Sonde Resources, Viking Energy Enter Agreement for Farm-Out Extension

Sonde Resources Corp. announced it has entered into an agreement with Viking Energy North Africa Limited to extend the deadline for meeting the conditions precedent under the Farm-Out Agreement that includes obtaining the consent of Joint Oil to the transfer of a 66.67 percent interest in the Joint Oil Block pursuant to the previously announced farm-out agreement to June 7. To date, the Company and Viking have held a series of discussions and exchanged correspondence with Joint Oil regarding the proposed farm-out and the conditions upon which Joint Oil would be prepared to provide its approval.

As previously disclosed, some of the conditions imposed by Joint Oil are acceptable to the Company and Viking, while others are not. The Company does not believe that the outstanding conditions are supportable under the terms and conditions of the Exploration Production Sharing Agreement and the parties are continuing to seek an acceptable resolution of these issues. While the Company believes that the farm-out should be approved on its merits, no assurance can be given that Joint Oil will approve it or that the farm-out will close. Additionally, there can be no assurance that Viking will agree to a further extension of time if the approval of Joint Oil is not forthcoming prior to June 7.

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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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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.

A former engineer, Jon is an award-winning editor who has covered the technology, engineering and energy sectors since the mid-1990s. Email Jon at jmainwaring@rigzone.com.

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