The PR Singleton Ltd. subsidiary of Providence Resources PLC has been offered a frontier exploration license on six blocks in the Rathlin basin off Northern Ireland.
The PR Singleton Ltd. subsidiary of Providence Resources PLC has been offered a frontier exploration license on six blocks in the Rathlin basin off Northern Ireland.
The license covers the 125/18, 125/19, 125/20, 125/23, 125/24, and 125/25 licenses 75 km northeast of Londonderry. Several wells have been onshore from the offshore blocks.
The initial license phase requires a well to be drilled in order to advance to the next phase. Providence has begun technical studies. The offer, part of the UK's 26th seaward round announced Dec. 30, 2011, gives the company interests in eight basins off Ireland.
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Alan Petzet
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Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
