EnQuest takes Alba slice

North Sea slice: EnQuest is set to take over CIECO's 8% stake in the Alba field

London-listed company EnQuest has reached an agreement with CIECO Energy that will see it pick up an 8% interest in the offshore Alba oilfield on the UK Continental Shelf.

Under the deal Enquest’s wholly-owned subsidiary, EnQuest Britain, will pay a base consideration of £18.75 million ($29.66 million) in cash, plus a further deferred cash payment of up to £500,000, depending on certain project milestones being met.

In exchange EnQuest will take control of two of CEICO’s affiliate companies which hold a combined 8% non-operated interest in the field.

EnQuest said the 8% stake of the field still had net remaining proven plus probable reserves of 5.9 million barrels of oil equivalent

The two companies being acquired by EnQuest are CIECO Energy…

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