard site tests are useful qualitative indications and will be followed up with additional work, including wireline electric logs and flow tests before any technical and commercial significance can be determined**** Therein the stars is the truth of exactly what’s going on here. You have been warned. Second RNS Crestal-1, oil shows have been identified throughout the Cobden Limestone from 158m to 173m. (I’d hardly describe oil shows from 158m to 173m as “Through out the Cobden limestone.”) John W Barr, Executive Chairman of Mosman commented: “It is important to put our progress into context as this positive news is the first step of the drilling programme which will be followed by the appraisal process. The next stage of which will be to carry out flow tests, additional seismic acquisition and processing work, and then complete the economic modelling required to determine commercial viability of our wells, which as previously announced is anticipated to take several months.” Several months? You have been warned!

Providence Resources (LON: PVR)
Provided took a kick in the goolies this week. An operational update on activities in FEL 2/04, FEL 4/08 and FEL 1/14, which are all located within Quadrant 35 in the northern Porcupine Basin. Capricorn Ireland Limited (38%, Operator (wholly owned subsidiary of Cairn Energy (LON: CNE) operates these licences on behalf of its partners, Providence Resources (32%), Chrysaor E&P Ireland (26%) and Sosina Exploration (4%). The licences, which cover an area of c. 2,000 km2, are located c. 175 km off the west coast of Ireland in water depths of c. 400 metres. The Operator has advised that the Spanish Point appraisal well will not be drilled in 2014, as previously planned. Extensive delays in the refurbishment of the Blackford Dolphin drilling rig which had been scheduled to drill the well, mean that drilling operations would not be able to commence until at least October, thereby putting the Spanish Point drilling operations into the winter period. Accordingly, the Operator has advised that the contract with Dolphin for the Blackford Dolphin has been terminated and tendering for another rig to carry out the planned well operations in 2015 has commenced. Separately, the Operator has confirmed that, subject to regulatory approval, a large 3D seismic acquisition programme over blocks 35/13, 35/14, 35/15, 35/18 and 35/19 in FEL 1/14 will go ahead this summer.

Roxi Petroleum (LON: RXP)
Hit the oily stuff this week with news of a discovery at its flagship BNG asset. The BNG Contract Area is located in the west of Kazakhstan 40 kilometres southeast of Tengiz on the edge of the Mangistau Oblast, covering an area of 1,561 square kilometres of which 1,376 square kilometres has 3D seismic coverage acquired in 2009 and 2010. Roxi has a 58.41 per cent interest in the BNG Contract Area. Deep Well A5 the first deep well on the BNG Contract Area, with a planned Total Depth of 4,700 meters is targeting principally the middle Carboniferous formation at 4,390 meters of the South Emba sub-basin. Oil and gas shows have been detected at a depth of 4,332 meters. After the completion of clean-up work to deal with the oil and gas shows encountered, core samples will be taken to determine the oil bearing horizon. News also came today of a licence extension and operational progress at its Galaz asset. Roxi announced the extension of the licence at the Galaz Contract Area for a further two-year period to 14 May 2016. The licence has been extended on the current pilot production basis, although at the request of Galaz LLP may be converted to a full production licence. As previously announced Roxi Well NK-31 has been spudded and is to be drilled to a total depth of 2,500 meters targeting the Middle Jurassic. The well is expected to reach Total Depth by the end of July 2014. It is being drilled on the main Contract Area. Drilling has reached a depth of 2,350 meters without incident. Core samples taken between 2,070 and 2,079 meters in the Karagansaisky horizon contain an interlayering of argillite and conglomerates.

Sound Oil (LON: SOU)
Has issued shares in respect of the first equity tranche of the £14 million institutional funding first announced by the Company on 25 April 2014. Following receipt of a cash payment of £1.86 million, the Company has issued a total of 23,212,500 new ordinary shares in the Company to related parties of Continental Investment Partners S.A. The issue of the New Ordinary Shares represents the first of two tranches of the equity issue associated with the institutional funding. The remaining equity tranche, totaling a further £5.14 million, is expected to complete during July 2014.

Victoria Oil and Gas (LON: VOG)
Updated on its Logbaba gas supply operations in the industrial port city of Douala, Cameroon, operated by wholly owned subsidiary, Gaz du Cameroun S.A. The announcement is the first update which includes supply to both thermal and gas fired electricity generation customers. Much to lengthy an epistle for the round up. Click HERE to read it

11 July, 2014
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Amerisur Resources (LON: AMER)
The oil and gas producer and explorer focused on South America, is pleased to announce an update on operations in Colombia and Paraguay. CLICK HERE

Aminex (LON: AEX)
Has signed a sale and purchase agreement for the sale of Aminex USA Inc. to Northcote Energy an AIM listed oil and gas company, and Springer Oil and Gas, a private company, for a total consideration of USD$5,000,000. Consideration from the sale of Aminex’s US portfolio of assets, which mainly comprise the Shoats Creek field in Louisiana and the Alta Loma field in Texas, will allow the Company to pay down part of its loan facility and provides further flexibility for working capital.

Borders & Southern (LON: BOR)
In April 2012 Borders & Southern made a significant gas condensate discovery with its first exploration well in the Falkland Islands. The discovery had a high condensate yield and a good quality reservoir. An initial scoping facilities study proposed an FPSO development, stripping out the liquids and re-injecting the gas back into the reservoir. Our phase 1 reservoir engineering study indicated that a mid case of 200 million barrels of liquids could be recovered from the discovery. Subsequent to this work, the Company has enhanced the seismic data with rock physics information derived from the Darwin East well and undertaken a more detailed phase 2 reservoir engineering study. Additionally, the 2008 seismic data has been reprocessed and merged with the new 2013 3D survey. Reprocessing of the 3D seismic has greatly improved the quality of the data. Resolution has been enhanced, amplitude mapping is sharper and fault definition has improved. This new data has confirmed our previous interpretation of the potential distribution of hydrocarbons over Darwin East and West. The phase 2 reservoir engineering study used a more detailed geological and petrophysical description of the reservoir, creating a 3D model in Petrel (The phase 1 study had used a simple layer cake model) and incorporated results from a laboratory revaporisation study and analysis from side wall cores. Our new base case model estimates a wet gas in place of 2.6 tcf and the recovered condensate of 263 million barrels. The increase in recovered condensate from our phase 1 model to the phase 2 model is attributed to improved net pore volume and an improvement in fluid recovery. New base case estimate of recoverable condensate of 263 million barrels is of course dependent on successful appraisal wells. However, this resource assessment only includes the reservoir interval encountered in the discovery well on Darwin East. Our seismic interpretation indicates that Darwin West is structurally higher than Darwin East and that two additional potential reservoir intervals below the main reservoir, each displaying amplitude conformance to structure, may be encountered. These additional potential reservoirs do not extend over the whole structure, but nevertheless could add further to the total recoverable resource depending on their thickness and quality.

Doriemos (LON: DOR) United Kingdom Oil & Gas (LON: UKOG) Solo Oil (LON: SOLO)
All three updated on the highly prospective Horse Hill prospect. Horse Hill Development Ltd, the operators of the Horse Hill Prospect in the Weald Basin near Gatwick Airport, have advised that site construction has now commenced for the proposed 8,512 feet Horse Hill-1 well. The well is expected to spud in July 2014 and is targeting a number of conventional stacked oil targets in Jurassic aged reservoirs and possible gas in the Triassic. After evaluating the Jurassic targets in the Portland sandstone, Corallian sandstone and Great Oolite limestone, the well is planned to be drilled to Triassic age formations in order to evaluate the potential, so far unexplored, for conventional gas within the Horse Hill structure.

Falcon Oil & Gas (LON: FOG)
Announces the appointment of Mr. Michael Gallagher as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) with immediate effect.

