Upland Resources Limited Sarawak State Government announcement (9967N)
May 27 2020 - 1:00AM
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Upland Resources Limited
27 May 2020
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27 May 2020
UPLAND RESOURCES LIMITED
("Upland" or the "Company")
Sarawak State Government announcement
Upland Resources Limited (LSE: UPL), the oil and gas company,
actively building a portfolio of attractive upstream assets in
proven Asian and African basins, responds to the recent
announcement by the Sarawak Government that it has reached an
understanding with Petronas (Petroliam Nasional Berhad - Malaysia's
National Oil Corporation) over the management of its oil and gas
assets in Sarawak.
Upland, since 13 April 2018, has had a joint venture with Brooke
Dockyard and Engineering Works Corporation ("Brooke") (100% owned
by the Sarawak Government) to jointly assess, explore and develop
hydrocarbon assets within the State of Sarawak, Malaysia.
In 2017, the Sarawak Government established a wholly owned
company Petroleum Sarawak Berhad ("Petros") which was gazetted
under state laws to regulate, facilitate, manage and develop the
oil and gas assets within the territory of Sarawak (onshore and
offshore). By virtue of the 1958 State Oil Mining Ordinance, all
oil and gas permits in Sarawak are to be issued by the Sarawak
Government.
The recent joint press statement made by the Sarawak Government
and Petronas spelt out the best way forward for both parties - to
adopt a commercial solution to ongoing issues between Petronas and
t he Sarawak Government in order to create a stable environment for
investment and business in Malaysia and in Sarawak in
particular.
This joint statement was welcomed by both the Prime Minister of
Malaysia and the Chief Minister of Sarawak and is in line with the
Federal Government of Malaysia's ' Shared Prosperity Vision ' .
Both Upland and other industry players welcome these latest
developments as a noteworthy shift forward towards meaningful
participation by Sarawak in the development of its significant oil
and gas resources.
Upland, through its Chairman Bolhassan Di and the establishment
of a private limited subsidiary (Upland Resources (Sarawak) Snd
Bhd) and office in Sarawak, is well positioned within Sarawak and
maintains a strong relationship with Petros, the Sarawak
Government's wholly owned oil and gas company.
Upland and Brooke have carried out data room studies and
evaluations to identify prospective hydrocarbon plays of scale in
Sarawak and believing that they hold commercial resource potential
have conveyed their selection to Petros as well as proposing
details for a work programme. In line with Petros' policy to employ
local expertise as much as possible and where practicable, Upland
have collaborated with local Sarawakian consulting expertise to
design the proposed work programme.
Using local knowledge to secure large, high-impact petroleum
plays within the region and developing these together with
strategic partners is a key part of Upland ' s broader strategy to
identify a number of potential opportunities both in Malaysia and
further afield which offer unique potential for the Company.
Separately to this announcement, Upland continues to work on the
results of an extensive Tunisian regional study in and around the
Saoauf permit area and looks forward to updating investors with
regards to this in the near-term.
Bolhassan Di, Chairman of Upland Resources Limited, said:
"We welcome this announcement by the Sarawak Government and
Petronas which is absolutely in support of our strategy in Malaysia
and we believe that it is an encouraging signal for industry
players that they may soon be able to work in the area with Petros
to maximise the substantial potential of Sarawak.
This validates the work we have been undertaking with Brooke,
our in-country partner. In addition, we note that it is a positive
sign that Petros will now have more autonomy in the management of
the oil and gas assets in Sarawak.
Despite the inevitable disruption caused by the Covid-19
pandemic, we have continued our desktop studies within onshore
Tunisia to further our geological understanding of both our permit
area and to define new target plays in presently unlicenced areas
and look forward to updating investors in the near term".
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse
For further information, please contact:
Upland Resources Limited www.uplandres.com
Christopher Pitman, Tel: +44 (0)7891 677441
CEO
chris.pitman@uplandres.com
Optiva Securities - www.optivasecurities.com
Broker
Jeremy King Tel: _+44 (0)20 3137 1904
(Corporate Finance) jeremy.king@optivasecurities.com
Christian Dennis Tel: +44 (0)20 3411 1903
(Corporate Broker) christian.dennis@optivasecurities.com
FTI Consulting - Financial
PR
Ben Brewerton Tel: +44 (0)203 727 1065
ben.brewerton@fticonsulting.com
Christopher Laing Tel: +44 (0)20 3727 1355
ch ristopher.laing @fticonsulting.com
Flowcomms - IR Contact
Sasha Sethi Tel: +44 (0)7891 677441
sasha@flowcomms.com
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