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Orrön Energy — M&A Activity 2008
Oct 2, 2008
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M&A Activity
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Lundin Petroleum AB (publ) SE-111 48 Stockholm Tel: +46-8-440 54 50 Fax: +46-8-440 54 59
Hovslagargatan 5 Nordic Exchange at Stockholmsbörsen: LUPE
E-mail: [email protected] 2 October 2008
LUNDIN PETROLEUM TO FARMOUT INTERESTS IN ETHIOPIA BLOCKS
Lundin Petroleum AB (''Lundin Petroleum'' ) is pleased to announce the signing of a farmout agreement with New Age (Global African Energy) Limited ("New Age") for the production sharing contracts (PSCs) in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Lundin Petroleum will transfer a 15 percent license interest to New Age, in the PSCs covering Blocks 2, 6, 7 and 8 located in the onshore Ogaden Basin, southern Ethiopia and a 50 percent interest in the PSC covering the Adigala Area, northern Ethiopia. New Age will pay a disproportionate share of the costs related to the 2D seismic programmes to be carried out on the blocks, as well as its interest share of Lundin Petroleum's past costs and other ongoing costs. Lundin Petroleum will remain as operator of all of the Ethiopian blocks.
This farmout transaction is subject to approval of the appropriate regulatory authorities from the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Lundin Petroleum is a Swedish independent oil and gas exploration and production company with a well balanced portfolio of world-class assets in Europe, Africa, Russia and the Far East. The Company is listed at the Nordic Exchange, Sweden (ticker "LUPE"). Lundin Petroleum has existing proven and probable reserves of 184,2 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) as at 1 January 2008.
For further information, please contact:
C. Ashley Heppenstall, President and CEO Tel: +41 22 595 10 00 or Maria Hamilton Head of Corporate Communications Tel: +46 8 440 54 50
Visit our website: www.lundin-petroleum.com