Taghmen Energy Plc, an independent oil and gas exploration, development and production company focused on Latin America and which listed on AIM in January 2005, has agreed terms that will lead to the Company acquiring an interest in an additional licence in the Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia.
Under the terms of its arrangement, Taghmen will ultimately acquire a 65% interest in the licence but will not be Operator. Taghmen has identified several leads that could contain potential reserves of approximately 20 million barrels (13 million net to the Company). The initial work programme covers a four year time frame with approximately $1 million to be borne by Taghmen in the first year related to a new 2D seismic shoot, together with the reprocessing of existing data. Following the initial programme the Company can choose to proceed with further work or to relinquish a portion of the licence at the end of each year.
The transaction is expected to close within the next 45 days and is dependent on the underlying licence being successfully issued.
This follows the award to Taghmen of the “Midas” licence in the same region, as announced on 15th February 2006, which is estimated to have the potential for recoverable reserves of up to 90 million barrels.
Nicholas Gay, CEO of Taghmen Energy Plc commented:
“Upon successful completion of this transaction, our Colombian interests will have the potential to add nearly 80 million barrels, net to Taghmen, to our existing Guatemalan potential reserve base of approximately 45 million barrels. The attractive new licence terms and tremendous hydrocarbons potential of Colombia made it an obvious choice for the expansion of our Latin American asset base.”