Global Petroleum (LON: GBP)
Tried to distance themselves from the Tower Resources (LON: TRP) duster this week. GBP noted the recent announcement by the partners in the Welwitschia-1A well of their decision to plug and abandon the well. The Welwitschia-1A well was drilled to a depth of 2,454m in Block 2011A, adjacent to Global’s Block 2010A in the Walvis Basin offshore northern Namibia. The Global technical management team wishes to make it clear that the geological setting of Global’s blocks 2010A and 1910B is distinct from that targeted by the partners in the Welwitschia-1A well. The great majority of the prospectivity in Global’s acreage is mapped in older sediments. These deeper structures were not reached by the Welwitschia-1A well. Therefore, the significant potential of these deeper traps and reservoirs remains to be tested. Don’t waste share-holder money. It’s a duster above and it’ will be a duster below.

Gulfsands Petroleum (LON: GPX)
Drilling operations within the Rharb Centre Permit in Northern Morocco using the COFOR SAS Cabot 750 rig have now recommenced with the drilling of the Lalla Yetou Updip-1 gas exploration well (“LTU-1”). The LTU-1 well location has been selected based upon interpretation of the Rharb 3D seismic survey data acquired by the Company during 2013. LTU-1 is designed to be drilled to a total vertical depth of approximately 1180 metres, and will evaluate predicted Miocene aged sandstone reservoirs contained within a fault bound structural closure that have been identified from 3D seismic data as having the potential to be gas bearing. LTU-1 is located up dip structurally from a previous well Lalla Yetou-3 that found gas bearing sands. The Company expects that drilling operations at LTU-1 will be completed within 28 days.

Independent Resources (LON: IRG)
Results for the fifteen months ended 31 December 2013. Click HERE to read.

Leni Gas & Oil (LON: LGO)
The third of its Goudron development wells, GY-666, was successfully spudded this week and is now drilling ahead. As with the previous two wells the third well in the planned 30 well redevelopment program is intended to test the Goudron, Gros Morne and Lower Cruse sandstones, all of which are known to be productive for oil in offset wells. The well is being drilled as a deviated hole with a maximum angle of 16 degrees from the same well pad as used for the recently drilled well GY-665. Well GY-665 will be completed as a Gros Morne producer once the Well Services Rig 20 is demobilized from the well pad. The reservoir pressure recorded at the Gros Morne in GY-665 is higher than that observed in the recently completed well GY-664 and this is likely to lead to improved production potential. Well GY-666 has a planned total depth of 3,700 feet true-vertical depth (“TVD”) (equivalent to 3,820 feet measured depth) to a bottom-hole location that is approximately 900 feet south-west of the surface location. The primary target of this well is the Gros Morne sandstones, the top of which are anticipated at a depth of approximately 2,100 feet TVD. Further announcements will be made once the main reservoir targets have been drilled.

Mosman Oil & Gas (LON: MSMN)
As predicted by YOURS TRULY! Wouldn’t you just know it? The third placing in a matter of months. MSMN raised circa £3,000,000 by way of the placing of 13,043,474 new ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at 23p per share.

Nostra Terra Oil & Gas (LON: NTOG)
The AIM quoted oil and gas producer with a growing portfolio of producing assets in the USA, announced results from two additional horizontal wells in the Chisholm Trail Prospect, located in Oklahoma. Click HERE TO READ IT. Click HERE to read todays RNS

President Energy (LON: PPC)
Has spud the Jacaranda 1 well, the first deep exploration well drilled in Paraguayan Chaco for almost 30 years. The Jacaranda prospect will test the potential double play system (Cretaceous and Palaeozoic) in the North West Flank of the Pirity Concession, Paraguay. The well is designed to drill multiple independent reservoir targets. Total gross mean prospective resources of 624 mmboe are being targeted. The well is anticipated to be drilled to a depth of 4200 metres and is expected to take approximately 70 days to drill. A further update will be given after reaching the targeted depth.

Range Resources (LON: RRL)
Rorys stories continued this week. A Trinidad Operations Update and Increase in Reserves. Click HERE

Tethys Petroleum (LON: TPL)
Following on from the recently announced Kazakh State Reserves Committee approval, today confirmed that it has received approval from the Ministry of Oil & Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the extension its Kyzyloi Production Contract for a further 15 years to June 2029.

Wentworth Resources (LON: WRL)
Drilling operations have commenced on the Tembo-1 well in the Rovuma Onshore Concession in northern Mozambique. Wentworth has an 11.59% net interest in this well which is being operated by Anadarko and drilled with the Helmerich & Payne rig #243. The Tembo-1 well is targeting mid-Cretaceous sands with secondary targets in the upper Jurassic. Tembo-1 has a planned total depth of 4,250 meters True Vertical Depth Sub Sea and is expected to take between 60 and 90 days to complete. An update on drilling operations will be provided after drilling operations have been fully completed. To date there have been two wells drilled in the Rovuma Onshore Concession including the Mocimboa-1 well, which encountered oil and natural gas shows in the Cretaceous and is located approximately 17 kilometres to the northeast of the Tembo-1 well.

20 June, 2014
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Another week has passed in the Smallcaps underverse. What a cracking week it’s been. Dominated by LGO, SOU, CAZA & NTOG. Oilers that have been highlighted over the last year or so as ones to watch. I’ve taken a shine to http://www.malcysblog.com/ good information/opinion coming through. I interviewed David Lenigas this week Read it HERE. What a funny guy! Told him to pack those fags in! Not sure he understood that one. Started rambling on about Hampstead Heath. I thought he was talking slang for “Teeth” told him to get his cavity drilled and filled. Double-entendres galore. Right that’s enough of that! Great write up this week. Enjoy it.

Bowleven (LON: BLVN)
Said this week that a significant milestone has been achieved in the development of the Etinde Permit. Following a Special Operating Committee Meeting, held between the Cameroon State and the Contractor (EurOil and its partner CAMOP) on 21 May 2014, a formal resolution confirming the State’s support and approval of the Etinde Exploitation Authorisation Application (EEAA) has been signed. The formal decree is expected to follow in due course.

Caza Oil & Gas (LON: CAZA)
Has drawn an advance of US$10,000,000 pursuant to its Note Purchase Agreement with Apollo Investment Corporation, an investment fund managed by Apollo Investment Management. With this advance, the Company has drawn an aggregate of US$45,000,000 from the facility, which contemplates Apollo purchasing up to US$50,000,000 of senior secured notes, subject to specified performance and financial requirements. The Company plans to use proceeds from this advance to fund development drilling at West Copperline, Gramma Ridge, Forehand Ranch, Marathon Road and Jazzmaster properties. Forehand Ranch development drilling will concentrate on the Cherry Canyon formation, while development drilling on the other properties will focus on the Bone Spring formation. Heavily tipped at 8p by one of my twitter followers @ABMckinley who just happens to be an offshore oilman. Knows his stuff does @ABMckinley.

Faroe Petroleum (LON: FPM)
Announced the spudding of the Centrica-operated Butch South West exploration well 8/10-6S (Faroe 15%). Butch South West, which is adjacent to the Company’s 2011 Butch discovery, is situated in approx. 65 metres water depth in the Norwegian North Sea, close to significant existing infrastructure with the giant Ula field approximately seven kilometres to the north-west, Tambar approximately ten kilometres to the south west and Gyda approximately 20 kilometres to the south. The significant Butch Main oil discovery (Faroe 15%) was made in late 2011 and contains a light crude oil in a high quality reservoir, the Upper Jurassic reservoir of the Ula formation. The Butch South West exploration well is located in a separate segment from both the Butch East well, the results of which were announced on 12 May 2014, and the Butch Main well. How many times do they need to keep using the word “Butch?”

Independent Reources (LON: IRG)
Are proposing to raise funds of up to £2.76 million (before expenses) by way of an equity fundraising of up to 91,903,213 New Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 3 pence per share, through the Placing and Open Offer.

