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Ithaca to Acquire 20% Interest in North Sea Vorlich Discovery

Ithaca Energy Inc. Total SA
AnnouncedJan 12, 2016
TypeFarm-In/Farm Out
LocationNorth Sea
Announced Date
January 12,2016
Effective Date
July 01,2015
Close Date
July 01,2016
Transaction Type
Farm-In/Farm Out




Snapshot
Asset/Basin:
{"North Sea"}
TargetZones:
{"Palaeocene sandsto
Proved Reserves

Location
Region
North Sea,Offshore

Country
United Kingdom

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Ithaca Energy has announced that a sale and purchase agreement has been signed with TOTAL E&P UK Limited to acquire a 20% non-operated interest in Licence P363 (block 30/1c), effective 1 July 2015.

The licence is operated by BP plc and contains approximately 80-90% of the Vorlich discovery, implying an approximately 17% interest in the overall discovery. Vorlich is located approximately 10 kilometres north of the GSA hub. 

Vorlich was discovered and appraised in 2014 with exploration well 30/1f-13A,Z and 13Z. The well encountered hydrocarbons in a Palaeocene sandstone reservoir in block…