REG - Nostrum Oil & Gas - Acquisition of the Stepnoy Leopard Fields

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17/07/2023 12:30

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RNS Number : 2501G  Nostrum Oil & Gas PLC  17 July 2023

 

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London, 17 July 2023

 

Completion of Acquisition of the Stepnoy Leopard Fields

 

Nostrum Oil & Gas PLC (LSE: NOG) ("Nostrum" or the "Company"), an
independent oil and gas company engaging in the production, development and
exploration of oil and gas in the pre-Caspian Basin, today announces that it
has completed the acquisition of an 80% interest in Positive Invest
LLP  ("Positive Invest"), which holds the subsoil use right to the contract
No. 25 for estimation, development and production of hydrocarbons for the area
"Kamenskoe" and the development area "Kamensko-Teplovsko-Tokarevskoe" (the
"Stepnoy Leopard Fields") in the West Kazakhstan region of the Republic of
Kazakhstan dated 3 March 1995 (as amended from time to time, the "Positive
Invest Contract").  The purchase price for the acquisition was US$20 million
(less a modest amount of debt owed to Nostrum Oil & Gas Coöperatief
U.A.).

Management estimates that the Stepnoy Leopard Fields hold between 50 mmboe and
150 mmboe of recoverable volumes which are considered contingent resources,
with over 20% estimated to be liquids. There are eight fields within the
licences with over 100 wells drilled in the Soviet era which have confirmed
hydrocarbons to be present. The resources are considered by management to be
contingent due to the appraisal and development risks, noting the fields have
not previously been developed in part due to the lack of related
infrastructure.

Nostrum will now launch an appraisal programme with the intention of preparing
a technical expert's report which could allow re-classification of certain of
the hydrocarbon resources into reserves.

The acquisition of the Positive Invest assets enables Nostrum to tie-in
further resources in the region that can be processed at the Company's gas
treatment facilities. An affiliate of the Company will be the operator of the
Positive Invest Contract.

Arfan Khan, Chief Executive Officer commented:

"We are delighted to announce the completion of the acquisition of a majority
interest in Positive Invest and look forward to launching an appraisal
programme which would allow re-classification of certain of the contingent
resources to proven reserves and help determine the commercially viable
development schemes. The Stepnoy Leopard field, located about 100 km west of
our world-class full-process infrastructure, is an attractive upstream
tie-back project that could deliver material reserves addition to the Group's
rapidly depleting resource base at Chinarevskoye."

Key Highlights of the Stepnoy Leopard Fields

·      The Stepnoy Leopard Fields are located approximately 60-120km
west of Nostrum's Chinarevskoye field and within 10km of its oil and
condensate loading terminal at Beles;

·      The Fields consist of two licences with eight fields shown to
contain hydrocarbons;

·      In excess of 100 wells across the eight fields were drilled
during the Soviet era, confirming the existence of hydrocarbons at the Stepnoy
Leopard fields at a depth of around 3,000 metres. The fields were not
previously developed with their own standalone infrastructure;

·      Nostrum and Positive Invest will work to determine the field
development plans for each of the eight fields under the Positive Invest
Contract and submit them to the Republic of Kazakhstan's Ministry of
Energy (the "Ministry of Energy") for approval for tieback to Nostrum's
existing infrastructure, thereby improving the fields' economic viability; and

·      The Positive Invest Contract is currently due to expire
in December 2044.

 

LEI: 2138007VWEP4MM3J8B29

 

Further information

For further information please visit www.nog.co.uk (http://www.nog.co.uk)

 

Further enquiries

Ulugbek Makhmadiyarov - Head of Finance

ir@nog.co.uk (mailto:ir@nog.co.uk)
 
 

 

Instinctif Partners -
UK
 

Tim McCall

Galyna Kulachek

Vivian Lai

+ 44 (0) 207 457 2020

nostrum@instinctif.com (mailto:nostrum@instinctif.com)

 

Notifying person

Thomas Hartnett

Company Secretary

 

About Nostrum Oil & Gas

Nostrum Oil & Gas PLC is an independent oil and gas company currently
engaging in the production, development and exploration of oil and gas in the
pre-Caspian Basin. Its shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker
symbol: NOG) and the Astana International Exchange (ticker symbol: NOG). The
principal producing asset of Nostrum Oil & Gas PLC is the Chinarevskoye
field, which is operated by Zhaikmunai LLP, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Nostrum Oil & Gas PLC and the sole holder of the subsoil use rights with
respect to the development of the field.

 

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