Afren signs PSC for two licences in Nigeria

Afren plc announces that, as part of its strategy to aggregate and commercialise stranded gas assets in Nigeria, the Company has signed Production Sharing Contracts (“PSC”) for OPL 917 and OPL 907, within the Anambra basin, onshore Nigeria.

Afren through a Joint Venture (“JV”) with Global Energy Company Limited of Nigeria (“GEC”) a leading Nigerian based international oil and gas company active in oil and gas services across the Gulf of Guinea, has signed PSCs for OPLs 917 and OPL 907 and a signature bonus of US$1.6 million for each licence has been paid by the licence participants.

The licences are located in the Anambra Basin, the second most prospective basin in Nigeria, with estimated remaining gas resources in excess of 5 trillion cubic feet (“Tcf”) of gas, yet the basin remains largely unexplored with only 30 wells drilled to date leading to six discoveries.