Ithaca Farms Out Beverley License to Shell

UK junior Ithaca Energy reported Monday that it is farming out to Royal Dutch Shell half of its 40-percent interest in UK license P1792, including blocks 21/30f and 22/26c (which cover the Beverley prospect), in the central North Sea.

Ithaca said the farm-out is in exchange for Shell's partial carry of Ithaca's 20-percent share of the costs of a well on the Beverley prospect. The well is required to be drilling by early 2015, according to the license terms.

As well as the Beverley prospect, the P1792 license contains the Belinda and Evelyn discoveries.

Ithaca also confirmed that an appraisal well on the Norvarg discovery, located in production license 535 in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea, has begun drilling. The well, operated by Total E&P Norge, is aimed at proving up the volume potential in the northeastern segment of the Norvarg closure. Drilling operations are expected to last 70 days.

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Antrim Farms out License to Kosmos

Canada's Antrim Energy announced Thursday lunchtime (UK time) that it has farmed out 75-percent of Licensing Option 11/05 in the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland, to independent oil firm Kosmos Energy.

In return for its 75-percent stake, Kosmos will carry the full costs of a planned 3D seismic program within the license area and reimburse Antrim a portion of its exploration costs incurred on the blocks to date.

The license lies adjacent to the Skellig Block, which contains the Dunquin North and South prospects that have been estimated by license partners Providence Resources and Sosina Exploration to potentially contain recoverable hydrocarbons in excess of 1.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Kosmos is the oil company that discovered the Jubilee field offshore Ghana, which currently produces around 110,000 barrels of oil per day. Thursday saw the firm involved in another deal offshore Ireland, when it agreed to farm into 85 percent of two licenses held by Europa Oil & Gas, also in the Porcupine Basin.

Antrim CEO Stephen Greer commented in a company statement:

"Antrim is very pleased to have attracted a partner to this licence, and especially a proven player in the discovery and development of the world class deep sea Cretaceous West African oil fields."

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Antrim Farms out License to Kosmos

Canada's Antrim Energy announced Thursday lunchtime (UK time) that it has farmed out 75-percent of Licensing Option 11/05 in the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland, to independent oil firm Kosmos Energy.

In return for its 75-percent stake, Kosmos will carry the full costs of a planned 3D seismic program within the license area and reimburse Antrim a portion of its exploration costs incurred on the blocks to date.

The license lies adjacent to the Skellig Block, which contains the Dunquin North and South prospects that have been estimated by license partners Providence Resources and Sosina Exploration to potentially contain recoverable hydrocarbons in excess of 1.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Kosmos is the oil company that discovered the Jubilee field offshore Ghana, which currently produces around 110,000 barrels of oil per day. Thursday saw the firm involved in another deal offshore Ireland, when it agreed to farm into 85 percent of two licenses held by Europa Oil & Gas, also in the Porcupine Basin.

Antrim CEO Stephen Greer commented in a company statement:

"Antrim is very pleased to have attracted a partner to this licence, and especially a proven player in the discovery and development of the world class deep sea Cretaceous West African oil fields."

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Antrim Farms out License to Kosmos

Canada's Antrim Energy announced Thursday lunchtime (UK time) that it has farmed out 75-percent of Licensing Option 11/05 in the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland, to independent oil firm Kosmos Energy.

In return for its 75-percent stake, Kosmos will carry the full costs of a planned 3D seismic program within the license area and reimburse Antrim a portion of its exploration costs incurred on the blocks to date.

The license lies adjacent to the Skellig Block, which contains the Dunquin North and South prospects that have been estimated by license partners Providence Resources and Sosina Exploration to potentially contain recoverable hydrocarbons in excess of 1.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Kosmos is the oil company that discovered the Jubilee field offshore Ghana, which currently produces around 110,000 barrels of oil per day. Thursday saw the firm involved in another deal offshore Ireland, when it agreed to farm into 85 percent of two licenses held by Europa Oil & Gas, also in the Porcupine Basin.

Antrim CEO Stephen Greer commented in a company statement:

"Antrim is very pleased to have attracted a partner to this licence, and especially a proven player in the discovery and development of the world class deep sea Cretaceous West African oil fields."

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Statoil Farms Out Mozambique License

Norwegian oil major Statoil announced Tuesday that it has farmed down a 25-percent working interest in its exploration license offshore Mozambique to Japan's Inpex Corporation.

The license, which consists of two blocks, is located in areas 2 and 5 offshore Mozambique in the Rovuma Basin. They are situated in a frontier area covering 3,100 square miles in water depths that vary between 985 and 8,200 feet.

"The farm-down reflects the attractiveness of Statoil's acreage in Mozambique. Bringing INPEX onboard allows the companies to diversify geological risk while sharing the potential upside. The first out of two wells in the license will be drilled during 2Q by the drillship Discoverer Americas," Nick Maden, Statoil's senior vice president for international exploration at Statoil.

"Our presence in Mozambique is in line with Statoil's exploration strategy, focusing on early access in a prolific region. Large gas discoveries have recently been made north of the acreage and the prospectivity for hydrocarbons in the Statoil operated blocks is promising."

After the farm-in completion the license will continue to be operation by Statoil Oil & Gas Mozambique with a 40-percent participating interest. As well as Inpex, other partners include Tullow Mozambique, with a 25-percent interest, and the Mozambican state oil company, which has 10 percent.

