FOGL ties up Falkland farm-out

Falkland Islands: FOGL has farmed out stakes in its offshore licences to Edison International

UK independent Falkland Oil & Gas Limited (FOGL) has completed a farm-out agreement covering its licence areas to the south and east of the Falkland Islands with Edison International.

FOGL first flagged the farm-out agreement in March this year but the deal could not be executed at the time due Edison undertaking a corporate reorganisation which led to French group EDF becoming a controlling shareholder.

Under the new deal Edison will earn a 25% interest in the northern area licences and a 12.5% interest in FOGL’s southern area licences.

In exchange Edison will pay a $40 million cash consideration and pay its pro-rata share of the 2012 drilling programme in the northern licences, which will consist of two exploration wells,…

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