REG - Caspian Sunrise plc - Tender Update

Caspian SunriseAnnouncement

16/01/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 7517M  Caspian Sunrise plc  16 January 2023

 

 

Caspian Sunrise PLC

 

("Caspian Sunrise", or the "Company")

 

Tender Update

 

 

Introduction

The Board is pleased to announce that the Caspian Explorer, the Group's
bespoke drilling vessel capable of drilling to depths of 6,000 meters from
shallow water, has been advised it has won a tender to drill a deep well in
the Caspian Sea, with the formal contract expected to be signed by the end of
February 2023.

 

Further details

The well is scheduled to be drilled in the summer of 2024 and is to be drilled
to a planned depth of 2,500 meters. It will be drilled for the Istay Operating
Company LLP ("IOC"),a Kazakh registered explorer, in which Italy's ENI is a
leading participant. The work is expected to take approximately two months.

 

The charter rate is expected to be in excess of $150,000 per day with all
mobilisation and demobilisation costs to be borne by IOC.

 

The tender is subject to the signing of a formal contract. Further details of
the contract will be announced when signed..

 

Discussions with other parties continue with regard to a separate charter in
2023, which if successful would result in a further announcement.

 

Comment

 

Clive Carver, Chairman said

 

"That a major international oil company considers chartering the Caspian
Explorer to be the most technically and commercially advantageous option for
the development of their field in the Caspian Sea reinforces the board's view
that the Caspian Explorer will be a major contributor to the Group."

 

 

Caspian Sunrise PLC

 

Clive Carver,
Chairman
+7 727 375 0202

 

WH Ireland, Nominated Adviser & Broker

 

James
Joyce
+44 (0) 207 220 1666

James Bavister

Andrew de Andrade

 

Qualified person

 

Mr. Assylbek Umbetov, a member Association of Petroleum Engineers, has
reviewed and approved the technical disclosures in this announcement.

 

This announcement has been posted to:

www.caspiansunrise.com/investors (http://www.caspiansunrise.com/investors)

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute
inside information as stipulated under the retained EU law version of the
Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 (the "UK MAR") which is part of UK
law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. The information
is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of
the UK MAR. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information
is now considered to be in the public domain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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