Comprehensive  Ghana Oil and Gas news, information, updates, analysis


News in Brief

Africa Oil firms farmout deal with Maersk Oil

  • SOURCE: | qwesa2big
  •  

    1.8643521Africa Oil Corp. has completed the previously announced farmout with Maersk Olie og Gas A/S related to Kenyan Blocks 10BB, 13T and 10BA, ClassFMonline.com/91.3fm has learnt.

    At completion, Africa Oil received US$427 million from Maersk. This amount represents US$344 million of reimbursed past costs incurred by Africa Oil prior to the agreed March 31, 2015 effective date of the farmout and US$83 million representing Maersk’s share of costs incurred between the effective date and December 31, 2015, including a carry reimbursement of US$15MM of exploration expenditures.

    An additional US$75 million development carry may be available to Africa Oil upon confirmation of existing resources, which is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2016.

    Upon Final Investment Decision, Maersk will be obligated to carry Africa Oil for an additional amount of up to US$405 million depending on meeting certain thresholds of resource growth and timing of first oil.

    The resulting interests in each of Africa Oil’s Kenyan blocks are as follows:

    Kenya Block 10BB Africa Oil – 25% Maersk – 25% Tullow – 50%*
    Kenya Block 13T Africa Oil – 25% Maersk – 25% Tullow – 50%*
    Kenya Block 10BA Africa Oil – 25% Maersk – 25% Tullow – 50%*
    Kenya Block 12A Africa Oil – 20% Tullow – 65%* Marathon – 15%
    Kenya Block 9 Africa Oil – 50%* Marathon – 50%
    *-denotes Operator

    The farmout of 50% of Africa Oil’s interest in the Rift Basin and South Omo Blocks remains subject to Ethiopian government approval, which is expected in the near term. At completion of the Ethiopian portion of the Maersk farmout the respective working interests in each of Africa Oil’s Ethiopian blocks will be as follows:


    Ethiopia Rift Basin Africa Oil – 25%* Maersk – 25% Marathon – 50%
    Ethiopia South Omo Africa Oil – 15% Maersk – 15% Tullow – 50%* Marathon – 20%
    *-denotes Operator

    Keith Hill, Africa Oil’s CEO, said: “We are very pleased to have completed the Kenyan portion of our farmout to Maersk. We feel Maersk will be an excellent partner in terms of technical and financial strength and experience critical to moving the development project forward. This transaction puts Africa Oil in the enviable position of not requiring any additional equity financing prior to first oil and will allow us to weather the current difficult oil price environment should it continue into 2016.”

    Africa Oil Corp. is a Canadian oil and gas company with assets in Kenya and Ethiopia. The Company is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on Nasdaq Stockholm under the symbol “AOI”.


    Source: Ghana/ClassFMonline.com/91.3fm


    Leave a reply

    About Us
    Reporting Oil and Gas project was launched on 4th June 2009 at Takoradi, Western Region, Ghana by Penplusbytes (www.penplusbytes.org) with the vision of providing a one stop online information and knowledge about Ghana’s oil and gas sector read more
    Twitter Activity Stream
     

    Partners We are proud to be associated with:

    Skip to toolbar