Leni Gas & Oil (LON: LGO)
The champagne corks have been popping this week. What a week it’s been for LGO share-holders. Goudron oil production has kicked in at 240 bopd on a restricted choke. The well is flowing under its own pressure through a 7/32-inch choke at a wellhead pressure of 660 psi, without any water or sand production. While the 2nd development well, GY-665, in the 30 well drilling campaign, has already intersected approx. 310 feet of gross oil sand in the Goudron sandstones. Neil Ritson, LGO’s Chief Executive, commented: “This is a very significant outcome and I am sure it will be completely transformational for the field and the Company. As the first new production well on the field for over 30 years, GY-664 was drilled with an on-balance mud system and completed with modern tubing conveyed guns. The initial flow rate demonstrates the value of this approach; exceeding the historic averages four-fold. We fully expect many more similar results as the drilling campaign progresses and indeed well GY-665 is already showing consider able potential.” LGO also announced that it has completed the full Equity Swap Agreement with YA Global Master SPV, which has now agreed to provide a total of £1,407,404 in cash funding under the Placing and Equity Swap Arrangements of 23 December 2013. The swap has been terminated. Hooray!

Mosman Oil & Gas (LON MSMN)
Drilling has started (spudded) today, on the first of its three planned wells in the 2014 drilling programme, at its Petroleum Creek Project in New Zealand. On the first well, Cross Roads-1, Mosman plans to test Eight Mile and Cobden Limestone formations known to contain oil in offset wells. The well is being drilled vertically from a newly constructed well pad to an expected total depth of 400 m.

Nostra Terra Oil & Gas (LON: NTOG)
Released their Final Results for the year ended 31 December 2013. You can read them by clicking HERE

Ophir Energy (LON: OPHR)
Said the successful results of the Taachui-1 & subsequent Taachui-1 ST1 well in Block 1, Tanzania has resulted in a new gas discovery. Ophir holds 20% of Blocks 1, 3 and 4. BG Group operates with 60%. The Taachui-1 well was drilled by the Deepsea Metro I drillship close to the western boundary of Block 1. The well was sidetracked for operational reasons to complete as the Taachui-1 ST1 well and was drilled to a Total Depth of 4215mMD. The well encountered gas in a single gross column of 289m within the targeted Cretaceous reservoir interval. Net pay totalled 155m. Observed reservoir properties are in-line with those encountered at Mzia, the other Cretaceous-aged discovery on Block 1. Estimates for the mean recoverable resource from the discovery are c.1.0 TCF. The size of the gas column is such that the discovery could extend into a second compartment to the west which has the potential to be of a similar size. An appraisal well will be required to confirm this upside and is under consideration by the JV partners. A Drill Stem Test will now be performed on the Taachui discovery with results expected before the end of June.

Petroceltic International (LON: PCI)
More debt & dilution came this week from the Serial debtors/diluters as they yet again passed the hat around to the tune of $100,000,000 million dollars! Using the very same cock reasons as the last time and the time before that and… The bullshitters also released an operations update this week. Click HERE to read it.

Petrel Resources (LON: PET)
The board of the Company announces that the legal proceedings being pursued in the High Court in Accra, Ghana in relation to the Tano 2A exploration licence have been temporarily adjourned while discussions take place. Settlement?

Providence Resources (LON: PVR)
Presented 2 papers at an industry conference in Dublin this week. The company provided a general overview of its Irish portfolio as well as a technical paper on the Drombeg oil prospect. Copies of these presentations are now available for download from the company’s website, www.providenceresources.com

Range Resources (LON: RRL)
Released a Company update with the following highlights: As a result of the recent debt repayment, the total outstanding debt of the Company is forecast to reduce from $US10.5 million (as reported on 30 April 2014) to approximately GBP 75,000 by the end of June 2014. The Company’s equity interest in Citation Resources Limited (ASX: CTR) has reduced to 6.67%. Following this change, Range will have a direct and indirect interest of approximately 24% in the Guatemalan Project (previously 32%).

Rockhopper Exploration (LON: RKH)
Announced that a drilling unit has been contracted by Premier Oil to drill a minimum of four firm wells in the North Falkland Basin. RKH also released their finals today. Which can be read by clicking HERE

Roxi Petroleum (LON: RXP)
Updates the market with operational progress at its Galaz and BNG assets and released their final results which can be read by clicking HERE

Tethys Petroleum (LON: TPL)
Has completed drilling and logging of the AKK20 exploration well, the fourth well in its 2014 shallow gas drilling programme in Kazakhstan. The well was drilled to a depth of 681 metres with hydrocarbon shows and electric logs indicating the presence of hydrocarbons within the target Tasaran sand, although testing will be required on this well to confirm commerciality.

Tower Resources (LON: TRP)
The AIM-listed Africa-focussed oil and gas exploration company, announces the completion of its farm-in to Block 2B, onshore Kenya. Click HERE to read it!

Union Jack Oil (LON: UJO)
Announced a potential material unconventional shale oil and gas in place within the northern section of PEDL201, in which Union Jack holds a 10% interest. An independent technical review has been undertaken by Molten Limited. The results of this work indicate that the mean gross unrisked deterministic in place volumetric estimates approximate to 5.4 billion barrels of oil and over 2.7 trillion standard cubic feet (scf) of gas. The technical report, prepared by Molten, examines the shale resource potential of part of PEDL201 within the Widmerpool Gulf

6 June, 2014
The Smallcap Oil & Gas Round Up.

Yep! It’s a good one this week!

It’s been a very busy week in the Smallcaps Oil & Gas underverse. Lot of activity going on behind the scenes from ‘yours truly’ trying to source information. Had a great sauce in Italy that has now gone quiet. Suspect that they’ve been rumbled.

Right let’s crack on.
Argos Resources (LON: ARG) Released their financial results for the year ended 31 December 2013. Highlights included; $0.7 million invested in further exploration and evaluation activities $1.8 million loss from expensed overhead… $2.9 million cash reserves at 31 December 2013… New Competent Person’s Report published in July 2013 identifies significant increase in number of prospects and prospective resources… 52 prospects mapped with a Best Estimate of unrisked recoverable resource of 3.1 billion barrels of oil and an upside of 10.4 billion barrels… Several prospects similar to the adjacent Sea Lion oil discovery… 40 further leads identified… Independent basin modelling work confirms the presence of two source rocks mature for oil generation within the licence area… Progressing farmout discussions with interested parties… Preparing for shared drilling activity in 2015.

Andes Energia (LON: AEN)
Notes with interest the drilling activities of ExxonMobil in its Bajo del Choique area, which is in close proximity to the Company’s Corralera block. The Bajo del Choique x-2 well is reported to have been drilled to a total depth of about 4,570 metres, including 3,570 metres vertical with a 1000-metre lateral and to have flowed at an average rate of 770 barrels per day on a 4.7 millimetre choke. The Board also notes the recent Crown Point announcement that “it has drilled, logged, cased and rig released the La Hoyada x-1 exploration well as a potential Vaca Muerta oil discovery on the Cerro de los Leones Concession in the Neuquén Basin, Province of Mendoza, Argentina. The La Hoyada x-1 well was drilled to a total depth of 1,953 metres and encountered persistent oil and gas shows while drilling through the Vaca Muerta formation, which consisted of 125 metres of shale and 84 metres of imbedded fractured igneous intrusives.” This block lies close to the east border of Andes’s Malargue block and 40 km to the east of Andes’s La Brea block. The Board continues to see substantial prospectivity in the Company’s Vaca Muerta acreage, which is on trend with the reported flow rates from Exxon.

Cadogan Petroleum (LON: CAD)
Following the Company’s announcement dated 15 May 2014 stating that 3 new drillable prospects had been identified in Debeslavetska, the Company is pleased to report that a fourth drillable prospect, comprising 3 different levels down to a depth of approximately 350m, has since been identified. This fourth prospect has now been selected for drilling to commence at the end of September. Drilling is expected to take up to 10 days followed by testing and eventual completion approximately 3 weeks thereafter. Expected producible resources for this new prospect are in the range of 4 billion cubic feet.

