REG - Westmount Energy Ld - Block 3B/4B Orange Basin – Investees’ Farm-down

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06/03/2024 15:30

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RNS Number : 8758F  Westmount Energy Limited  06 March 2024

6(th) March 2024

WESTMOUNT ENERGY LIMITED

("Westmount" or the "Company")

Block 3B/4B Orange Basin, South Africa - Investees' Farm-down to TotalEnergies
and Qatar Energy

 

Westmount Energy Limited (UK AIM: WTE.L, USA OTCQB: WMELF), the AIM-quoted oil
and gas investing company focussed on high impact drilling outcomes in
emerging basins, is pleased to note this morning's announcements by its
investee companies Africa Oil Corp. ("AOC"; TSX: AOI.TO, Nasdaq Stockholm:
AOI.ST) and Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. ("Eco"; TSX: EOG.V, AIM: ECO.L)
with respect to the farm-in of TotalEnergies EP South Africa B.V.
("TotalEnergies") and QatarEnergy International E&P LLC ("QatarEnergy") to
Blocks 3B/4Bin the Orange Basin, offshore South Africa.

The farm-down agreement, which was entered jointly by the Block 3B/4B JV
partners AOC, Eco and Ricocure (Proprietary) Ltd. ("Ricocure"), will upon
completion result in the transfer of an aggregate 57% participating interest
to TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy for considerations of cash and carries which
are expected to fund up to two wells on the block. Details of these
transactions are provided in the links below.

 

Upon completion of the transaction the participating interests in Block 3B/4B,
held via their respective subsidiaries, will be as follows:

 

TotalEnergies 33% (operator)

Qatar Energy 24%

Ricocure (Proprietary) Ltd. 19.75%

Africa Oil Corp 17%

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. 6.25%

 

This transaction highlights the continuing appetite amongst major players for
exploration drilling in the prolific, emerging, Orange Basin where seven
discoveries have been reported since early 2022 and with hydrocarbons now
proven to be present at multiple stratigraphic levels.  Block 3B/4B lies on
trend with multiple discoveries in the Namibian sector of the Orange basin,
including the giant Venus discovery, and the recently announced Mangetti-1x
discovery on Block 2913B.

 

Westmount's retains a holding of 300,000 shares in AOC, representing
approximately 0.065% of the issued common shares in AOC as of 29th February
2024. Westmount holds 1,500,000 shares in Eco representing approximately 0.4%
of the issued common shares in Eco as of 2(nd) August 2023.

 

https://africaoilcorp.com/news/africa-oil-announces-strategic-farm-down-agreement-122917/
(https://africaoilcorp.com/news/africa-oil-announces-strategic-farm-down-agreement-122917/)

https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/eco_atlantic_oil_gas_plc/news/regulatory_news/story/w1kk61x
(https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/eco_atlantic_oil_gas_plc/news/regulatory_news/story/w1kk61x)

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 Westmount Energy Limited                                        www.westmountenergy.com (http://www.westmountenergy.com)
 David King, Director                                            Tel: +44 (0) 1534 823000

                                                                 email: westmountenergy@stonehagefleming.com
                                                                 (../../../../DATA%20STORAGE%20DC/160505_Dermot%20Backup/DErmot/Westmount%20Project/Namibia/Africa%20Oil%20Corp/westmountenergy@stonehagefleming.com)

 Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nomad and Broker)
 Neil McDonald/Peter Lynch                                       Tel: +44 (0) 20 7397 8900

 (Corporate Finance)

 

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