DNO, RAK Petroleum Agree on Merge of RAK's Operating Units

- DNO, RAK Petroleum Agree on Merge of RAK's Operating Units

Monday, September 05, 2011
Dow Jones Newswires
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by Dominic Chopping

Norwegian oil company DNO International said Monday it has signed a definitive agreement to merge RAK Petroleum's oil and gas operating companies into the Norwegian company, completing talks that started in July of this year.

Under the proposed transaction with United Arab Emirates-based RAK Petroleum Public Company Limited, DNO will issue RAK Petroleum shares at NOK9.50 a share, valuing DNO at $1.64 billion, against a value of the RAK Petroleum assets of $250 million.

"By combining our two companies' assets and people, the enlarged DNO International will be positioned not only to extract greater value from the existing exploration and production properties but to play an even more active role in the Middle East and North Africa or MENA region," DNO Managing Director Helge Eide said in a statement.

He added that DNO is committed to further expanding its operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

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RAK Petroleum Elects New DNO Chairman

- RAK Petroleum Elects New DNO Chairman

Monday, June 13, 2011
DNO

Shareholders at the DNO International Annual General Meeting held in Oslo elected Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani as the company's new Chairman. Mr. Mossavar-Rahmani is Chairman of the Board and CEO of RAK Petroleum Public Company Limited, the Middle East based independent oil and gas exploration and production company, which is DNO International's largest shareholder with a 30 percent stake. Mr. Mossavar-Rahmani was elected to the board at an Extraordinary General Meeting held on March 10, 2011.

Three other current directors, Gunnar Hirsti, Marit Instanes and Shelley Watson, were also re-elected as directors and Karen Sund, Founder and Chairman of Sund Energy AS, an Oslo-based energy consulting firm, was elected as the only new independent director. Mr. Hirsti is the Company's new Deputy Chairman.

"DNO International has a solid foundation in assets and importantly, in people," said Mr. Mossavar-Rahmani. "We believed this as we acquired our large position in the company and we believe it today as we take a more active role, in collaboration with shareholders, directors and management, to stabilise DNO International and then drive it to realize its full potential," he said.

"The operations group is first rate and the speed with which discoveries have been brought on production is truly impressive," said Mr. Mossavar-Rahmani. But he emphasized the need to bring best practices to the company in terms of governance, transparency, accountability, cost control and regulatory compliance while improving its relationships with host governments.

Mr. Mossavar-Rahmani acknowledged the service of the outgoing director.

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DNO Boosts Production in Kurdistan

- DNO Boosts Production in Kurdistan

Tuesday, June 07, 2011
DNO


DNO reported the status of its activities in Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Summail-1 exploration well update

The Summail-1 exploration well was spudded on April 19, 2011. The well has now been drilled ca. 25 meters into the Cretaceous interval and hydrocarbon shows were detected while drilling. An open hole test (DST) was undertaken of this top interval, and the well flowed 4 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (scf/d) through a restricted choke size (24/64 inches).

The drilling will now continue through the total Cretaceous section, which has an estimated total thickness of 800 meters, and testing will be undertaken as required. Thereafter the plan is to set casing and drill into the Jurassic and Triassic intervals.

Bastora-1A test production

The Bastora-1A well is a horizontal side-track drilled from the original Bastora-1 discovery well. A horizontal section of 660 m in length was drilled through one of the oil filled carbonate zones with the objectives of penetrating multiple fracture systems to enhance productivity and furthermore enable the well to be used in an early production concept. Testing of the well commenced by using artificial lift through installation of a down hole jet pump, and as previously reported, preliminary results indicated initial test rates of 2,000 to 2,300 bopd of crude oil of 18-19 API. The flow from the well has now stabilized at around 1,700 - 1,800 bopd and the crude oil produced is trucked to the DNO operated facilities at Tawke for export.

The forward plan is to continue flowing the Bastora-1A well in order to acquire more production and reservoir information, which will serve as an important input to the development plan to be prepared for the Bastora and Benenan oil discoveries. DNO as Operator will issue a declaration of Commercial Discovery for these two discoveries to the KRG by June 25, 2011.

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