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21 November 2017
Europa Oil &
Gas (Holdings) plc (‘Europa’ or ‘the Company’)
Update on
Holmwood Well, PEDL 143, Weald
Basin
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM traded Ireland and UK focused oil and gas
exploration, development and production company, is pleased to
provide a planning update regarding the Holmwood oil exploration
prospect (‘Holmwood’) on licence PEDL 143 at Bury Hill Wood,
Coldharbour Lane, Surrey. Europa Oil & Gas Limited is
operator of PEDL 143 in which it holds a 20% interest.
As previously advised in the Company’s announcement of
19 October 2017, Surrey County
Council’s Planning and Regulatory Committee met on 18 October 2017 in connection with a conventional
oil exploration well to test the Holmwood prospect. The
Committee resolved to defer a decision on Condition 19
(Construction Traffic Management Plan) of the planning permission
granted on 7 August 2015. Europa
considers that the Construction Traffic Management Plan as
submitted to SCC on 21 September 2017
for approval satisfactorily meets the requirements of Condition 19.
Europa will shortly submit an appeal (‘the Appeal’) to the Planning
Inspectorate against the refusal of Surrey County Council to
approve the Construction Traffic Management Plan and discharge
Condition 19.
Europa will also resubmit the Construction Traffic Management
Plan to SCC for their consideration (‘the Resubmittal’). In
parallel with this Europa will undertake additional consultations
with Parish Councils and residents of Coldharbour Lane to provide
further information regarding the Traffic Management Plan.
The Resubmittal and the Appeal form part of a dual track
approach that Europa and its partners believe provides the best
opportunity for a successful planning outcome and which will enable
the discharge of Condition 19.
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For further information please visit www.europaoil.com or
contact:
Hugh Mackay |
Europa |
+ 44 (0) 20 7224 3770 |
Phil Greenhalgh |
Europa |
+ 44 (0) 20 7224 3770 |
Matt Goode |
finnCap Ltd |
+ 44 (0) 20 7220 0500 |
Simon Hicks |
finnCap Ltd |
+ 44 (0) 20 7220 0500 |
Frank Buhagiar |
St Brides Partners Ltd |
+ 44 (0) 20 7236 1177 |
Susie Geliher |
St Brides Partners Ltd |
+ 44 (0) 20 7236 1177 |
Notes
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc has a diversified portfolio
of multi-stage hydrocarbon assets that includes production,
exploration and development interests, in countries that are
politically stable, have transparent licensing processes, and offer
attractive terms. In 2017 Europa produced 113 boepd.
Its highly prospective exploration projects include the Wressle
development in the UK and seven licences offshore Ireland with the potential to host gross mean
un-risked prospective and indicative resources of 4.7 billion
barrels oil equivalent and 1.5 tcf gas across all seven
licences.
Qualified Person Review
This release has been reviewed by Hugh
Mackay, Chief Executive of Europa, who is a petroleum
geologist with 30 years' experience in petroleum exploration and a
member of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain, American Association of
Petroleum Geologists and Fellow of the Geological Society. Mr
Mackay has consented to the inclusion of the technical information
in this release in the form and context in which it appears.