{"id":3888,"date":"2015-10-08T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T08:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2015-10-08T08:39:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T08:39:26","slug":"swala-completes-farm-out-of-kilosa-kilombero-and-pangani-licence-interests-to-tpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/swala-completes-farm-out-of-kilosa-kilombero-and-pangani-licence-interests-to-tpl\/","title":{"rendered":"Swala Energy Completes Farm-Out Of Tanzania&#8217;s Kilosa-Kilombero And Pangani Licence Interests To TPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swala Energy has announced that its subsidiary Swala Oil and Gas (Tanzania) Plc and Tata Petrodyne Limited (TPL) have finalised the outstanding terms of their farmout agreement for the Kilosa-Kilombero and Pangani licences in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>Following by the finalization the parties shall now proceed to payment of the reimbursable past costs of US$5.7 million, due within five working days from Completion, and to the transfer of licence working interest to TPL.<\/p>\n<p>Upon completion of the transaction, the equity in the licences shall be:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Swala-Tanzania.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3889 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Swala-Tanzania.png?resize=649%2C143&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Swala Tanzania\" width=\"649\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Swala-Tanzania.png?w=649&amp;ssl=1 649w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Swala-Tanzania.png?resize=300%2C66&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Swala CEO Dr. David Mestres Ridgethis development allows Swala Energy to now focus on preparations for the 2016 drilling campaign<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/swala-tanzania-seismic-map.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1664\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/swala-tanzania-seismic-map.png?resize=264%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"swala Tanzania seismic map\" width=\"264\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/swala-tanzania-seismic-map.png?w=264&amp;ssl=1 264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/swala-tanzania-seismic-map.png?resize=211%2C300&amp;ssl=1 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;We are grateful to the Tanzanian authorities and regulators for their assistance and prompt handling of the approval process for our farm-in application, which allows TPL to join us on the two Tanzanian licences. Knowing that reimbursement of the past costs incurred by the Company is being made and having an international exploration company such as TPL as a participant in an exciting location in the East Africa Rift system allows us to now focus on preparations for the 2016 drilling campaign,\u201d Dr. David Mestres Ridge, Swala CEO, said.<\/p>\n<p>Swala Energy Limited has received a <a href=\"Swala%20Energy%20Limited%20has%20reported%20that%20its%20subsidiary%20company%20Swala%20Oil%20and%20Gas%20(Tanzania)%20Plc%20has%20received%20a%20no%20objection%20notice%20from%20the%20Tanzanian%20Ministry%20of%20Energy%20and%20Mines%20to%20the%20farm-out%20of%2050%25%20of%20its%20interests%20in%20the%20Kilosa-Kilombero%20and%20Pangani%20li\">no objection<\/a> notice from the Tanzanian Ministry of Energy and Mines to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/QxXfC%20\">farm-out<\/a>\u00a0of 50% of its interests in the Kilosa-Kilombero and Pangani licences to Tata Petrodyne Limited (TPL).<\/p>\n<p>Currently the Australian explorer is serving a one year <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/T9MAl\">extension<\/a> on each of its licenses by the Tanzanian Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM) within which an exploration well must be drilled in each of the Kilosa Kilombero and Pangani licences in Tanzania to the 20th February 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swala Energy has announced that its subsidiary Swala Oil and Gas (Tanzania) Plc and Tata Petrodyne Limited (TPL) have finalised the outstanding terms of their farmout agreement for the Kilosa-Kilombero &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/swala-completes-farm-out-of-kilosa-kilombero-and-pangani-licence-interests-to-tpl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[682,870,1327,1588,1969,2447,2466,3266],"class_list":["post-3888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-east-africa-rift-system","tag-farm-out","tag-kilosa-kilombero","tag-ministry-of-energy-and-mines","tag-pangani-license","tag-swala-energy","tag-tanzania","tag-tata-petrodyne-limited","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/swala-energy-1.jpg?fit=650%2C451&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-10I","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3919,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tata-petrodyne-seals-farm-out-transaction-with-swala-energy-after-payment-of-5-7-million\/","url_meta":{"origin":3888,"position":0},"title":"Tata Petrodyne seals farm-out transaction with Swala Energy after payment of $5.7 million","author":"","date":"October 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Swala Energy Limited has confirmed that US$5.7 million has been received from Tata Petrodyne Limited (TPL) pursuant to the farm-out transaction with TPL for the Kilosa-Kilombero and Pangani licences in Tanzania. 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