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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Ithaca Makes Takeover Offer for Valiant Petroleum

North Sea-focused Ithaca Energy has made a $309 million offer for Valiant Petroleum that it expects will result in the establishment of a leading mid-sized oil and gas operator in the region.

Ithaca is focused on production, appraisal and development activities in the North Sea, while Valiant has what Ithaca's management describes as "a balanced portfolio" of assets with a primary focus on the UK and Norway.

Ithaca expects that the acquisition will see a more than doubling of its current forecast for 2013 production to between 14,000 and 16,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), increasing to approximately 27,000 boepd in 2015. It would also see Ithaca's 2P reserves double to 74 million boe.

Ithaca reported that the Valiant board of directors, which is advised by Morgan Stanley, considers the terms of the acquisition to be fair and reasonable.

Ithaca Chairman Jack Lee commented in a statement:

"This proposed acquisition represents a significant step forward in the execution of Ithaca's strategy to build a highly profitable 25kboe/d North Sea oil and gas company. The combined assets of the two groups have a strong strategic fit, with the acquisition materially increasing and broadening Ithaca's producing asset base and reserves portfolio."

Valiant Chairman Kevin Lyon added:

"We are pleased to announce Ithaca's recommended offer to our shareholders… The combination with Ithaca will create a leading North Sea oil and gas operator with a diverse production and reserves asset base from which to pursue new and exciting growth opportunities."

In a separate announcement Friday Valiant said that drilling on the Timon prospect in the northern UK sector of the North Sea, on blocks 211/11b and 211/16b, has finished and the well will be plugged and abandoned after Jurassic sands there were found to be poorly developed. Valiant has a 10-percent share in the P1633 license on which Timon is located. 

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Ithaca Makes Takeover Offer for Valiant Petroleum

North Sea-focused Ithaca Energy has made a $309 million offer for Valiant Petroleum that it expects will result in the establishment of a leading mid-sized oil and gas operator in the region.

Ithaca is focused on production, appraisal and development activities in the North Sea, while Valiant has what Ithaca's management describes as "a balanced portfolio" of assets with a primary focus on the UK and Norway.

Ithaca expects that the acquisition will see a more than doubling of its current forecast for 2013 production to between 14,000 and 16,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), increasing to approximately 27,000 boepd in 2015. It would also see Ithaca's 2P reserves double to 74 million boe.

Ithaca reported that the Valiant board of directors, which is advised by Morgan Stanley, considers the terms of the acquisition to be fair and reasonable.

Ithaca Chairman Jack Lee commented in a statement:

"This proposed acquisition represents a significant step forward in the execution of Ithaca's strategy to build a highly profitable 25kboe/d North Sea oil and gas company. The combined assets of the two groups have a strong strategic fit, with the acquisition materially increasing and broadening Ithaca's producing asset base and reserves portfolio."

Valiant Chairman Kevin Lyon added:

"We are pleased to announce Ithaca's recommended offer to our shareholders… The combination with Ithaca will create a leading North Sea oil and gas operator with a diverse production and reserves asset base from which to pursue new and exciting growth opportunities."

In a separate announcement Friday Valiant said that drilling on the Timon prospect in the northern UK sector of the North Sea, on blocks 211/11b and 211/16b, has finished and the well will be plugged and abandoned after Jurassic sands there were found to be poorly developed. Valiant has a 10-percent share in the P1633 license on which Timon is located. 

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