Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0215T

Empyrean Energy PLC

30 September 2014

 



Empyrean Energy Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: EME / Sector: Oil & Gas

30 September 2014

Empyrean Energy PLC ('Empyrean' or 'the Company')

Result of Annual General Meeting

Empyrean Energy, the profitable US onshore oil, gas and condensate exploration, development and production company with assets in Texas and California, held its Annual General Meeting today and all resolutions were duly passed.

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For further information please visit www.empyreanenergy.com or contact the following:

Empyrean Energy plc
Tom Kelly		Tel: [phone]
Cenkos Securities plc (Rule 3 and Joint Financial Adviser)
Neil McDonald	[e-mail]	Tel: [phone]
Nick Tulloch	[e-mail]	Tel: [phone]
Macquarie Capital (Joint Financial Adviser)
David Hopkins	[e-mail]	Tel: [phone]
Chase Edgelow	[e-mail]	Tel: [phone]
St Brides Media & Finance (Public Relations Adviser)
Hugo de Salis	[e-mail]	Tel: [phone]
Elisabeth Cowell	[e-mail]	Tel: [phone]
Lottie Brocklehurst	[e-mail]	Tel: [phone]

Notes to Editors:

Empyrean Energy Plc is an AIM listed (Ticker: EME) profitable US on-shore oil and gas development and production company focussed primarily on the advancement of its assets in Texas and California.  The Company's portfolio represents a mix of assets at various stages of development.  Its flagship project is the Sugarloaf AMI in the prolific Eagle Ford Shale, Texas, where it has a 3% working interest in approximately 24,000 gross acres centrally positioned in the liquids rich sweet-spot within the field.  Empyrean has an interest in 154 gross producing wells with full development expected to reach over 770 wells. Further development of the Eagle Ford Shale anticipated to require in the order of a further 300 wells, with down spacing potential of a further 200 wells.  Further development of the Austin Chalk anticipated to require in the order of a further 300 wells, with down spacing potential of a further 235 wells The Company has term debt facility of up to US$50 million with Macquarie Bank in place in order to develop this acreage which is operated by US major Marathon Oil Company.

Other assets include a 58.084% interest in the Eagle Oil Pool Development Project located in the San Joaquin Basin, southern California, a proven oil and gas province.  Empyrean's large working interest in this project provides the Company with flexibility and leverage with potential high impact from success.  Additionally, Empyrean has a 7.5% interest in the Sugarloaf Block A operated by ConocoPhillips in the Eagle Ford Shale, and a 10% working interest in the Riverbend Project in Texas currently producing from the Wilcox formation.

 

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