{"id":29065,"date":"2024-09-28T06:51:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T06:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=29065"},"modified":"2024-09-28T06:51:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T06:51:33","slug":"wildcat-petroleum-inks-mou-with-nilepet-acquires-petronas-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/28\/wildcat-petroleum-inks-mou-with-nilepet-acquires-petronas-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildcat Petroleum inks MOU with Nilepet, acquires PETRONAS assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kei Emmanuel Duku<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Wildcat Petroleum Plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the South Sudan National Oil and Gas Corporation (Nilepet) and acquired assets previously owned by Petronas Carigali Nile Ltd., a subsidiary of Petronas Nasional Berhad.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This development follows Petronas&#8217; decision to cease oil operations in South Sudan after a two-year divestment initiative. Petronas held stakes in six different oil operating areas, ranging from 30% to 67.8%, including assets that Nilepet has now acquired.<\/p>\n<p>Nilepet announced its intention to partner with international companies to ensure continued operations and expand oil output.<\/p>\n<p>Wildcat Petroleum, through the six-month MOU, aims to explore opportunities for large-scale oil production in South Sudan. The company will strengthen its relationship with the Ministry of Petroleum and Nilepet and seek to acquire oil-producing assets in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The MOU outlines plans for both parties to establish representatives to exchange information and work towards a mutually beneficial agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to sustain and increase overall oil production across the acquired Petronas assets.<\/p>\n<p>Wildcat Petroleum Plc is a United Kingdom-based company focused on the upstream sector of the petroleum industry, specifically in the exploration, appraisal, development, and production of oil and gas.<\/p>\n<p>Incorporated in early 2020, Wildcat Petroleum aims to acquire and develop projects that are in the later phases of exploration and production.<\/p>\n<p>The company was publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange following a successful Initial Public Offering (IPO) in December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kei Emmanuel Duku &nbsp; Wildcat Petroleum Plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the South Sudan National Oil and Gas Corporation (Nilepet) and acquired assets previously owned by Petronas Carigali Nile Ltd., a subsidiary of Petronas Nasional Berhad. This development follows Petronas&#8217; decision to cease oil operations in<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/28\/wildcat-petroleum-inks-mou-with-nilepet-acquires-petronas-assets\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Flood-affected-residnts-in-Northern-Bahr-el-Ghazal-State-wade-through-flood-water-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29067,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29065\/revisions\/29067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}