Enegi in New Farm-Out Deal with Azimuth

Enegi Oil announced Monday that it is farming out part of Block 22/12b in the UK North Sea to Azimuth Limited. The block contains the Phoenix discovery, while its remaining acreage is made up of potential exploration opportunities.

Azimuth will earn a 50-percent interest in the exploration area in exchange for the completion of an agreed work program that includes certain geological, geophysical and reservoir analysis. This analysis will use existing seismic and well data in respect of both the Phoenix area and the exploration area that Azimuth currently possesses. Enegi, and its partner ABTechnology, will retain a 100-percent working interest in the Phoenix area.

Block 22/12b is located in the Forties-Montrose High area of the central North Sea. The license was awarded to Enegi in the 27th Seaward licensing round for the UK Continental Shelf in October 2012.

Enegi CEO Alan Minty commented in a statement:

"This is the second farm-out agreement that we have completed with Azimuth and we are delighted to be working with them and have access to their extensive exploration expertise on both our North Sea assets.

"Both deals are completely in line with our strategy of de-risking our portfolio whilst maintaining a significant interest in work programmes which we believe have the ability to deliver value to the Company for a minimal capital outlay."

On February 1, Enegi announced it had reached an agreement to farm out to Azimuth part of North Sea Block 3/23, which contains the Malvolio prospect.

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