Caza Oil & Gas (LON: CAZA)
It’s been a fantastic month for Caza share-holders. Well done.
Another excellent result for the Company’s Bone Spring program with the initial test well on its Gramma Ridge Property in Lea County, New Mexico. read the full RNS HERE The Gramma Ridge 27 State #1H horizontal Bone Spring test well reached the intended total measured depth of approx. 15,496 feet in the 3rd Bone Spring Sand interval and was subsequently fracture stimulated beginning on May 13, 2014. Under controlled flowback the producing rates have steadily increased, and the well produced at a peak 24 hour gross rate of 830 barrels of oil & 4.63 million cubic feet of natural gas, which equates to 1,602 bbls of oil equivalent, on May 27, 2014. The well was producing on a 24/64ths adjustable choke at 2,390 pounds per square inch flowing casing pressure. Oil is already being sold, & the Company expects to have natural gas flowing to sales in the near future.

Europa Oil & Gas (LON: EOG)
Has been notified by Egdon Resources, the operator of Licence PEDL 180 in Lincolnshire that the Wressle-1 conventional exploration well on the Licence is expected to spud in July 2014, once construction of the drill site and rig mobilisation has been completed.

Faroe Petroleum (LON: FPM)
Announced completion of a successful initial side-track appraisal well on the Pil oil and gas discovery (Faroe 25%) in the Norwegian Sea. The Pil side-track well (6406/12-3 B), to appraise for additional hydrocarbons along the Pil structure and down-dip from the initial discovery well, has reached a total depth of 3,996 metres below sea level. The well has encountered oil in reservoir sands with a very high net to gross ratio. Preliminary data indicate a gross hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir section with approximately 80 metres of oil in the Upper Jurassic reservoir of the Rogn Formation. The oil-bearing interval in the side-track well was found to be at a similar pressure level to the oil bearing interval in the initial discovery well. As announced on 6 March 2014, the Pil discovery well (6406/12‐3S) encountered a gross hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir section with approximately 135 metres of oil and 91 metres of gas in the Upper Jurassic reservoir of the of the Rogn Formation. A subsequent drill stem test generated a stable flow rate of 6,710 bopd of 37° API oil from a 56/64″ choke, providing clear evidence of a prolific reservoir. A second side-track well is planned to commence in the coming days to test the separate Bue prospect, which has the potential to add further volumes to the Pil discovery. The Pil discovery is located within tie-back distance some 33 kilometres to the south east of the Njord platform in which the Company holds a 7.5% working interest.

Leni Gas & Oil (LON: LGO)
It’s all hands on deck for the man David Lenigas. Lot of back-ground noises. The Well Services Rig 20 has now been moved from the well GY-664 drill site and the Company’s application has been approved by Petrotrin for the completion and production of well GY-664. It’s anticipated that the well will be put on production by the end of this week. A total of 278 feet of oil pay has been selected in the Gros Morne formation for completion and production. The work-over rig Altech-2 is being moved into position to carry out the completion operations. The well will be perforated using tubing conveyed perforating guns at a shot density of six shots per foot. Completion is being performed with 11.2 pounds per gallon brine and will be at an underbalance at the formation of approximately 500 psi. LGO also announces that the second of its Goudron development wells, GY-665, was successfully spudded and is now drilling ahead. Good Luck LGO!

Magnolia Petroleum (LON: MAGP)
These RNS epistles must be costing a fortune. Rita maid meter updated us all on “its portfolio of interests in proven US onshore formations including the Bakken, North Dakota and Woodford and Mississippi Lime, Oklahoma. This update is in line with the Company’s strategy to rapidly build production through drilling and prove up the reserves on its leases.” If you want to read this guff Click HERE

Mosman Oil & Gas (LON: MSMN)
Confirmed the third well in its drilling programme, which will be named Crestal-2, located approximately 800 m south of Crestal-1. Mosman proposes to drill to basement estimated to be c 300m. It is located to the east of and close to several old wells drilled with oil shows and flows. The intention is to drill this well after Cross Roads-1 and Crestal-1 in June 2014. At Petroleum Creek, Drill Force equipment has now arrived on site and drill preparation continues for the commencement of drilling in the next 10 days. As part of its strategic planning, PCL has contracted to lease a 10 acre property adjacent to Crestal-2 location (with an option to purchase). The infrastructure located on the site will initially be used as office accommodation and the location used for storage. In addition, management are also in discussions regarding land access in relation to a contingent fourth well location. John W Barr, Executive Chairman of Mosman commented: “As we continue to build out the drilling programme at Petroleum Creek, we are delighted to confirm Crestal-2 as the third planned well and are working to firm up on a contingent fourth well as part of the broader development of this asset.”

Ophir Energy (LON: OPHR)
The Affanga Deep-1 well in the Gnondo Block offshore Gabon. Ophir has a 100%* operated interest in the Block. The well encountered thinner than expected sandstone sections with poor reservoir characteristics. Gas and indications of liquids were encountered during drilling but significant hydrocarbon shows were not encountered in the target formations. Say it! Say it! Duster!

Max Petroleum (LON: MXP)
The corporate option troughers have completed drilling the KZIE-3 appraisal well in the East Kyzylzhar I Field to a vertical depth of 1,315 metres without encountering sufficient hydrocarbons to be commercial and it will be plugged and abandoned. The Zhanros ZJ-30 rig will next move to the Zhana Makat Field to drill the ZMA-E7 development well.

Petroceltic International (LON: PCI)
Update on its operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Romania and Egypt. Click HERE

President Energy (LON: PPC)
Updated on the Pirity Concession and its drilling operations in Paraguay. Pirity Concession Farm-in. President has now achieved its full Participating Interest in the Pirity Concession pursuant to its farm-in, resulting in the Company now having a 59% beneficial Participating Interest. All 3 wells in the 2014 drilling programme are targeting prospects located within the Pirity Concession. Operational Progress. The drilling rig has now arrived at the Jacaranda well site, being the location for the first exploration well of the 2014 programme. Rigging up is in process with over 70% complete and, weather willing, it is anticipated that President will be able to announce spudding of the well within the next 14 days.

Range announces (LON: RRL)
Rories’ stories continued this week. The boy has issued yet more stock (some for debt) 67,666,667 and further to the previously announced (some for cash) US$12 million financing with Abraham Ltd the full Subscription proceeds of US$12 million have been received by the Company. Based on the applicable exchange rate for the first tranche of US$6 million, the Investor will subscribe for 356,188,780 Shares which will be issued on or around 28 May 2014 and admission to trading on AIM is expected on or around 6 June 2014. SHARE CONSOLIDATION ON THE WAY!

San Leon (LON: SLE)
Confirms that it is currently in discussions with a further two potential partners in relation to a possible farm-in for the Permian/SW Carboniferous Basin of Poland and expects to make further announcements once these discussions have been finalised.

Sound Oil (LON: SOU)
The Italian focused upstream oil and gas company, announced that civil works at the Casa Tiberi gas field are now complete, the production skid has arrived on site and the Company has secured all necessary permissions to install the skid and commence commissioning. James Parsons, Sound Oil’s Chief Executive Officer, commented: That freaking BMD has got spies every where! oops he actually said; “We are pleased to report continued operational progress in Italy and expect first gas from Casa Tiberi by the end of June.” Hooray!

Tangiers Petroleum (LON: TPET)
Has raised $4 million, before costs, through the placement of 25 million shares at 16c each to specified wholesale, institutional and sophisticated investors in Australia. (Not that sophisticated if they fell for the recent lies punted out via marketing) The raising is in addition to an initial $5 million share placement, also at 16c a share, announced by Tangiers earlier this month. At the time of the initial placement the Company had planned to raise up to $10 million. Cautious investor demand following Tangiers’ prolonged period of suspension from share market trading resulted in the Company raising only $5 million.

