Maersk farms into Isabella prospect

Maersk Oil: the Danish operator enters an agreement to farm into the Isabella prospect in the UK Central North Sea

UK-listed Valiant Petroleum has made a deal with Danish operator Maersk Oil to farm-out its interest in the Apache-operated Isabella prospect in the UK Central North Sea.

Valiant said on Friday its wholly-owned subsidiary Valiant Causeway had signed the farm-out agreement with Maersk’s British subsidiary, Maersk Oil UK, in relation to the North Sea blocks 30/6B, 30/11A and 30/12D, which make up the P1820 project.

Under the deal, Maersk will partially carry Valiant’s well costs to a capped amount, as well as refund certain previous costs associated with Valiant’s interest in the licence.

Upon completion of the transaction, Maersk will attain a 30% interest in P1820 while Valiant’s stake will dilute from 50% to 20%.

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