OGA Consent to P2235 Licence Assignment

RNS Number : 2361O

Upland Resources Limited

16 May 2018

 

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16 May 2018

UPLAND RESOURCES LIMITED

("Upland" or the "Company")

Wick Farm-in - OGA Consent to P2235 Licence Assignment

Upland Resources Limited (LSE: UPL), the oil and gas company actively building a portfolio of attractive upstream assets, is pleased to announce that the UK Oil and Gas Authority has given consent to the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Upland Resources (UK Onshore) Limited ("Upland UK"), as a farminee to the P2235 Licence (UKCS Block 11/24b), containing the Wick prospect.

The Company is working closely with Corallian Energy Limited ("Corallian Energy") and the other Licence partners towards completion of the Wick farm-in agreement and will update the market on progress in due course.

Steve Staley, CEO of Upland Resources Limited, said:

"The UK Oil & Gas Authority's consent to our farm-in to a 40% interest in the P2235 Licence is another significant milestone as progress is made towards initiating drilling at the Wick prospect in Q3 2018. This, alongside the Letter of Intent agreed by Corallian Energy with Ensco, shows the efficient progress being made as the date of commencement of drilling gets closer."

Background to Upland's interest in the Wick prospect

In November 2017, Upland UK entered into a conditional agreement with Corallian Energy to farm in to a 40% interest in Licence P2235, containing the Wick prospect.

The Company estimates that the Wick structure, which lies principally in the licensed area of Licence P2235, could hold in-place P50 resources of around 250 MMbbl. The Wick well, with targets within the Wick structure, is scheduled to commence drilling in the third quarter of 2018.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse

For further information, please contact:

Upland Resources Limited	www.uplandres.com
Steve Staley, CEO	Tel: [phone]   [e-mail]
Optiva Securities Limited
Jeremy King (Corporate Finance)	Tel: [phone] [e-mail]
Christian Dennis (Corporate Broker)	Tel: [phone] [e-mail]
FTI Consulting
Edward Westropp	Tel: [phone]  [e-mail]
Flowcomms Ltd
Sasha Sethi	Tel: [phone] [e-mail]

 Notes

Upland is an upstream oil & gas company whose highly experienced management team has a track record of creating major value for shareholders in junior oil & gas companies, including Cove Energy plc. The Company has extensive technical and commercial skills and contacts, management having held senior roles in Petronas, Conoco, Shell etc.

 

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