Statement Re Share Trading (5317L)
02 Agosto 2011 - 1:01AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMDPL
RNS Number : 5317L
Dominion Petroleum Limited
02 August 2011
2 August 2011
DOMINION PETROLEUM LIMITED
("Dominion" or "the Company")
STATEMENT RE SHARE TRADING
Dominion Petroleum Limited was informed yesterday at 14:00 by
the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") that the Company's shares were
unavailable for trading that day, due to an isolated reference data
issue that related specifically to Dominion's shares.
The LSE also informed the company that its shares will be
restored to normal trading with effect from the market opening
today.
Trade reports in the Company's shares that were submitted
yesterday were regretfully rejected and member firms are therefore
requested to re-submit those same reports again today.
The full text of yesterday's announcement regarding the award of
another licence, offshore Kenya and confirming termination of the
agreement in respect of Area 4, offshore Malta, is repeated below,
for reference.
AWARD OF ANOTHER NEW DEEPWATER EXPLORATION LICENCE IN KENYA
TERMINATION OF MALTA AGREEMENT
Dominion Petroleum is pleased to announce the award of Block L15
of the Lamu Basin, offshore Kenya. This new award follows Dominion
having secured Block L9, offshore Kenya, in March 2011.
The Company today concluded negotiations with the Government of
the Republic of Kenya by executing heads of agreement ("HoA") which
define the terms for Block L15, with Dominion serving as operator
with a 100% working interest.
The award of L15 is subject only to the signature of a
Production Sharing Contract ("PSC") by Dominion and Kenya's
Ministry of Energy; currently scheduled to take place in the coming
weeks in Nairobi.
With Block L15 now added to its portfolio of exploration assets
in offshore East Africa, Dominion holds a leading exploration
portfolio in the deepwater East African margin by now operating 3
blocks in Tanzania and Kenya. The directors anticipate that the
expanded, combined portfolio may gain even more industry interest
going forward. The Company can now adopt a partnering strategy for
the assets in terms of moving toward the drilling of this expanded
portfolio.
Block L15 lies immediately to the north of Block L8, where the
reportedly 1 billion barrel Mbawa prospect shall likely be drilled
in mid 2012. Dominion's new Block is on the Davy-Walu structural
trend, as is Block L9. The only well in Block L15 is Kofia-1, which
was drilled by Union Oil in 1985 and encountered good oil shows in
the Palaeogene and Upper Cretaceous intervals. Planned drilling by
other operators along the Davy-Walu trend over the next 12 months
may serve to de-risk the prospectivity in both L9 and L15 before
firm drilling commitments are made in either PSC.
Following signature, the Initial Exploration Period of the PSC
will last for two years. During this time, a gross minimum work
commitment of $2.85m inclusive of the acquisition of 250 square
kilometres of 3D seismic data is required.
Following the Initial Exploration Period, there is an option to
relinquish the PSC or commit to another two year exploration period
with the obligation to drill one well in that period.
The terms and the commitments for L15 defined in the HoA compare
very favorably to other countries in the region relative to the
potential resource the block represents.
Andrew Cochran, Chief Executive of Dominion Petroleum,
commented:
"We are delighted to add Block L15 to Dominion's East Africa
deepwater exploration portfolio, one of the most sought after
addresses in the exploration industry these days. The region is
seeing both growing attention from, and accelerated activity by,
major players with Kenya now due for deepwater drilling within the
next year following the last year's successes in Tanzania and
Mozambique.
"Dominion's new award represents a material expansion of an
already enviable deepwater East African portfolio. We can now focus
our attentions on the business of exploring these blocks, realizing
their true value and embarking on substantive discussions with
potential partners to establish plans for drilling."
TERMINATION OF MALTA AGREEMENT
On 24 June 2011, Dominion announced that it had entered into an
Execution Agreement with Mediterranean Oil and Gas ("MOG") to farm
in to a 75% operated working interest in the production sharing
contract for Blocks 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Area 4 Offshore Malta
("Execution Agreement"). Following its SGM on 25 July 2011, which
failed to approve a number of Resolutions, Dominion has given
notice to terminate the Execution Agreement and will not be
completing the transaction. Under the Execution Agreement, Dominion
agreed to pay a sum of US$225,000, which is non-refundable upon
such termination.
ENQUIRIES:
Dominion Petroleum Limited
Andrew Cochran, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0) 20 7349 5900
Rob Shepherd, Finance Director
Pelham Bell Pottinger Limited +44 (0)20 7861 3112 /
Archie Berens +44 (0)7802 442 486
RBC Capital Markets, NOMAD and Joint Broker +44 (0)20 7653 4000
Martin Eales
Paul Stricker
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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