TomCo Energy (LON: TOM)
Released their interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2014. To read them. Click HERE

Trapoil (LON: TRAP)
The independent oil and gas exploration, appraisal and production company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea, is pleased to provide a corporate and operational update. Trap oil’s management is in the process of determining how best to create value from the group’s existing cash reserves and assets while minimising risk for shareholders. Following extensive discussions both with existing and potential new partners, the Company announces certain initiatives which it believes will significantly strengthen Trap oil’s position in the North Sea. Click HERE to read it.

30 May, 2014
The Smallcap Oil & Gas round up.

Several of our researched success’s are mentioned this week. Urals Energy researched at 5p hit 12p now trading at 10.6p. Nighthawk researched at 6p hit 12.25p now trading at 10.25p and Exillon Energy tipped at 98p hit 274p now trading at 259p!

A bit of a free one here for the chaps. Positions are being taken in the fight for the Urals Energy Crown. It’s going to get very dirty. One Russian wag thinks they’ll have to up the anti (Offer) if they want Urals!

Caza Oil & Gas (LON: CAZA)
The West Copperline 29 Fed #1H horizontal Bone Spring test well reached its intended total measured depth of approximately 15,035 feet in the 2nd Bone Spring Sand interval on October 11, 2013, and was subsequently fracture stimulated beginning on November 1, 2013. Under controlled flowback the producing rates have remained steady, and the well produced at a peak 24 hour gross rate of 800 barrels of oil and 1.21 million cubic feet of natural gas, which equates to 1,002 bbls of oil equivalent on November 15, 2013. The well continues to clean up and is producing on a 22/64ths adjustable choke at 1,835 pounds per square inch flowing tubing pressure. Caza currently has a 62.5% working interest (approx. 47.25% net revenue interest) in the West Copperline 29 Fed #1H well.

Chariot Oil & Gas (LON: CHAR)
Confirms that the Special Resolution proposed to shareholders at the EGM held on 21 November 2013 was duly passed. The Company’s Articles of Incorporation will now be amended and Chariot will no longer be prohibited from holding Board Meetings and General meetings of shareholders in the United Kingdom.

Exillon Energy (LON: EXI)
Notes the announcement by Flowdale Investments Limited, the ultimate beneficial owner of which is Mikhail Gutseriev, that states Flowdale holds 24,065,588 shares in Exillon, which represents approximately 14.9% of the Company’s issued share capital. The formal sale process that was described in the Company’s announcement dated 18 September 2013 is proceeding as planned. The acquisition of this 14.9% stake by Flowdale was undertaken without the knowledge or consent of the Board of Exillon.

Fastnet Oil & Gas (LON: FAST)
Notes that its partner in the Foum Assaka license, offshore Morocco, Kosmos Energy provided a Technical Update on its exploration assets on 14 November 2013. In its presentation to analysts and investors, Kosmos covered the Foum Assaka permit, offshore Morocco following its farm-out agreement with BP plc (LSE: BP) Kosmos indicated that well planning is underway at the Eagle-1 Well in the Foum Assaka Block, which is estimated to contain 360 mmboe of Pmean resources. The well is scheduled for drilling in Q1 2014 and will target lower Cretaceous reservoirs and multiple deepwater reservoir objectives with a planned target depth of 4,500 metres in water depth of 600 metres.

Forum Energy (LON: FEP)
Said yesterday that an agreement had been reached with the Philex group of companies to increase and extend the repayment date of the current loan facility which was provided to the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Forum Philippines Holdings Limited in 2010. The US$15 million Facility, which was US$10 million when first announced on 24 November 2010, and has been fully drawn down, has now been increased to US$18 million. In addition, the repayment date for all amounts drawn under the Facility has been extended for three years to 24 November 2016. Terms of the Facility remain otherwise unchanged, with funds continuing to be borrowed at an interest rate of LIBOR + 4.5% and with Forum Energy remaining as the guarantor under the Facility.

Max Petroleum (LON: MXP)
Yawnnnnnnnnnn. http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail.html?announcementId=11778222

Parkmead Group (LON: PMG)
Announces that a new gas field has been discovered in the UK Southern North Sea by the Pharos exploration well. Parkmead holds a 20% working interest in the new discovery at Pharos. The other joint venture partners are Dana Petroleum (operator), Dyas Exploration UK Limited, MPX North Sea Limited and Hansa Hydrocarbons Limited.

Petro Matad (LON: MATD)
Mongolian geophysical contracting company Khet Co., completed acquisition of 200 km of 2D seismic on Blocks IV and V on 19 November, 2013. Preliminary analysis indicates that initial brute stacks of seismic across the prospect area in Block V confirm the previous interpretation and subject to further processing are expected to result in the delineation of at least two prospective drilling locations for 2014. The initial brute stacks across the prospect area in Block IV shows the presence of a cross fault that indicates an additional trap closure in this area. In light of the encouraging result from the seismic acquisition, Petro Matad has contracted with Khet to acquire a further 30 kms of seismic to confirm this closure as a potential drilling prospect for 2014. his seismic will commence immediately and is anticipated to be completed within one to two weeks.

Range Resources (LON: RRL)
Peter Landau came out fighting this week shouting that he would like to? A/ Silence his detractors. b/Resign for failure? C/ Release a Guatemala Update and draw attention to the announcement released by Citation Resources Limited (ASX:CTR) with respect to the Company’s interest in Guatemala?

Solo Oil (LON: SOLO)
Starts the infill seismic survey planned to assist in the appraisal of the Ntorya discovery and to finalise locations for future exploration drilling in the Ruvuma onshore Petroleum Sharing Agreement in Tanzania. The operator, Ndovu Resources Limited, a subsidiary of Aminex plc has indicated that a contract has been signed with AGS and that the survey will shortly commence with 2D seismic data intended to be collected at Ntorya and to support future exploration drilling.

Sound Oil (LON: SOU)
Updated on the Casa Tiberi onshore gas discovery in the Marche region, Central Italy. Following Board approval to develop the Casa Tiberi gas field, an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Lease contract has been awarded to TESI Srl, a local company with proven experience in onshore processing plants in Italy. The contract is for a total of Euro 300,000 and involves the three month construction and subsequent lease of a production skid in anticipation of first gas from the field in early 2014. The plant will be based on modular skids with nitrogen used for both gas dehydration and as “service gas” providing an effective and extremely environmental friendly solution to deliver the gas to the local low pressure network.

Tullow Oil (LON: TLW)
Good news came today from TLW as the company announced that the Agete-1 exploration well in Block 13T, onshore Northern Kenya, has discovered and sampled moveable oil with an estimated 100 metres of net oil pay in good quality sandstone reservoirs. The Agete-1 wildcat well is part of a major exploration campaign and has made the fifth consecutive oil discovery in the first of a chain of multiple rift basins across Tullow’s acreage in the region. This discovery de-risks several follow-on prospects located to the north and is on trend with the Twiga South, Ekales, and Ngamia oil discoveries and adds to the significant resource base already discovered. The Sakson PR5 rig drilled Agete-1 to a total depth of 1,930 metres. Following completion of logging operations the well will be suspended for future flow testing which will confirm the net pay count. The rig will then move to drill the Ewoi-1 wildcat in the east of this basin, targeting a rift flank prospect similar to the recent Etuko oil discovery. Tullow operates the Agete-1 well with a 50% interest and Africa Oil (50%) has a non-operated interest.

Urals Energy (LON: UEN)
The independent exploration and production company with operations in Russia, released an Operational update, tanker loading and alleged debt repayment agreement update/RNS. You can read it by CLICKING HERE.

Wentworth Resources (LON: WRL)
Yet more dilution at Wentworth for private share-holders. This is after the company got off a Private Placement of 61,696,024 new Shares to raise USD 40.0 million in October last month. Now we get the euphemistically titled “Over Subscribed Offering” RNS which effectively dilutes by another 9,000,000 million shares on top of the 61 million already soaked up by PI’s. Yes a thumping 70% dilution. What’s the betting that there’s another dilution within the next 12 months?

