Tag: Rockhopper

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  Rockhopper Exploration sells Ireland's United Oil stake for €3.4m

  

  Rockhopper Exploration has sold its 18.3% stake in Ireland-based United Oil & Gas for US$ 4m (€3.4m). The deal announced tonight concludes United’s reverse takeover earlier this year of Rockhopper’s Egyptian subsidiary and its operations in the Abu Sennan oil field for US$ 15.5m (€13m).

• Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Falklands' Sea Lion development delayed responding to oil market conditions

  

  Rockhopper Exploration is responding to market developments by reducing staffing levels and activity related to the Sea Lion development in the offshore North Falkland basin. The company plans to maintain a smaller team, mainly focused on regulatory, fiscal and financial issues, pending a recovery in the external macro-environment.

• Saturday, March 21st 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Falklands Sea Lion project: Rockhopper and Premier confident of farm out with US/Israel Navitas

  

  Rockhopper Exploration, a partner in Premier Oil-operated Sea Lion offshore oil project in the Falkland Islands, is confident it will manage to farm-out a share in the project despite the low oil prices and COVID-10 uncertainty. The two companies in January signed non-binding heads of terms with US/Israel Navitas Petroleum, which should lead to Navitas obtaining a 30% interest in the Sea Lion offshore blocks.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Falklands extends duration of Rockhopper and Argos Resources oil exploration licenses

  

  Rockhopper Exploration PLC said on Monday that the Falkland Islands government has extended the duration of the PL032 Discovery Area License until May 1, 2021, with no additional license commitments.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 10:58 UTC

  Financial submission for developing Falkland Islands' Sea Lion project

  

  Rockhopper Exploration PLC on Tuesday said it has submitted an early information memorandum to potential lenders for the Sea Lion project in the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 23:55 UTC

  Rockhopper divests from Egypt to concentrate in the Falklands' Sea Lion project

  

  Oil and gas exploration firm Rockhopper Exploration, with interests in the Falklands and preparing to advance with the Sea Lion project, has agreed to sell its assets in Egypt to United Oil & Gas in a US$ 16m deal. The sale of Rockhopper Egypt includes a non-operated 22% interest in the Abu Sennan concession onshore Egypt and the existing assets of the business.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  Falklands' penguin series of coins features the Rockhopper in full color

  

  The government and treasury of the Falkland Islands have issued the fifth and final coin which is part of an overall five-coin set featuring one of the planet’s most curious and unique species of bird, the penguin.

• Monday, July 16th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  North Falkland Sea Lion Project: Premier Oil advancing in contracting suppliers

  

  Dril-Quip (Europe) in Aberdeen has announced a letter of intent with Premier Oil to provide subsea production systems for the Sea Lion Phase 1 development offshore the Falkland Islands. The letter of intent signed was described as a sizeable supply contract, but was undisclosed.

• Friday, August 23rd 2013 - 23:22 UTC

  Falklands reviewing tax returns from oil industry but confident ‘an acceptable outcome can be reached’

  

  The Falkland Islands government is reviewing a tax return submitted by one of the oil companies currently operating off-shore the Islands and is confident a mutually acceptable outcome can be reached.

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 22:39 UTC

  Rockhopper spuds second well in Falklands North Basin

  

  Rockhopper Exploration (AIM: RKH) announced that on Friday early morning it had spudded Ernest 26/6-1 exploration well in the North Falkland Basin, the second well the British company is drilling following the successful discovery of oil in its Sea Lion prospect.