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Statoil Farms Out Mozambique License

Norwegian oil major Statoil announced Tuesday that it has farmed down a 25-percent working interest in its exploration license offshore Mozambique to Japan's Inpex Corporation.

The license, which consists of two blocks, is located in areas 2 and 5 offshore Mozambique in the Rovuma Basin. They are situated in a frontier area covering 3,100 square miles in water depths that vary between 985 and 8,200 feet.

"The farm-down reflects the attractiveness of Statoil's acreage in Mozambique. Bringing INPEX onboard allows the companies to diversify geological risk while sharing the potential upside. The first out of two wells in the license will be drilled during 2Q by the drillship Discoverer Americas," Nick Maden, Statoil's senior vice president for international exploration at Statoil.

"Our presence in Mozambique is in line with Statoil's exploration strategy, focusing on early access in a prolific region. Large gas discoveries have recently been made north of the acreage and the prospectivity for hydrocarbons in the Statoil operated blocks is promising."

After the farm-in completion the license will continue to be operation by Statoil Oil & Gas Mozambique with a 40-percent participating interest. As well as Inpex, other partners include Tullow Mozambique, with a 25-percent interest, and the Mozambican state oil company, which has 10 percent.

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Valiant Farms out Handcross Prospect

North Sea-focused Valiant Petroleum announced Thursday that it is farming out 20-percent of its Handcross project to Germany's RWE Dea.

The Handcross prospect is located west of Shetland on licenses P1631 (Block 204/18b) and P1832 (Blocks 204/14c and 204/19c). It is a large Palaeocene, channelized fan prospect that is close to the Suilven and Tornado discoveries and around 13 miles from BP's Quad 204 redevelopment.

The Handcross exploration well is scheduled to be drilled during the fourth quarter of this year by the Stena Carron drillship.

Following the completion of the transaction the Handcross partners will be: Valiant, as operator with a 70-percent stake; RWE Dea, with 20 percent; and Sussex Energy, with 10 percent.

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Valiant Farms out Isabella Prospect to Maersk

North Sea-focused Valiant Petroleum announced Friday that it has signed a farm-out deal with Maersk Oil North Sea UK that will see Valiant’s stake in the Isabella prospect reduce from 50 percent to 20 percent.

The Isabella prospect, which sits in the UK zone of the central North Sea in blocks 30/6b, 30/11a and 30/12d on production license 1820, is a gas condensate prospect. According to Valiant, the prospect is located on one of the largest undrilled fault blocks in the area and has prospectivity across a number of geological horizons.

Following the completion of the transaction the P1820 partners will be operator Apache North Sea (with a 50-percent stake), Valiant and Maersk Oil North Sea, which will have a 30-percent stake.

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Valiant Farms out Isabella Prospect to Maersk

North Sea-focused Valiant Petroleum announced Friday that it has signed a farm-out deal with Maersk Oil North Sea UK that will see Valiant’s stake in the Isabella prospect reduce from 50 percent to 20 percent.

The Isabella prospect, which sits in the UK zone of the central North Sea in blocks 30/6b, 30/11a and 30/12d on production license 1820, is a gas condensate prospect. According to Valiant, the prospect is located on one of the largest undrilled fault blocks in the area and has prospectivity across a number of geological horizons.

Following the completion of the transaction the P1820 partners will be operator Apache North Sea (with a 50-percent stake), Valiant and Maersk Oil North Sea, which will have a 30-percent stake.

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Enegi Oil Farms Out North Sea Block to Azimuth

Junior explorer Enegi Oil announced it has reached an agreement to farm out to Azimuth part of Block 3/23 in the UK North Sea. The block holds the Malvolio prospect, as well as a number of potential exploration opportunities.

Enegi said the deal will see Azimuth 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 that will use existing seismic and well data in respect of both the Malvolio area and the exploration area.

Enegi will retain a 100-percent working interest in the Malvolio area.

Enegi CEO commented in a statement:

"We are delighted to have reached agreement with the Azimuth team. We were only offered this Block just over three months ago and the fact that we are already moving ahead with our plans for it shows our desire to deliver and prove up the value that we believe is inherent not only in this asset, but also across our portfolio.

"We know the Azimuth team well and are delighted to be working with them on this project. They are a hugely experienced team backed by leading industry specialists with access to extensive resources, both in terms of data and people."

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Enegi Oil Farms Out North Sea Block to Azimuth

Junior explorer Enegi Oil announced it has reached an agreement to farm out to Azimuth part of Block 3/23 in the UK North Sea. The block holds the Malvolio prospect, as well as a number of potential exploration opportunities.

Enegi said the deal will see Azimuth 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 that will use existing seismic and well data in respect of both the Malvolio area and the exploration area.

Enegi will retain a 100-percent working interest in the Malvolio area.

Enegi CEO commented in a statement:

"We are delighted to have reached agreement with the Azimuth team. We were only offered this Block just over three months ago and the fact that we are already moving ahead with our plans for it shows our desire to deliver and prove up the value that we believe is inherent not only in this asset, but also across our portfolio.

"We know the Azimuth team well and are delighted to be working with them on this project. They are a hugely experienced team backed by leading industry specialists with access to extensive resources, both in terms of data and people."

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