22 November, 2013
The Smallcap Oil & Gas round up

“Quiet” week in the Smallcaps world of oil & gas. Nostra have taken a hiding while trench warfare has broken out over at Urals Energy. Rita from MAGP keeps on rolling along while wonders never cease Max Petroleum NEVER released an RNS this week!”

Antrim Energy (LON: AEY)
Routine maintenance of the North Cormorant Platform has been completed and oil production from the Causeway Field in UKCS P1383 Block 211/23d (Antrim working interest 35.5%) and the Cormorant East Field in UKCS P201 Block 211/22a Contender Area (Antrim working interest 8.4%) has resumed. Production rates from the Causeway Field are expected to rise over the next year with the startup of the electrical submersible pumps and commencement of water injection.

Caza Oil & Gas (LON: CAZA)
Trousered £500,000 pursuant to its £6 million Standby Equity Distribution Agreement dated November 23, 2012 between the Company and YA Global Master SPV Ltd., an investment fund managed by Yorkville Advisors Global, LP. Caza has issued and allotted 5,263,158 common shares to Yorkville at a price of £0.095 per New Common Share. Following admission, the Company will have 182,965,097 common shares outstanding.

Egdon Resources (LON: EDR)
The UK-based exploration and production company primarily focused on the hydrocarbon-producing basins of onshore UK and France, announces that its Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 July 2013 will be announced on Wednesday 6 November 2013. An analyst meeting will be held at 9.30am on 6 November 2013 at the offices of Buchanan, 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN.

Europa Oil & Gas (LON: EOG)
Announced this week the completion of a 1,500 sq km 3-D seismic acquisition programme on Frontier Exploration Licences (`FELs’) 2/13 and 3/13 in the South Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. Kosmos Energy Ireland Ltd (`Kosmos’) is operator and holder of an 85% interest in both licences with Europa holding the remaining 15%. Processing of the newly acquired seismic data has already commenced and delivery of the processed data is expected in Q1 2014.

JKX Oil & Gas (LON: JKX)
Reports that it is reaching the end of the flowback period following the 10 stage multi-stage frac in well R-103. The gas rate is settling at around 3 MMcfd with 25 bpd of condensate. The rate of frac fluid recovery has fallen to 7 cubic metres per day (45 bpd) and the total frac fluid recovered is now 1,900 cubic metres (12,000 bbl), approx. 35% of the total volume injected during the frac operation and in line with expectations. A production logging tool is currently being run on coiled tubing to assess the relative production from each of the fracced intervals as part of the post frac evaluation. The well will continue to be monitored closely for confirmation of the plateau gas flow rate and the well’s ultimate performance capability.JKX’s Chief Executive, Dr Paul Davies, commented: “Whilst the well performance to date is at the lower end of our expectations, the frac has been effective and the drainage area of the well has been considerably increased. We have commenced correlation of the production results with the existing reservoir data and are looking to identify a location for the next well. Based on our improved knowledge of multi-frac operations, we will be seeking to design our next multi-frac well at a lower cost with improved production rates.” A targeted high resolution 3D seismic programme to aid in the evaluation of the reservoir distribution is under consideration for early 2014 and, based on the PLT results from well R-103, drilling options could include a multi-frac vertical well over the anticipated reservoir thickness of 300 metres. Evaluation work also continues on the northern part of the Rudenkovskoye field where younger, but no less deep reservoirs form the main targets.

Magnolia Petroleum (LON: MAGP)
Lot of RNS releases this week from Rita. For the purposes of clarity I’ll concentrate on just two. MAGP released an operations update across its portfolio of interests in proven US onshore formations including the Bakken, North Dakota and Mississippi Lime, Oklahoma. This update is in line with the Company’s strategy to rapidly build production through drilling and in the process prove up the reserves on its leases. As at 1 August 2013 production stood at 214 boepd. But what is it as of today Rita?Magnolia also announced it has entered into a US$5 million three year Credit Facility. Don’t you mean debt facility?

Nostra Terra (LON: NTOG) * RNS Released at 12pm today
Hit back at BBLoons this afternoon. The AIM quoted oil and gas producer with projects in the USA, commented on speculation about the Company in the context of the recent share price movement and significant volume of trades in recent days. There has been recent speculation on certain message boards (BBLoons/Bashers/DayTraders) regarding a potential placing by the Company of new ordinary shares. These are false rumours and completely unfounded. The Company confirms that it has no intentions to undertake a placing. Matt Lofgran, Chief Executive Officer of Nostra Terra, commented: “We previously announced that in January we had surpassed cash flow positive on an operational basis. This still remains the case, where free cash flow generated from production has been reinvested into additional wells throughout the year. Since that time we have also collected in excess of $1,400,000 from Richfield, and these funds will also be used for upcoming leasing and drilling.”

Ophir Energy (LON: OPHR)
Noted media speculation that it is looking to sell down its interests in Blocks 1, 3 and 4, Tanzania.The Company confirmed it has a process ongoing to sell down a part interest in these Blocks but there is no certainty that this process will conclude successfully nor can there be any certainty over the value of any such deal if it were to complete. Ophir will update the market further on this process as appropriate.

San Leon (LON: SLE)
Further to the Company’s announcement on 25 September 2013, and following the admission of the 542,631,579 Second Placing Shares to trading on AIM this week, San Leon Energy completed the second tranche of the Placing, raising gross proceeds of £25,775,000 million. The Company’s share capital, as enlarged by the Second Placing, now comprises 2,531,726,642 ordinary shares. SLE also released news on the next operational steps for the vertical hydraulic fracture stimulation of the Lewino-1G2 well on its 221,000 acre Gdansk W Concession in Poland’s northern Baltic Basin. The initial vertical frac was performed to test both the fracture stimulation and flow potential of the lower Ordovician shale and to gather necessary data for future horizontal drilling and multi-staged hydraulic fracture stimulation. The Company announced on 16 September 2013 that, in conjunction with United Oilfield Services and other specialist frac consultancies, it would use the data to optimise further frac operations in the well. That design work has now been completed, materials and services have been ordered, and mobilisation of the snubbing unit to prepare the well for the fracs will commence shortly. As with any drilling operation, the timescales can be subject to some variation, however, the snubbing unit will be mobilised in the coming days and the Company expects flowback, clean-up and testing to begin at the end November or early December. During these operations, two further fracs will be performed on Lewino-1G2. The first will be a re-frac of the existing zone, while the second will frac a new overlying part of the Ordovician Caradoccian formation. The design work is expected to optimise these operations by changing several parameters relative to the initial frac, including the use of ceramic propant, which has significantly higher strength than sand, reducing propant crushing, and therefore expected to yield better frac conductivity and communication to the wellbore. Although this is believed to be the first time that ceramic propant has been used in Poland, it is very widely used in the US.

Sterling Energy (LON: SEY)
Still clinging on SEY released its Interim Management Statement for the period beginning 1 July 2013. Click HERE to read it.

Tangiers Petroleum (LON: TPET)
Received a price query today from the Australian Securities Exchange in relation to the rise in the Company’s share price in recent days. In response, the Company noted:
That it is not aware of any additional information which, if known, could be an explanation for recent trading in the Company’s securities; and Interest in offshore Morocco by oil companies and the impending drilling program in the neighbouring blocks to the Company’s Tarfaya Offshore Block in Morocco, which is due to commence shortly, have contributed to the increase in activity and price movement in the Company’s fully paid ordinary shares on AIM and ASX. In addition, the Company’s $0.16 listed options (ASX: TPTOA) ceased trading as at the close of business on 24 October 2013 and this may have also increased trading in the fully paid ordinary shares.

