Solo Oil Plc (LON:UKOG) has been informed by Horse Hill Developments Ltd (“HHDL”), the operator of Horse Hill licences PEDL137 and PEDL246, containing the Horse Hill-1 (“HH-1”) oil discovery, that it has now received final decision notices from Surrey County Council (“SCC”), discharging all of the pre-commencement conditions.
This follows the planning approval in November 2017 by SCC’s Planning and Regulatory Committee to enable HHDL to carry out extended flow tests at HH-1, plus drill and test both a sidetrack from the existing HH-1 well and new well Horse Hill-2.
HHDL has received the necessary permission from the Environment Agency and is now awaiting approval from the Oil and Gas Authority.
The company now hold a 15% interest in HHDL equivalent to a 9.75% interest in the Horse Hill licences, PEDL137 and PEDL246, and the Horse Hill oil discovery.
Solo Oil plc, is a natural resources investment company with a diverse portfolio of onshore assets, principally in Europe and Africa. The company seeks to deliver returns through early stage investment in promising projects and uses management’s own sector expertise to assist in strategic asset development. Solo’s portfolio currently includes extensive interests in the prolific Ruvuma Basin in Tanzania, the Horse Hill oil discovery in the Weald Basin, Helium One Limited, the Tanzanian helium exploration company, and Kiliwani North, a natural gas producing project in Tanzania.
