The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has appointed Stuart Payne as the new chief executive officer, effective 1 January 2023. CURRENT POSTS He will succeed outgoing CEO Dr Andy Samuel, who has held the post since NSTA’s creation as the Oil and Gas Authority in 2015. An experienced business leader and current NSTA supply chain, […]
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Baron Oil grants 175m incentive share options
Baron Oil plc has granted director Dr Andrew Butler share options over 175 million ordinary shares of 0.025 pence each in the company, at an exercise price of 0.07p. WELLS Dr Butler is a director of the company’s subsidiaries SundaGas (Timor- Leste Sahul) Pte. Ltd (TLS) and SundaGas Banda Unipessoal Lda (Banda). Banda operates the Timor-Leste […]
Serica fears ‘negative impact’ of Kistos offer
Serica Energy plc said the merger offer from smaller rival Kistos plc would “negatively impact” the combined entity’s balance sheet and growth potential. OPPORTUNISTIC In a detailed statement issued today, the company listed reasons why it had rejected the Kistos offer. Serica said it would be “materially undervalued” and that the proposed merger would not […]
Angus Energy announces shares issue
Angus Energy plc said that, after receiving exercise notices, it issued 5,803,226 ordinary shares of £0.002 each in the capital of the company. These are at varying exercise prices of 150,000 shares at 0.9 pence per share, 5,250,000 shares at 1 pence per share and 403,226 shares at 1.2 pence per share. The new ordinary […]
Neptune awarded gold medal status by EcoVadis
Neptune Energy said it has been awarded gold medal status from environment, social and governance (ESG) ratings organisation, EcoVadis. RANKING The oil and gas exploration and development company added it had been placed in the top 5% of all 95,000 global companies assessed by the organisation. Areas assessed include companies’ policies, environment, labour and human […]
Angus nears live gas at Saltfleetby
Angus Energy plc expects live gas in less than a week with first gas shortly afterwards at Saltfleetby, east Lincolnshire. EMERGENCY CASES The company said that, with specialist contractors and commissioning agents, it was making good progress with the testing and inspection of the facilities. “Whilst mechanical integrity is now complete, electrical and control circuitry […]