Shaikan Payment Update

RNS Number : 3273R
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.
08 March 2016
 

 

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8 March 2016

 

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP)

("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")

 

Shaikan Payment Update

 

Further to the Company's RNS of 19 February 2016, Gulf Keystone Petroleum confirms that the gross payment of US$15 million was received from the Kurdistan Regional Government on 4 March.  

 

Following the payment, the Company's current cash position is US$56 million.

 

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Gulf Keystone Petroleum:

+44 (0) 20 7514 1400

Jón Ferrier, CEO

 

Sami Zouari, CFO

 

Anastasia Vvedenskaya, Head of Investor Relations

+44 (0) 20 7514 1411

 

 

Celicourt Communications:

+44(0) 20 7520 9266

Mark Antelme

Jimmy Lea

 

 

 

or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com

 

 

Notes to Editors:

 

·           Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP) is a leading independent operator and producer in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

·           Gulf Keystone Petroleum is the operator of the Shaikan block, which is a major commercial discovery, with a working interest of 75% and is partnered with MOL Kalegran Limited (a 100% subsidiary of MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas plc.) and Texas Keystone Inc., which have working interests of 20% and 5% respectively. 

·           Following the establishment of a regular payment cycle for all oil sales and arrears, Gulf Keystone plans to move into the large-scale phased development of the Shaikan field targeting 110,000 bopd of production capacity during Phase 1 of the Shaikan Field Development Plan.

 

 

Disclaimer

 

This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements.  These statements are made by the Company's Directors in good faith based on the information available to them up to the time of their approval of this announcement but such statements should be treated with caution due to inherent uncertainties, including both economic and business factors, underlying such forward-looking information.  This announcement has been prepared solely to provide additional information to shareholders to assess the Group's strategies and the potential for those strategies to succeed.  This announcement should not be relied on by any other party or for any other purpose.

 

 

 


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