Yemisi Izuora
Nigeria’s Ororo Field development has received a major boost as Sirius Petroleum announced raising about $1.55 million via a share placing to facilitate the financing of the Field well permit application.
Sirius a company that focusses on
Exploration and development said that it would collaborate with Guarantee Petroleum and Owena Oil & Gas in applying for a well permit for the Ororo-2 well from the Department of Petroleum Resources Nigeria.
It will also begin work to obtain an up-to-date environmental impact assessment (EIA).
In addition to applying for the well permit, Guarantee Petroleum, Owena Oil & Gas and Sirius intend to apply to the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in Nigeria to legally ratify Sirius’ 40-percent participatory interest in the Ororo Field.
Meanwhile the firm said that in conjunction with the placing, Calvet International has agreed to reduce by $775,000 the total amount of a loan facility that will be available to Sirius.
This means that the firm’s undrawn ‘Calvet Facility’ will now be $1.1 million.
Sirius Chief Executive Bobo Kuti while commenting on the development said, “I have set out a near-term set of objectives for Sirius which sees all of our plans and recent activity come together and should lead to significant developments that bring Sirius closer to developing the Ororo Field.
“A collaborative approach with Guarantee Petroleum and Owena Oil & Gas provides multiple levels of technical and in-country knowledge and, in collaboration with Havoc Partners, aligns with our strategy to progress the development of our first asset.
According to him, The Nigerian oil and gas industry has the full support of the new government administration which has re-focused the regulators, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Department of Petroleum Resources, to work closely with indigenous companies to bolster the nation’s natural resources production.
This initiative ties in with our strategy to build a significant portfolio of producing assets through local partnerships.