Oyster acquires stake in North Sea licence

The company will, in exchange for covering certain well costs on drilling, Oyster Petroleum acquire a 25% interest in licence P.1948, covering blocks 29/7c, 12, 13 and 14 in the UK Central North Sea.

The P.1948 licence is operated by Endeavour Energy UK Limited, with further Joint Venture partners Faroe Petroleum (U.K.) Limited and First Oil and Gas Limited, and includes the Shipley and Forwood prospects.

Richard Morgan, Chief Executive Officer of Oyster Petroleum, commented: “We are very pleased to be working with our new partners in Endeavour, Faroe and First Oil as we acquire our first licence interest in the Central North Sea to add to our existing holdings in the West of Shetlands province.