InfraStrata signs Northern Ireland exploration agreement
InfraStrata, the independent petroleum exploration and gas storage company, has signed an agreement with Larne Oil and Gas, with respect to onshore Northern Ireland licence PL1/10 and adjacent offshore licence P2123.
InfraStrata signed the agreement together with joint venture partners Brigantes Energy Limited and Terrain Energy Limited.
Larne Basin Exploration
Larne is a wholly owned subsidiary of Larne Basin Exploration, a recently formed US-based investment company set up for the purpose of investing in oil and gas exploration in the Larne Basin, Northern Ireland. Larne is working in partnership with Ardent Oil, a UK oil exploration company that is providing technical support to Larne.
Farm in option
Under the terms of the agreement, Larne has purchased an exclusive option to farm in to both licences. If the option is exercised Larne will be credited with the option price and will then fund a disproportionate share of the forthcoming costs for the proposed Woodburn Forest-1 exploration well in licence PL1/10 to earn a 50% interest in the licence.
The agreement is subject to approval for the licence interest assignments by Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment for licence PL1/10, and Department of Energy and Climate Change for licence P2123.
Woodburn Forest-1
Woodburn Forest-1 will be the first exploration well on the licence area since 1971, a prospect with three conventional sandstone reservoir targets in the Triassic, Permian and Carboniferous. Combined prospective resources for the Triassic and Permian reservoirs have been estimated by the joint venture at 40 million barrels of oil.
Comments
Commenting on the update, Andrew Hindle, CEO of InfraStrata said: “We are very pleased to welcome Larne to the joint venture as we enter the next very exciting phase of exploration in the Larne-Lough Neagh Basin of Northern Ireland. Work on the necessary consents is progressing with a view to drilling the well before the calendar year end. Larne working together with Ardent brings to the project many years of oil and gas investment and technical experience in the US, the North Sea and Europe together with a strong investment base.”
Adapted from press release by Katie Woodward
Read the article online at: https://www.oilfieldtechnology.com/exploration/25072014/infrastrata-gains-northern-ireland-exploration-licences-226/
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