Jersey Oil and Gas PLC Confirmation of Exploration Well Commitment (0339P)
14 November 2016 - 6:00PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 0339P
Jersey Oil and Gas PLC
14 November 2016
14 November 2016
Jersey Oil and Gas plc
("Jersey Oil & Gas" or the "Company")
Licence P.2170 Verbier Prospect - Confirmation of Exploration
Well Commitment in Summer 2017
Jersey Oil & Gas (AIM: JOG), an independent upstream oil and
gas company focused on the UK Continental Shelf ("UKCS") region of
the North Sea, is pleased to announce that, Statoil (U.K.) Limited
("Statoil"), as operator of UK Seaward Licence P.2170, Blocks 20/5b
and 21/1d (the "P.2170 Licence") (in which the Company holds an 18
per cent. Interest), has formally communicated to the Oil and Gas
Authority that a firm well is committed on the P.2170 Licence for
drilling in summer 2017. Accordingly, no extension to the current
30 November 2016 drill-or-drop deadline attached to the P.2170
Licence is required. The Company is also pleased to announce that
it has confirmed to Statoil its participation in the planned
well.
Further details on the terms of the farm-out can be found in the
Company's announcement of 23 August 2016.
Andrew Benitz, CEO of Jersey Oil & Gas, commented:
"We are delighted to confirm the Company's participation in a
well to be drilled on the highly material and prospective Verbier
prospect in which Jersey Oil & Gas holds an 18% interest. We
believe the planned well could be one of the most exciting
exploration prospects to be drilled in the UKCS in recent
years."
Enquiries:
Jersey Oil & Gas Andrew Benitz, C/o Camarco:
plc CEO Tel: 020 3757 4983
Strand Hanson Limited James Harris Tel: 020 7409 3494
Matthew Chandler
James Bellman
FirstEnergy Capital Hugh Sanderson Tel: 020 7448 0200
LLP David van Erp
Camarco Billy Clegg Tel: 020 3757 4983
Georgia Mann
Sean Blundell
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by
the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under
the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR").
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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