UGANDA
UK listed Tullow Oil has exercised its right of pre-emption in respect of the proposed sale by Heritage Oil & Gas Limited (“HOGL”) of its 50% interest in Blocks 1 and 3A in Uganda.
“Tullow Uganda will enter into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with HOGL, a subsidiary of Heritage Oil plc (“Heritage”)”, the company said in a statement.. On 18 December 2009, Heritage announced that the consideration for the transaction comprises $1.35 billion cash and a further contingent, deferred consideration of either US$150 million cash or an interest in a mutually agreed producing oil field independently valued at a similar amount. A syndicate of Tul1ow’s-core-re1ationshi-banks- has provided the banking facilities required to enable Tullow to exercise its right of pre-emption. Completion of the SPA is subject to certain conditions which include approval by Heritage shareholders at a meeting scheduled for 3pm (GMT) on 25 January 2010 and receipt of necessary consent from the Ugandan Government.
“In parallel with exercising its pre-emption right, Tullow has been running a transparent farmout process which has attracted a significant amount of interest from major international and national oil companies. The process is now well advanced and potential partners are supportive of the Group’s decision to pre-empt.