Urals Energy (LON: UEN)
It’s getting dirty over at UEN as the Company came out with a hard hitting RNS titled “Alleged Debt Repayment Agreement” Following receipt by the Company of a requisition notice signed by Alpcot Capital Management Ltd and Fire East Corporation on 25 September 2013, the Company issued a notice convening an EGM to be held on 27 January 2014. Resolutions proposed by the Requisitioners to be considered at the EGM would, if approved by the Company’s shareholders, remove the existing directors, save for Mr. Torbjorn Ranta, and appoint Mr. Maxim Barsky and Mr. Jonathan Kollek to the Company’s board of directors. On 14 October 2013, the Company also announced that a credible third party had approached the Company regarding a potential offer for up to 100% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

The Company has recently received a facsimile copy of a purported ‘Debt Repayment Agreement’, expressed to have been entered into in December 2010 between the Company and a Cyprus company owned by Mr. Vyatcheslav Rovneiko, UEN Cyprus Limited. Under the Alleged Agreement, the Company is expressed to be liable to pay UEN Cyprus Limited the sum of US$41,652,000 on 15 December 2013. The Company has no reason to believe the Alleged Agreement to be a genuine document, and therefore does not accept that the Company could be bound by its terms. Prior to the Alleged Agreement’s production, the Company had no knowledge of its existence whatsoever. The Company has no record of entering into such an agreement and the Alleged Agreement does not carry the Company’s seal. In addition there are other inconsistencies in the Alleged Agreement and this has led the Board of Urals to conclude the Alleged Agreement is a forgery and an attempt by a third party to defraud the Company and, by extension, its shareholders.

The Company has appointed a Committee of the Board to undertake an enquiry and take all available legal steps to establish the origin of the Alleged Agreement and to recommend all appropriate actions necessary to defend the Company, including any possible legal action. The Alleged Agreement was passed to the Company’s Chairman, Mr Andrew Shrager, following a conversation between Mr. Shrager and a Moscow based investment banker who stated that he was acting as an intermediary on behalf of Mr. Maxim Barsky and Mr. Dmitry Bosov (the owner of Alltech and Pechora LNG among other ventures). In this conversation the investment banker stated that Mr. Barsky and Mr. Bosov had acquired the benefit of the Alleged Agreement and that they would publicise the existence of the Alleged Agreement unless the directors of the Company (with the exception of Mr. Ranta) stood down immediately. Similar threats were made to Mr. Leonid Dyachenko and Mr. Alexei Ogarev (both directors of the Company) in a meeting held over the weekend with Mr. Barsky and Mr. Bosov in Moscow. The Board believes that the most logical inference to draw from this sequence of events is that any disclosure of the Alleged Agreement, which, as stated above, the Board believes to be a forgery, would be intended to influence shareholders’ decision making in respect of the resolutions to be proposed at the EGM. The Board intends to investigate fully the Alleged Agreement and will not hesitate to take appropriate legal action against any parties associated with it, including making appropriate reports to the serious fraud authorities in all applicable jurisdictions. The Gloves are off! Ding! Ding!

Victoria Oil & Gas (LON: VOG)
Released a “Chairman’s Statement & Review of Operations” that started with “Dear Shareholders” a favoured opening gambit when things aren’t going well. I wrote to you on 10 October providing an update on many operational matters and whilst I may be repeating myself here, the update included some key messages that I believe are important enough to state again. This year has been a challenging one for Victoria and its shareholders. Like you, I am concerned about the low share price, which I believe grossly undervalues our business and does not reflect the Company’s achievements to date. In less than four years, our Company, backed only by its shareholders, has succeeded in drilling two complex wells, installing gas processing facilities for 20mmscf/d, laying 22km of pipeline and is selling gas and collecting revenue….. Of course there’s a little matter of the massive dilution that has occurred here over the last 4 years. No mention of this years 1,465,329,020 billion placing at 1.6p or the fact that there’s 4,348,552,329 billion shares in issue! Yawnnnnn if you want to read this in full click HERE

25 October, 2013
The Smallcap Oil & Gas round up

I have been critical of GKP in the past regarding their Executive pay structure so it’s with pleasure that I congratulate them. It’s been a momentous week for GKP holders as they finally came out on top in the Excalibur litigation fiasco. At last Kozel actually justified his pay and remuneration. Well done to him and good luck to GKP holders.

Antrim Energy (LON: AEY)
Maintenance of the North Cormorant platform has commenced as scheduled and oil production from the Causeway Field in UKCS P1383 Block 211/23d (Antrim working interest 35.5%) and the Cormorant East Field in UKCS P201 Block 211/22a Contender Area (Antrim working interest 8.4%) is currently shut-in. The maintenance work is expected to interrupt production from the Causeway and Cormorant East fields for approximately six weeks.

Chariot Oil & Gas (LON: CHAR)
Some big numbers were being thrown around at ailing CHAR this week. They updated on selected results from an independent audit by Netherland Sewell and Associates Inc. Prospect B, Chariot’s principal drilling candidate, is an Upper Cretaceous canyon-head trap in the shallower petroleum system and has an audited Unrisked Gross Mean Prospective Oil Resource of 469mmbbl, with an estimated probability of geologic success (Pg) of 22%. For this trap type and age of reservoir there are an additional three prospects (Prospects A, C and D) in the 3D seismic volume and three leads (Leads E, G, and H) in the 2D area. These additional prospects and leads range in Unrisked Gross Mean Prospective Oil Resource from 290mmbbl to 1,487mmbbl and success in Prospect B would offer significant follow-on exploration potential in these targets. Within and to the west of the 3D seismic area, Chariot has identified a fairway with Upper Cretaceous deep water fan and channel sands draped over an outboard structural high, with the base of those reservoir sequences eroding into the marine source rocks. In this shallower petroleum system there are two further prospects in the 3D area (Prospects 4 and 6) and three leads in the 2D area (Leads 3, 4 and 5) and these targets range in Unrisked Gross Mean Prospective Oil Resource from 213mmbbl to 758mmbbl. Encouragement in Prospect B would offer significant additional follow-on exploration potential in this fairway too. Chariot has initiated a partnering process to progress the exploration of these prospective licences.

Gulfkeystone Petroleum (LON: GKP)
The champagne corks were popping this week at Gulfkeystone. As finally Kozel did what he should have been seen to be doing for the last 2 years. Earn his vast pay cheque and share options by actually getting on with righting the company. The English High Court dismissed all of Excalibur’s claims and decided all issues in favour of the Defendants.The hearing was adjourned to a date to be fixed, for argument on costs and any application for permission to appeal. Commenting on the Judge’s decision today, Gulf Keystone’s CEO Todd Kozel said: “We are very pleased to have achieved the best possible outcome from the point of view of the Company and our shareholders. We look forward to pursuing the Company’s stated objectives for the future, now that we have the Court’s decision regarding these historical events. We understand that the legal process must take its course once a claim has been lodged, but it has been unfortunate that the Company and its shareholders have experienced significant uncertainty and concern over the last two and a half years and that its executives have been engaged in a protracted and costly dispute to protect the position of the Company and its shareholders. The Board and management will now focus on progressing the ramp-up in production and development of the Shaikan world class discovery in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. On the corporate front, our next objective is to complete the move to the standard segment of the Official List by the end of 2013.”

Gulfsands Petroleum (LON: GPX)
Announced the appointment of Alan Charles John Cutler to the Board as Director: Finance and Administration. Cutler, aged 54, is a Chartered Accountant with 28 years of experience in the oil and gas exploration and production sector including substantial roles both in the UK and internationally. Alan has been appointed to the board after having initially joined the company in June as Head of Finance and Administration from Setanta Energy, where he was CFO of this company involved in exploration and pre-development activity in the offshore energy sector of Gabon.

Ithaca Energy (LON: IAE)
Announces completion of a highly successful flow test on the first development well drilled on the Stella field and provides a progress update on the Greater Stella Area development activities. The first Stella field development well, “A1”, flowed at a maximum rate of 10,835 barrels of oil equivalent per day on a 7/8-inch choke, with the full production potential of the well limited by the capacity of the well test equipment on the drilling rig. Fluid samples have confirmed the high oil content of the hydrocarbons that will be produced from the well. The maximum rate of 10,835 boepd corresponds to 6,499 barrels of oil per day and 26 million standard cubic feet per day of “liquids rich” gas. The well intersected a high quality net reservoir interval of 1312 feet, with reservoir properties in line with previous wells drilled on the field. The oil is of high quality, approximately 42° API. The facilities that will be used on the “FPF-1” floating production facility to separate and export oil and gas produced from the field will increase the overall oil relative to gas production rate associated with the A1 well, by processing more efficiently than the simple separation facilities available for the purposes of the well test.

