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Egdon Resources PLC
26 November 2020
26 November 2020
EGDON RESOURCES PLC
("Egdon" or "the Company")
Wressle Development Update and Loan Facility
Egdon Resources plc (AIM: EDR, "Egdon") is pleased to provide an
update on progress to first oil at the Wressle Oil Field
Development ("Wressle" or the "Development") and to provide details
of a loan facility for GBP1 million.
Wressle Development Update
Wressle is located in North Lincolnshire Licences PEDL180 and
PEDL182 where the Company holds a 30% operated interest.
The site reconfiguration works have been completed and the
installation of surface facilities is currently ongoing at the
Wressle site. To date, the storage tanks and inspection gantry have
been installed and work is advanced in respect of the electrical
and control system installation. All works have been completed
safely whilst operating under Egdon's "COVID secure" operating
procedures. Delivery of all remaining equipment is expected to be
completed during December, despite the many challenges posed by the
impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the current supply chain
operating environment.
The PEDL180 and PEDL182 Joint Venture has decided to defer the
workover operations and final commissioning of Wressle until
January 2021, eliminating any possible operating and supply chain
issues associated with the December festive period shutdown.
As such, mobilisation of the workover rig will now take place
immediately in the New Year, with the workover being completed and
initial oil flows now anticipated during late January 2021.
Recent photographs of the Wressle development site can be found
on Egdon's Twitter feed @EgdonResources.
Loan Facility
Egdon is also pleased to announce that it has secured a
GBP1,000,000 loan facility.
A Facility Agreement and Charge Agreement (the Agreements) have
been executed with Union Jack Oil plc which will provide the loan
facility on commercial terms. The main terms of the Agreements
are;
-- 18 month term
-- Principal sum payable at end of the term or in part or in
full at any earlier time at the borrowers discretion
-- Interest accrues on a daily basis on the outstanding loan
amount at an interest rate of 11% per annum and is payable
quarterly commencing on the earlier of the quarter following first
production or on April 2021
-- The loan is secured against an unencumbered 25% interest in
the Wressle Project (PEDL180, and PEDL182), including the Wressle
development project and associated infrastructure
Commenting, Mark Abbott, Managing Director of Egdon Resources
plc, said:
"We are pleased to have secured this source of debt financing as
we progress the Wressle development to first production during
January 2021. Since the award of Planning Consent in January 2020,
significant progress has been made despite the challenging
operating environment.
Achieving commercial production from Wressle will have a
significant and positive impact on Egdon's production and cash
flow, with an expected net production increase of 150 barrels of
oil per day. We note the recent strengthening of the market price
for oil, which will further improve the economics of this already
robust development, with a project break-even oil price of $17.62
per barrel.
We look forward to updating stakeholders on further progress
early in the New Year."
For further information please contact:
Egdon Resources plc
Mark Abbott / Martin Durham 01256 702 292
Buchanan
Ben Romney, Chris Judd 020 7466 5000
Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker - WH Ireland Limited
Chris Hardie 020 7220 1666
Lydia Zychowska
Joint Broker - VSA Capital Limited
Andrew Monk (Corporate Broking) 020 3005 5000
Andrew Raca (Corporate Finance)
Notes to Editors:
Egdon Resources plc (LSE: EDR) is an established UK-based
exploration and production company focused on onshore exploration
and production in the hydrocarbon-producing basins of the UK.
Egdon holds interests in 41 licences in the UK and has an active
programme of exploration, appraisal and development within its
portfolio of oil and gas assets. Egdon is an approved operator in
the UK. Egdon was formed in 1997 and listed on AIM in December
2004.
Wressle
The Wressle-1 well was drilled in 2014 and tested in 2015. Egdon
Resources has a 30.00% operated interest in the field. The
Wressle-1 well has flowed oil and gas from three separate
reservoirs, the Ashover Grit, the Wingfield Flags and the Penistone
Flags. This totalled 710 barrels of oil equivalent per day from all
zones. In September 2016 a Competent Person's Report made
independent estimates of Reserves and Contingent and Prospective
oil and gas Resources for the Wressle discovery of 2.15 million
stock tank barrels classified as discovered (2P+2C).
Qualified Person Review
In accordance with the AIM Rules - Note for Mining and Oil and
Gas Companies, this release has been reviewed by Mark Abbott,
Managing Director of Egdon, who is a geoscientist with over 30
years' experience and is a member of the Petroleum Exploration
Society of Great Britain and a Fellow of the Geological Society. Mr
Abbott has consented to the inclusion of the technical information
in this release in the form and context in which it appears.
Evaluation of hydrocarbon volumes has been assessed in
accordance with 2007 Petroleum Resources Management System prepared
by the Oil and Gas Reserves Committee of the Society of Petroleum
Engineers (SPE) and reviewed and jointly sponsored by the World
Petroleum Council (WPC), the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists (AAPG) and the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers
(SPEE).
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