Union Jack Oil PLC (LON:UJO) raised £7mln this week through an oversubscribed equity funding round.
David Bramhill, Union Jacks executive chairman, said he was delighted with the outcome, which he said laid a platform for further development of the AIM-listed group.
On Thursday, Zephyr Energy PLC (LON:ZPHR) told investors it expects to see exciting developments for its Paradox basin project over the coming months.
At the end of June, the company had US$400,000 of cash and equivalents. It noted that cash conservation remains a key priority of the board. The company highlighted a strategy to grow the business through acquisition. It sees that strong financial returns can be generated from the highly fragmented smaller end of the US oil exploration and production sector.
ADM Energy PLC (LON:ADM) formally submitted a bid to the Nigerian Department of Petroleum Resources as part of the 2020 Marginal Field Bid Round. The licensing process has made up to 57 marginal field assets available for oil and gas companies to bid for.
It includes projects that are onshore, swamp and shallow offshore. ADM is participating in the process alongside partner OilBank International, with the partners previously pre-qualifying for the bid round.
UK shale gas firm IGas Energy Plc (LON:IGAS) shares strengthened on Wednesday after it announced a deal to acquire GT Energy, a developer of British deep geothermal heat projects.
The deal comprises an initial payment of £500,000, in IGas shares, and the value of transaction can rise tied to future milestone events up to a maximum of £12mln – and share-based payments will be capped so that GTs sellers wont take more than a 29.9% stake in IGAS.
The acquisition is part of a strategy to diversify IGas into the wider energy market whilst leveraging the core competencies it holds as an onshore oil and gas operator.
Over in Utah, TomCo Energy plc (LON:TOM) received a Pre-FEED for the proposed Greenfield Energy LLC oil sands plant in Utah.
The report, authored by Valkor subsidiary Crosstrails Engineering, set out to confirm the technical feasibility of a 10,000 barrel of oil per day (bopd) operation, and make first estimates of capital and operating costs. According to TomCo, the report provides a high level of confidence in the project.
A financial results statement from Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (LON:COPL) (CSE:XOP) noted that its short-term operations are focused on funding, progressing existing interests in Nigeria and Mozambique, and the evaluation of new opportunities available in Africa.
The company said it is continuing its strategy to grow the business offshore, aimed at farm-ins or acquisition into exploration, undeveloped or producing assets.
On Tuesday, Deltic Energy PLC (LON:DELT) said its recent portfolio expansion, via the UKs offshore licensing round, was “another major milestone” for the exploration company. The license awards, earlier this month, almost doubled Deltics footprint with the addition of six licences. Most of the new acreage is in the south North Sea region, where Deltic added four licences to now hold a total of ten licences.
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