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Purchase of Field Support Vessel
Purchase of Field Support Vessel.
About this update from Energean Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 8764A\n Energean PLC\n 02 October 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n Energean plc\n (\"Energean\" or the \"Company\")\n \n Purchase of Field Support Vessel\n \n \n \n London, 2 October 2020\n \n - Energean plc (LSE: ENOG, TASE: \n א\n ) announces that, following a competitive tender process, its subsidiary, Energean Israel Limited (Energean 70%) has entered into an agreement to purchase a Field Support Vessel (\"FSV\") from Prime Marine Energy Inc., a related party[1], for $33.25 million. \n \n \n \n \n \n The FSV is being constructed to meet Energean Israel Limited's specifications and will provide significant in-country capability to support the Karish project, including FPSO re-supply, crew changes, holdback operations for tanker offloading, emergency subsea intervention, drilling support and emergency response. The purchase of this multi-purpose vessel will enhance operational efficiencies and economics when compared to the leasing of multiple different vessels for the various activities.\n \n \n The transaction falls within Listing Rule 11.1.10R and this announcement is made in accordance with Listing Rule 11.1.10R(c).\n \n \n Enquiries\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Investors and Analysts\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Sloan, Head of IR & ECM\n \n \n \n \n \n Media\n \n \n \n \n Tel: +44 (0)7917 608 645 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sotiris Chiotakis Tel: +30 210 8174 242\n \n \n \n About Energean plc\n \n \n Energean is a London Premium Listed FTSE 250 and Tel Aviv 35 Listed gas-focused E&P company with operations offshore Israel, Greece and the Adriatic. In August 2017 the Company received Israeli Governmental approval for the FDP for its flagship Karish-Tanin gas development project, where it intends to use the only FPSO in the Eastern Mediterranean to produce first gas in 2021. Energean has already signed firm contracts for 7.0 Bcm/yr of gas sales into the Israeli domestic market. Future gas sales agreements will focus on both the growing Israeli domestic market and key export markets.\n \n \n Energean has nine exploration licences offshore Israel, and a 25-year exploitation licence for the Katakolo offshore block in Western Greece and additional exploration potential in its other licences in Western Greece and Montenegro.\n \n \...