Jupiter Energy (LON: JPRL)
Issued the results of two independent reserves reports for the various accumulations on the Block 31 permit. Click HERE to read them.

Mediterranean Oil & Gas (LON: MOG)
Wholly owned subsidiary Medoilgas Italia S.p.A. was informed by the operator ENI that on the morning of 30 August 2013, production from the short string of well Guendalian-3 was shut down due to low pressure at the manifold. An operations team was on site and production recovery operations were started immediately to assess the issue. Diagnostic temperature and pressure profiles were collected which indicate a reduction in the performance and permeability of the well completion. As at 10 September 2013, the production from the short string of Gue-3 remains shut-in. The short string accounted for approximately 49% of the production at Guendalina prior to the shut-in. Post shut-in, the Guendalina Field is producing approximately 34,000 scm per day net MOG (MOG: 20%, ENI: 80% working interest). Remedial operations are planned and a further update will be provided to the market in due course.

Nighthawk Energy (LON: HAWK)
More good news came today from HAWK. Gross average oil production in August 2013 was 1,661 bbls/day, a record month for Nighthawk. Production from the Arikaree Creek oilfield increased over July 2013 levels with the Silverton 16-10 and Snowbird 9-15 wells contributing a combined average of 257 bbls/day. Production from Snowbird 9-15 was impacted by engine problems causing some downtime during the month. A new engine is expected to be installed in September 2013. Nighthawk is also planning a program of preventative maintenance and pressure testing at Arikaree Creek in September 2013 in preparation for the coming winter. This will result in some further downtime during the month. Once this program is completed, Nighthawk anticipates a return to growth in monthly production during the fourth quarter. A number of new drilling permits are being progressed, and subject to final confirmation of these and the drilling rig contract, Nighthawk anticipates further development of Arikaree Creek will commence in mid-October 2013, ahead of the Company’s initial expectations. The first two planned wells in the program are in the same structural block as the Silverton 16-10 and Snowbird 9-15 wells. Subject to successful completion of these two development wells, the Company intends to retain the drilling rig for an expanded program in Q4 2013 that is expected to include exploration wells as well as further development wells at Arikaree Creek. The Company is also seeking a permit to drill a salt water disposal well at Arikaree Creek which, when operational, will substantially reduce operating costs. With the earlier than anticipated resumption of drilling at Arikaree Creek, and the substantial amount of new information that will be available from the new wells, work on the Competent Person Report (“CPR”) will now continue through the fourth quarter. In particular, Nighthawk plans to core one of these wells providing valuable additional information for the CPR and the processing and analysis of this core information will take two to three months.

Nostra Terra Oil & Gas (LON: NTOG)
It’s a win, win for NTOG this week. The week began with the spudding of the next development well in the Verde Prospect, located in Colorado. The first well reached payout in approximately 10 months and continues to be a strong producer with expectations that net proceeds will reach 200% of the initial well and acreage costs by the end of this year. (The second well was a disappointment) The drilling of the third well is expected to take less than 20 days, followed by completion and initial production testing. Nostra owns a 16.25% working interest in this program of development wells, but has recently increased its working interest in this well to 17.54%.

On 2 April 2013, a judgment was entered in favour of Nostra Terra on its claims against Richfield Oil & Gas Company for approximately $1,500,000, plus continuing interest, attorneys’ fees and collection costs all in an amount still to be determined by the court. On 6 September 2013, Richfield filed a Motion with the Court advising of its intent to pay into the Court approximately $1.3 Million in partial satisfaction of the judgment and to seek an Order to cancel the upcoming Sheriff’s Sale of certain oil and gas interests owned by Richfield in Russell County, Kansas and staying further collection efforts by Nostra Terra until a final determination is made by the Court on whether additional sums are owed to Nostra Terra.

On 10 September 2013, the Court held a hearing, at which it granted the Motion. Nostra Terra has confirmed that following the Motion the funds have been deposited with the Court and, as such, the Sheriff’s Sale scheduled to occur on 12 September 2013 and all outstanding writs of execution have been cancelled. A hearing is scheduled for 1 October 2013 to determine any additional sums owed to Nostra Terra, including attorneys’ fees, costs of collection, and reimbursement for operating expenses incurred by Nostra Terra while operating certain Russell County leases throughout the duration of this matter. It is expected following this hearing, that the Court will order distribution of the funds paid into the Court. In addition, if the Court determines that there are additional sums owed to Nostra Terra, Richfield will have fourteen days thereafter to satisfy the judgment in full or the stay on Nostra Terra’s collection efforts will end. The Court further ordered that Richfield is prohibited from transferring any assets outside of the Court’s jurisdiction or encumbering such assets in any way. Matt Lofgran, Chief Executive Officer of Nostra Terra, commented: “We are pleased to see this situation coming to a satisfactory conclusion for Nostra Terra. Nostra has been building a strong portfolio of assets and the $1.3 million cash, when received, puts us in an even stronger cash position which will help us further expand our asset base.”

Petroceltic (LON: PCI)
The independent oil and gas exploration development and production company focused on the Middle East North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions announces its results for the six month period ended 30 June 2013. Click HERE to read them

Petroneft (LON: PTR)
Said this week that they Were encouraged by the stability of production in recent months, which is currently steady at 2,500 bopd. The pressure maintenance programme that commenced at Arbuzovskoye in April 2013 is continuing and is working well. In recent weeks, they have begun to see some positive impact in the production well nearest to the injection well – similar to the response seen earlier at Lineynoye. This should expand to other nearby production wells in the coming months. Production at Lineynoye also remains very stable with little decline evident. We have also benefitted from strong realised oil prices in recent months. Discussions continue on both the re-financing and planned farmout of Licence 61 with particularly good progress on concluding a re-financing of the existing Macquarie Bank facility. PTR continue to make the principal repayments of $650,000 per month to Macquarie Bank from operational cash flows. The current balance on this facility, net of cash held by Macquarie in the Debt Service Reserve Account, is US$13.6 million.

Tethys Petroleum (LON:TPL)
Has commenced drilling of the AKD08 (DOTO) Exploration well in Kazakhstan. The AKD08 Exploration well is located to the south-west of the Company’s producing Doris field and
north of its Dione oil discovery in Kazakhstan. The well is designed to target several potential zones, including the Lower Cretaceous sandstone and Upper Jurassic carbonate sequences as proven in Doris, and also the deeper Triassic sequence which gave significant hydrocarbon shows in nearby wells, including the Company’s AKD01 well (Doris oil discovery). Prospectivity may also exist in the Jurassic sandstone sequence which flowed oil in the Dione (AKD03) well. The Doto prospect has 22 million barrels gross mean unrisked recoverable prospective oil resources attributed to it (Gustavson & Associates, April 30, 2012) in the Cretaceous and Upper Jurassic sequences. The deeper Triassic sequence has not yet been independently assessed, and as such the Company is currently unable to quote a reportable resource estimate for this horizon. However, the Company believes it to be an attractive prospect. The Doto well is expected to take approximately 70 days to drill to a planned total depth of 3,500 metres using Tethys’ own ZJ70 “Telesto” rig. The AKD09 (“Dexa”) Exploration well is now expected to commence drilling in mid October due to a minor delay in
mobilisation of equipment and integration of services with the Doto well.

Wessex Exploration (LON: WSX)
An application has been filed to renew the Juan de Nova Est permit for a five year term and that Wessex will have the right to participate for a 50% interest if such renewal is granted. Juan de Nova is a French overseas territory in the Mozambique Channel, north-west of Madagascar.

13 September, 2013