15th May 2025
SOLITON RESOURCES CONFIRMS LICENCE EXTENSION
Soliton Resources Limited confirms that itself, operator NEO Energy (ZEX) Limited and partner Equinor UK Limited have accepted the NSTA's offer of an 18 month extension to Licence P2390, which will now expire on 31st March 2027.
14th October 2022
SOLITON RESOURCES CONFIRMS FARMIN OF NEO ENERGY
Soliton Resources Limited confirms that NEO Energy (ZEX) Limited has acquired a 45% interest in Licence P2390 from Equinor UK Limited and will be assuming the role of operator, subject to customary approvals. Following this transaction, P2390 licence interests will be NEO Energy (ZEX) Limited 45%, Equinor UK Limited 40% and Soliton Resources Limited 15%.
9th September 2022
SOLITON RESOURCES CONFIRMS COMMITMENT TO DRILL ISOLDE PROSPECT
Soliton Resources Limited confirms that the North Sea Transition Authority has formally accepted the Licence P2390 joint venture's formal commitment to continue into Licence Phase C with effect from 1st October 2022, with the obligation to drill a well to 2135m which will test the Isolde prospect.
26th July 2019
SOLITON RESOURCES ANNOUNCES UK CENTRAL NORTH SEA FARMOUT
Soliton Resources Limited (‘Soliton’), a privately held oil and gas exploration company, today announces the farmout of UK Central North Sea Licence P2390 (Blocks 23/26e and 30/1d) to Equinor UK Limited (‘Equinor’). Licence P2390 contains the Isolde prospect, a shallow, low risk and potentially sizeable exploration target that has historically been overlooked, partially as a result of seismic imaging limitations on legacy 3D data.
Equinor will acquire an 85% working interest in Licence P2390 and assume operatorship to undertake an initial work programme to improve the quality of existing 3D seismic data. Subsequently Equinor can elect to drill an exploration well on the Isolde prospect. Equinor will refund licence costs incurred to date by Soliton, pay a consideration to reflect inter alia the option to elect to drill and will carry all future costs associated with Soliton’s retained 15% interest, including exploration drilling if elected. In the event of exploration success, the carry will continue through all further activities, including appraisal drilling, until Equinor confirms the presence of a feasible investment project, ready to progress into detailed development evaluation and planning. Regulatory approvals for the transaction have already been received.
Soliton Resources’ founder and Managing Director, Graham Goffey, commented:
“I am delighted to announce that Equinor are joining Soliton to progress the exploration of the Isolde prospect. The high level of industry interest in what proved to be a particularly competitive farmout process is a clear indication of the merits of the Isolde prospect and I am very pleased that Soliton is to be joined by an operator of Equinor’s scale, capability and ambition.
Soliton’s application for the Isolde prospect in the UK’s 30th licensing round was facilitated by the Oil and Gas Authority’s flexible ‘Innovate’ licence structure and its data access initiatives, which have lowered the barriers to entry for newly established companies such as Soliton. Continued North Sea exploration can help lessen the UK’s dependence on imported oil and gas through the energy transition and I am happy that Soliton can be part of this process”.
Soliton was advised by Holt Energy Advisors Limited.
1st October 2018
SOLITON RESOURCES FINALISES AWARD OF UKCS LICENCE P2390
Following execution of Licence P2390, effective 1st October 2018 Soliton Resources is confirmed as 100% licence holder of Central North Sea part-blocks 23/26e and 30/1d, holding the overlooked Isolde diapir flank prospect.
23rd May 2018
SOLITON RESOURCES SECURES ITS TARGET BLOCKS IN UKCS 30TH LICENSING ROUND
On 23rd May 2018 the UK’s Oil and Gas Authority announced offers of awards from license applications in the UK’s 30th Licensing Round. Soliton Resources was successful in respect of its first license application, securing part-blocks 23/26e and 30/1d (previously 30/1a), with a commitment to obtain existing 3D data.
For more information refer to: www.ogauthority.co.uk/licensing-consents/licensing-rounds/
