Dragon wins Bargou approval

On the move: The UK-listed company will become operator of the project should it be developed.

London-listed Dragon Oil will be able to farm-in to the Bargou joint venture in Tunisia after securing approval from the Tunisian Hydrocarbons Consultative Committee, a project partner has announced.

Australia-listed Cooper Energy said Dragon had satisfied the conditions precedent to take a 55% stake in the venture, home to the Hammamet West-3 well offshore Tunisia.

Dragon will pay 75% of Hammamet West-3 well drilling costs to take the stake, which will see Cooper’s stake reduced to 30% and Australia’s Jacka Resources holding the remaining 15%, Upstream reported in October 2011.

Cooper said that drilling of the well would start in the December quarter of 2012, with a well management services contract recently awarded to AGR Petroleum in Dubai.

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