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Media IN ABU DHABI, 17th July, 2019 WAM
Mubadala Petroleum signed an agreement with British energy firm Premier Oil for a 20 per cent stake in two Indonesian offshore concessions.
The company, a unit of Abu Dhabi’s strategic investment firm Mubadala Investment Company will have a 20 per cent interest in both Andaman I and South Andaman on the basis of gross split production sharing contracting, leaving Mubadala as the largest operator of both concessions. The value of the deal was not disclosed.
In a statement Mubadala Petroleum chief executive, Bakheet Al Katheeri said,”With this farmout, Mubadala Petroleum will extend its partnership with Premier Oil for the exploration of the Andaman blocks offshore Aceh.”
“Both partners have a strong commitment to this new high impact growth area which supports Mubadala Petroleum’s growth strategy of finding and, if successful, developing gas for Indonesia’s growing markets,” he added.
The North Sumatra basin area, where both concessions lie is a relatively unexplored but tectonically active area off the coast of Indonesia.
The acquisition makes Mubadala, which also has a 30 per cent stake in the Andaman II concession, operated by Premier Oil, as the largest net acreage holder in the area.
Last year, the company agreed to acquire a minority stake from Eni’s share in Egypt’s Nour North Sinai Offshore Area concession, which the Italian energy company operates through its subsidiary IEOC.
Mubadala has been active in hydrocarbons exploration in North Africa’s biggest economy following another acquisition in June 2018 of a 10 per cent participating interest in the Shorouk concession from Eni, which contains the massive Zohr gas field.
