Oil & Gas - Watson, Farley & Williams

• Advising Matra Petroleum plc on the sale of its 40% interest in Gemstone
Properties Ltd (the owner of certain oil & gas concessions in Hungary) to HHE
America Limited for around US$670,000
• Advising New Age (African Global Energy) Limited on its acquisition of an interest
in 3 production sharing agreements in Ethiopia
• Advising the Arabian Oil Company on a farm-out of part of its interests in an
Egyptian production sharing contract
• Acting for a Norwegian start-up oil and gas company on the proposed acquisition
of the shares in a company holding an interest in a significant undeveloped Danish
oil and gas discovery
• Acting for a Norwegian start-up oil and gas company on the acquisition of two
companies holding interests in producing gas fields in the Irish Sea and the
acquisition of an interest in some Irish exploration licences
• Advising Elixir Petroleum Limited, listed on AIM and ASX, on its merger with
Gawler Resources Limited to form a UK/USA oil and gas exploration company
• Advising Avana Petroleum on an investment which has led to Avana Petroleum
acquiring an interest in a production sharing agreement in the Seychelles
• Advising Encana Corporation on the sale of the holding company that owns their
exploration and production assets in Chad
• Acting on an farm-out agreement relating to a production sharing agreement in
Ghana
• Advising PetroMal LLC on its bid for a package of non-operated North Sea
exploration and production assets located in the UK, Dutch and Danish sectors.
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