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19/10/2017 09:20

RNS Number : 0672U
UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC
19 October 2017
UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC
("UKOG" or "the Company")
Update on Holmwood Well, PEDL143, Weald Basin, UK
UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC (London AIM: UKOG) notes the release made this morning by Europa Oil and Gas Holdings) plc ("Europa") in respect of PEDL143 where UKOG holds a 30% interest, increasing to 40% on completion of the recently announced transaction with Warwick Energy Exploration and Production Limited.
Europa included the following statements:
"Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, UK and Ireland focussed exploration, development and production company notes the outcome of the Surrey County Council Planning and Regulatory Committee meeting on 18 October 2017 in connection with a conventional oil exploration well to test the Holmwood prospect at Bury Hill Wood, Coldharbour Lane, Surrey:
 A planning application for a security fence for the drill site was approved by Surrey County Council ('SCC') at the Planning and Regulatory Committee meeting on 18 October 2017.
 The Planning Committee elected to defer a decision on Condition 19 (Traffic Management Scheme) pending response to further requests for information from the Planning Committee.
Europa will consult with its joint venture partners and advisers and respond to SCC on Condition 19 accordingly. 
As a consequence of the deferred decision on Condition 19, the Company advises that it anticipates operations to drill the Holmwood conventional oil exploration well will now commence in H1 2018.
Europa is operator of the Licence in which it holds a 20% interest, alongside UK Oil & Gas Investments plc 30%, Egdon Resources plc 18.4%, Angus Energy plc 12.5%, Warwick Energy 10%, Union Jack Oil plc 7.5% and Altwood Petroleum 1.6%."
For further information, please contact:
UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC
Stephen Sanderson / Kiran Morzaria  Tel: 01483 243450 
WH Ireland (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
James Joyce / James Bavister Tel: 020 7220 1666
Cenkos Securities PLC (Joint Broker)
Nick Tulloch / Neil McDonald  Tel: 0131 220 6939
Square 1 Consulting (Public Relations)
Brian Alexander / David Bick Tel: 01483 243450 
UKOG Licence Interests
The Company has interests in the following ten UK licences:
Asset
Licence
UKOG's Interest
Licence Holder
Operator
Area (km2)
Status
Avington1
PEDL070
5%
UKOG (GB) Limited
IGas Energy Plc
18.3
Field in stable production
Baxters Copse2
PEDL233
50%
UKOG Weald Limited
IGas Energy Plc
89.6
Appraisal/development well planned; licence extended to 2018
Broadford Bridge 3
PEDL234
100%
Kimmeridge Oil & Gas Limited 4
Kimmeridge Oil & Gas Limited 4
300.0
BB-1&1z drilling completed, testing underway
Holmwood3
PEDL143
40%
UKOG
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc
91.8
Holmwood-1 exploration well planned in 2018
Horndean1
PL211
10%
UKOG (GB) Limited
IGas Energy Plc
27.3
Field in stable production
Horse Hill5
PEDL137
32.435%
Horse Hill Developments Ltd
Horse Hill Developments Ltd
99.3
Submitted planning application for long term production tests and drilling of two wells
Horse Hill5
PEDL246
32.435%
Horse Hill Developments Ltd
Horse Hill Developments Ltd
43.6
As above
Isle of Wight (Offshore)3
P1916
100%
UKOG Solent Limited
UKOG Solent Limited
46.7
Preparing drilling planning submission
Isle of Wight (Onshore)2, 3
PEDL331
65%
UKOG
TBA
200.0
Preparing drilling planning submission
Markwells Wood2
PEDL126
100%
UKOG (GB) Limited
UKOG (GB) Limited
11.2
Submitted planning application for appraisal and field development
Notes:
1. Oil field currently in production.
2. Oil discovery pending development and/or appraisal drilling.
3. Exploration asset with drillable prospects and leads. Contains the extension of the Godley Bridge Portland gas discovery and the site of the Broadford Bridge-1 and 1z well.
4. UKOG has a 100% interest in Kimmeridge Oil & Gas Limited, which has a 100% interest in PEDL234.
5. Oil discovery with recently completed flow testing.
6. UKOG has a direct 49.9% interest in HHDL, which has a 65% interest in PEDL137 and PEDL246.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.

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